Florence: 12 thousand interventions by the Fire Brigade
Florence, on 5 December at the provincial headquarters in via La Farina Santa Barbara, patroness of the firefighters, was celebrated.
After the laurel wreath was placed on the plaque commemorating the fallen, Mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, followed by the greeting of Commander Gennaro Tornatore who is leaving Florence: from 7 December he will assume the regional director of the Molise Fire Department. Taking stock of the past year, Tornatore underlined a “substantial growth”, compared to 2021 and 2020, of urgent technical relief interventions, prevention and training activities in the area: “But we are not yet at the levels of 2019, a sign that we have not yet returned to the numbers of before the pandemic”.
A today around 12,000 rescue interventions were carried out during the year. Among other data, those on prevention were provided fires – 1,600 applications -, training, with “600 units trained pursuant to Legislative Decree 81/08”. The command, Tornatore explained, “in these three years has undergone a profound transformation, the following have been assigned: 9 technical officers (3 engineers and 6 graduates), 5 administrative officers, 60 new Fire Brigade operational units. The vehicle fleet has been renewed” with 20 new rescue vehicles, 15 reconditioned vehicles, another 15 for school services including vans and cars.
Furthermore, during the year, a series of projects were implemented: the events for the centenary of the barracks in via La Farina; the opening of the detachment of Barberino del Mugello; that, in progress, of the detachment of San Casciano which will be assigned shortly by the Municipality; the improvement of the logistic conditions of the FI West detachment. The latter has become “de facto the training center of the Tuscan firefighters and where the Cnvvf entry courses are also held (to a small extent it replaces the training school of Rome-Capannelle)”.