Since the beginning of the year, the Protection and Rescue Service of the Capital City has had more than 3.000 interventions, which were not only fires.
This was said by the acting commander of the Podgorica Protection and Rescue Service, Zdravko Blečić, on the occasion of the celebration of 71 years of work.
He said that Podgorica firefighters have been protecting Podgorica for decades and added that it is a privilege to be a firefighter.
"Firefighters helped so that they often risked their own lives. It was not easy to pull the injured person out of the crushed car, seeing blood, hearing screams and cries. The role of firefighters is becoming more and more important," said Blečić.
The President of the Assembly of the Capital City, Jelena Borovinić Bojović, congratulated the Day of the Protection and Rescue Service and emphasized that she was honored to have the opportunity to be part of the ceremony.
"Your engagement in this Service is much more of a humanitarian mission than a professional career. I perfectly understand the magnificence of the personal feeling when you save someone's life," she said.
She pointed out that it is the obligation of the Capital City to provide the Service with conditions for quality work.
During the celebration, a short film about the Protection and Rescue Service was shown.
Several employees received awards for long-term work and contribution, namely: Vesna Rakočević, Snežana Spaić, Nataša Šćepanović, Zdravko Blečić, Nina Kostić, Tanja Dragutinović, Sanja Racković, Dušan Karadžić, Zoran Stojanović, Sreten Racković, Slavko Racković, Dejan Dedović, Dušan Knežević, Ilija Radoman, Dragoslav Stešević, Dragan Stanojević, Dragan Ivančević and Dalibor Vešković.
After the ceremonial program was completed and awards were presented to the employees of the SZS of the Capital City, the premises and training ground and services were also visited by the students of the "Pavle Rovinski" Elementary School.
They had the opportunity to see how firefighters and employees of that service work, what the purpose of numerous equipment is, as well as how the rescue process proceeds, depending on the circumstances.
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