Due to lack of budget - fire fighters were stopped at the fire and rescue authority

First Publication: The Fire and Rescue Representative addressed a scathing letter to the Treasury and warned that due to failure to pass the budget, "the tortured response to Israeli citizens will be severely damaged in routine and emergency." Senior service official: "It is not easy to move a pencil from side to side. If it is not taken seriously the situation will only get worse"

Due to lack of budget - fire fighters were stopped at the fire and rescue authority

Fire and Rescue Commissioner Dadi Simhi sent a letter a few days ago to Minister of Public Security Gilad Arden and the Finance Ministry announcing a halt to the recruitment of personnel due to lack of budget - this is what Walla learned on Sunday! NEWS. "Only in the recent flooding events has everyone been aware of the importance of firefighting and rescue and the need to provide an effective and quick response to a large number of life-threatening events, which, unfortunately, in some people have killed their lives," Commissioner Simhi warned.

"Failure to recruit manpower to the Fire and Rescue Service (IAF), including in operational and headquarters positions, severely harms the provision of a response to Israeli citizens in routine and emergency," the commissioner added. The fire fighters.

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"It's not easy to move a pencil from side to side," a senior PA official said in a conversation with Walla! NEWS, "The lack of budget is directly affecting the operational system of the IAA. Recent flooding events are evidence of this and if it is not taken seriously the situation will only get worse."

On the other hand, a treasure trove in detail, said in a conversation with Walla! NEWS that the letter that sent Happy "is no more than a handout" stating that "if the delegate wants to recruit, there are more effective ways to do it than sending useless letters."

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Only recently, following the disaster of the Tel Aviv lift where they lost their lives, Dean Shoshani and Harari Fall, came headlines for firefighting, so the authority said they were working to raise additional manpower for the organization. Now, however, from the letter sent by Commissioner Simhi, the anticipated increase in manpower for an organization so desperately needed is in jeopardy.

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At the beginning of the month, a live report released a classified report of the fire department filed less than a month ago, revealing a dismal snapshot: Although there are over 3,000 standards for firefighters, only about 2,200 are staffed - a significant 27 percent lack of manpower needed by the organization.

The fire department said: "Firefighting and rescue to Israel is a life-saving operational body that requires regular and continuous recruitment of personnel in order to provide an adequate operational response to civilians. The Fire and Rescue Commissioner, by virtue of his job and professional responsibilities, turned to relevant officials so that the operational response to civilians in Israel would not be compromised and we are assured that this will be the case. "

The Ministry of Finance said: "In light of the fact that the state budget for 2020 has not been approved and the state is managed through the continuation budget, any request for a new contract or for the adoption of new standards should be approved by the Treasury Exceptions Committee. So far, no formal application has been submitted to the Exceptions Committee. "The Ministry of Public Security, the committee will discuss it."