The fire in the former tobacco factory in Tetovo left the Firefighting Unit almost without equipment

"We have two broken trucks and many burnt and drilled pipes, which are no longer functional.

We will have a real obstacle in our work that we have to do because, we have a very big damage that has been done to us in the materials that we possess.

We will ask all institutions to replace these vehicles that have been damaged, because it is a very big damage to our unit.

We have capacities but those that were damaged must be replaced because they will prevent us if we have a fire of similar dimensions ", said Avni Ameti.

NJTZ Tetovo The Municipality of Tetova has requested the assistance of the Government, but has not received a response.

"One of the points of the crisis headquarters was that together with the Government we work to strengthen the capacities of the NJTKZ both in terms of staffing and equipment for the tools they need to respond to cases such as the last.

We are also working on regulating the issue of co-financing, ie to have such an agreement in the activities related to the actions of the fire brigade.

So we are talking about employment but also for other investments in capacity building ", declared Besar Durmishi.

Municipality of Tetova

The equipment that firefighters have is very old.

Nine fire trucks, no firefighter remembers when they were last equipped with new tires, even though the demands have been constant./Alsat/