2023News

President praises firefighters who tamed the forest fires

President Luis Abinader invited representatives of the men and women who fought the various forest fires and brought them under control to the Presidential Palace last Friday, 14 April 2023 and praised them as real-life heroes.

At the luncheon that honored these firefighters, the President spoke of the pride and satisfaction their successful extinguishing of those fires brought to the Dominican people. He also praised them for their dedication to preserve natural resources.

At the President’s request, many of the firefighters narrated their experiences, some quite emotionally.

In response, the nation’s leader told them that he was going to continue improving their equipment and working conditions. He noted that these men and women were “taking care of what is most important to the entire country, and that is the forests, because it is the forests that give us water.”

The President said that he would work with the Ministry of Environment for these firefighters to obtain the best healthcare program of the National Health Service (SeNaSa) and better equipment and more personnel.

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17 April 2023