The fuel increases are causing serious financial difficulties to firefighters in Portugal. The Firefighters League warned that this situation is "strangling financially" the professionals and volunteers in the Civil Protection area.
The Firefighters League requested the Government that Civil Protection process "immediately the reimbursement of fuel costs for the months of June and July". The request aims to ensure that firefighters are not left without resources to continue performing their duties.
The delayed reimbursements aggravate the situation of the corporations, which face increasingly high operational costs. The financial pressure threatens to compromise firefighters' response capacity in emergencies.
The request from the Firefighters League to the Executive to process "as quickly as possible" also the costs of August demonstrates the urgency of the situation. Firefighters depend on these reimbursements to keep vehicles and equipment operational.
