Natural disasters: Coordination between Civil Protection, Algerian Space Agency required

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ALGIERS-vMinister of the Interior, Local Authorities and National Planning, Salah Eddine Dahmoune, stressed on Tuesday, in Algiers, the importance of “reinforcing coordination” between the Civil Protection and the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) in the management of natural disasters and forest fires.

 

During an assessment meeting on operations related to the summer season and the fight against forest fires, held at the headquarters of the Directorate General of Civil Protection, in the presence of Director General of the Civil Protection, Boualem Boughelaf, Director General of National Police, Abdelkader Kara Bouhadba, and a representative of the National Gendarmerie Command, Dahmoune, said that “the strengthening of coordination between the civil protection and the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) in the management of natural disasters, including forest fires, is needed to prevent damage.”

In this context, the minister said that the Government “anticipated a campaign to prevent forest fires through the multisectoral committee and agreed to provide each province with a mobile column,” adding that the province of Tizi Ouzou “currently has two mobile columns.”

After welcoming the efforts deployed by the People’s National Army to fight against forest fires that have recently affected some of the country’s provinces, Dahmoune called on citizens to “show good citizenship to preserve forests, the environment and public health.”

He, however, lamented the irresponsible behaviour of some parents whose children were drowned in rivers and dams.

At the Houari Boumediene International Airport , the Minister of Interior inspected the Civil Defence Air Group and listened to the explanations, given to him, regarding the functions of this body.

The minister additionally announced, at the meeting, the opening of several investigations by security services to identify the authors of the latest series of forest fires and ensure strict application of the law against the perpetrators of this criminal act.

 

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