With vehicles whose average age is 30 years and with a lack of equipment.

These are the conditions under which the firefighters of Tetova alone in these first 8 months of 2022 have faced over 400 fires, in a territory with about 280 thousand inhabitants.

As if this is not enough, they also lack cadre.

"Perhaps we are the only unit that intervenes in such a territory and such a population, and a very accurate data with the standards of NATO and the European Union clearly states that there must be one professional firefighter for every 1500 inhabitants, with the last census of the population which includes the municipality of Tetova and the rural municipalities, we have over 280 thousand inhabitants, which means that the firefighters of Tetova also have a shortage of people, the firefighters of Tetova have 76 people who are job decisions and we have a shortage of 55 people" - declared Avni Ameti , commands of NJTKZ- Tetovo

In the last giant-sized fire in Tetovo, the city's firefighters damaged a large number of fire hoses, and if a similar fire happens again, they will not be able to deal with it properly.

"We have a lack of tools and we urgently need the protective uniform, which is outdated and donated by England.

These are huge expenses considering the fire we had in the "Pofix" factory, it was a fire of large proportions that has not happened in North Macedonia, and we had a great damage to pipes and other fire damage, even several times we have appealed for the state to come to the rescue because God forbid there should be a fire like this and we don't have the capacity to intervene", he said.

Firefighters appeal to citizens to be careful not to cause a fire, especially in open spaces, since the terrain is difficult and they will not be able to cope.

This unit also intervenes in traffic accidents, which increase even more during the summer./TV21/