Fire alert association seeks help to continue vital work
The power of local communities in the detection of forest fires has become more evident than ever in recent years thanks to the work of “Associação Alerta de Incêndio Florestal,”
Silves Municipality gifts ambulance to firefighters
The investment is part of a strategy to gradually reinforce support for Fire Brigades in the municipality of Silves. The Municipality of Silves has offered the Humanitarian Association of Volunteer
Donkeys to become latest four-footed firefighters
Initiative in Miranda do Douro to see donkeys fitted with GPS After the failed idea of employing goats to reduce ‘rogue vegetation that constitutes heightened fire risks’, Portugal is now
afpop: 35 years and still growing!
November 2022 marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of afpop – the Association of Foreign Property Owners and Residents in Portugal. In that time, afpop has provided advice and
24-hour croquet marathon in aid of Bombeiros
Algarve Croquet Club – with huge help from Benamor Golf – will be holding a marathon 24-hour croquet session on Saturday, September 24 to raise money for the firefighters of
Portugal purchases six Black Hawk helicopters to fight fires
The Portuguese Air Force has acquired six medium-lift Sikorski UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopters to integrate into its rural firefighting force. The contract (sum so far unspecified) signed with America’s
Firefighting commanders submit “excuse of responsibility”
Bitter stand off may have to be decided by courts The start of Portugal’s nail-biting ‘summer fire season’ has been thrown a curved ball by roughly 100 firefighting commanders, representing
AMAL calls for regional force of professional firefighters
“Imagine having PSP and GNR police made up of volunteers …” said António Pina The president of Algarve Municipalities Association (AMAL) has called for the creation of a regional force
Firefighting corps “on brink of asphyxiation” due to rising fuel costs
Non-urgent hospital patient transport “condemned to collapse” The League of Portuguese firefighters (Liga dos Bombeiros Portugueses) has admitted its various corporations up and down the country are “on the brink
Albufeira Council donates €400,000 to local firefighters
Firefighters face “great financial difficulties” Albufeira Council has donated €400,000 to the Humanitarian Association of Albufeira Volunteer Firefighters (AHBV) in what has been described as “necessary” financial aid to ensure