Lagoa boosts financial support for volunteer firefighters
Lagoa’s volunteer firefighters have been given a financial boost by the local council which has set aside around €708,000 for the brigade in 2021. The money is being handed over
Faro volunteer firefighters awarded €60,000 grant by council
Faro Council has approved a €60,000 grant to support the local volunteer firefighters (Associação Humanitária de Bombeiros de Faro). A collaboration protocol was signed between the two entities following its
Firefighters rescue puppies left to die inside plastic bag tied to tree in Albufeira
Five puppies that were left to die inside a plastic bag tied to a tree in Albufeira were rescued by local firefighters on Sunday morning (February 28). Authorities were alerted
Portimão firefighters receive over €1 million from local council
Portimão Council has increased its financial support of the local fire station to over €1 million in 2021. The funding was approved “unanimously” during a council meeting on Wednesday, February
São Brás donates additional €35,000 to local firefighters
São Brás de Alportel Council made an additional donation of €35,000 to its local fire station last Christmas in a bid to support its firefighters at the end of an
Second pilot in Gerês Canadair tragedy dies ‘at home’
The 38-year-old firefighting co-pilot who survived the crash of a 46-year-old early model Canadair water bomber that claimed the life of Portuguese pilot Jorge Jardim on the Portuguese-Spanish border last
6th firefighter dies in combat, this time Oliveira de Frades
The 6th firefighter so far in this year has died today in combat of a wildfire raging in Antelas, Oliveira de Frades (Viseu district). Reports coming through have named him
Controversy over 12 ‘firefighting drones’ purchased for €4.5 million ‘so far unused’
Well into the critical firefighting period controversy has suddenly emerged over 12 firefighting drones, purchased ‘in haste’ for €4.5 million by the government at the start of the season so
Algarve Resident makes first donation to Portuguese Firefighters League
Thanks to the generous donations of our readers, the Algarve Resident has been able to make a first donation of €1,241.42 to the Liga dos Bombeiros Portugueses (Portuguese Firefighters League)
Fatal crash Canadair “had been fighting fires for 46 years”
As Spanish air accident investigators look into the causes of yesterday’s tragic accident that caused the death of a Portuguese firefighting pilot, reports have stressed that the Canadair plane had