Fire Department in Israel
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Israel Fire Brigade |
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| Emergency number : 102 | |
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Active (without youth): |
1600 (1200 professional firefighters + 400 voluntary "fire scouts") |
| Volunteer rate: | 20% |
The fire brigade in Israel is organized by the state. Sherutei Kaba'ut weHazala ( Hebrew (שֵׁירוּתֵי כַּבָּאוּת וְהַצָּלָה),) or haRaschut haArza'it leKaba'ut weHazala ( Hebrew הרָשׁוּת האַרְצִית לכַּבָּאוּת וְהַצָּלָה) is responsible for the rescue and fire service in Israel . The organization works with Magen David Adom , the National Red Cross Society of Israel. The current director of the agency is Shimon Romach.
organization
24 urban regions have central fire stations, supported by smaller stations in the area. There are 5 fire stations in Jerusalem alone , the main fire station is in the Giv'at Mordechai district .
The Israel Fire and Rescue Services have 1200 professional fire fighters and 200 to 400 volunteer fire scouts. Most of the equipment is made in the country. Vehicles are modified in the Bet Alfa kibbutz on the basis of Mercedes-Benz , MAN , Iveco , Chevrolet and Ford chassis. There are no airplanes to fight fires from the air. The fire brigade radio is based on an analog broadband network from Motorola.
history
After a fire in Zichron Ya'akov in 1897, the first fire-fighting unit was set up at the instigation of Baron Rothschild . The unit had 32 members whose equipment was brought from Paris. Another unit was founded in Tel Aviv in 1925 after the Brenner district was flooded, and the country's first fire station was built here.
When Israel gained independence in 1948, fire brigades were set up in most of the Jewish settlements, such as Petah Tikva , Jerusalem , Haifa , Hadera , Rehovot , Naharija , Bnei Brak , Ramat Gan , Givatayim , Afula , Herzlija , Kfar Saba , Holon , Netanja and Rishon LeZion .
It followed with the state consolidation of Israel's facilities in Acre and Beersheba , at Ben Gurion International Airport , the oil refineries in Haifa and the ports in Haifa and Ashdod . With the Firefighting Services Law of 1959, the existing volunteer fire departments were converted into professional fire departments in 1960 .
On December 2, 2010, the largest forest fires in the history of the State of Israel broke out. Over 40 people died and many were injured in the fires in the Carmel Mountains in northern Israel. During the forest fires, the fire brigade had insufficient and outdated extinguishing equipment. The fires could only be extinguished with the help of foreign fire brigades and fire-fighting aircraft from several countries. Even the fire brigade of the Palestinian Authority came to support, as some of their vehicles were better equipped.
The Israeli fire brigade has been complaining about insufficient staff and outdated equipment for years. Prime Minister Netanyahu said that fire fighting from the air should in future be carried out by a separate fire brigade. Israeli media criticized authorities and the state, as the country was concentrating too much on the military defense and civil protection have neglected.
A similar situation arose in November 2016 .
Web links
- Official Website (Hebrew)
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipal Services in Jerusalem
- ↑ History of Israel Fire and Rescue Services ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ^ Radio report by ARD correspondent Martin Engelbrecht on December 4, 2010
