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Firefighters try to fight the fire in São Pedro do Sul, Viseu
Executive did not highlight firefighters to answer his own question and tried to hurry to correct the publication with another publication, which did not go very well either.
And behold, in the midst of the flames, already in fire, the government “sent more to the fire.” In one on Instagram, the executive led by Luís Montenegro put to the public the following question:
“A fire starts. Do you know who goes into action?”followed by mentions of the efforts of a total of eight organizations in the fight against fires. “Success in the fight against fires depends on everyone,” reads the publication.
But among Civil Protection, GNR, PSP, PJ, Armed Forces, ICNF, INEM and AgIF, the government did not highlight… Firefighters.
The “lack of respect”, denounced by hundreds of users, led the Setúbal Firefighters Federation to condemn Monday’s publication.
It is “one deep lack of respect And a unfortunate disrespect for tireless and heroic work that volunteer firefighters and professional firefighters from the Firefighter Humanitarian Associations perform daily for the security and protection of the populations, ”says the Federation in Facebook press release.
Just a day after the controversy, the government tried to correct itself with a publicly dedicated publication to firefighters. “Thank you, firefighters”,-but referring exclusively to volunteer firefighters, which has raised a wave of criticism again. “Volunteers? And the Sapador Firefighters?” Asks one user.
Others criticized the mention of the “recognition” of the firefighters’ work. “The recognition we need is in their career, in salaries, in a fire brigade, in equipment conditioned for associations and the recognition of a fast -worn and wear profession,” argues for another user.
