DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The National Union of Firefighters (Unabon) is demanding that the President and the National Congress update the National Firefighters Law 51-10, which has been in effect since 1912. Their goal is to modernize the legal framework governing the fire-extinction service and secure significant improvements in their working conditions.

Firefighters are claiming their institutional “birth certificate” and a regulation that supports them in the face of unpredictable emergencies.

Unabon representatives held a press conference to request the update of the more than 113-year-old law. The head of the organization, Luis Elías Esmurdoc, explained that the current regulation “no longer responds to the current needs of the firefighters nor to the working conditions they face in the 21st century” to guarantee better service to the population.

The new draft bill, which has already...