The priority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) for the cold season is the adequate management of emergencies and medical situations, Interior Minister Carmen Dan told a Friday's a videoconference with prefects.
She mentioned that at present, around 1,000 ambulances and eight SMURD aircraft are made available daily at national level to those in need, with more than 2,700 ambulances to be added soon. "At the level of the whole country, we have 36 vehicles on caterpillars prepared and, if necessary, based on the partnership between the Emergency Situation Inspectorate and the National Road Infrastructure Management Company, their number can be supplemented by another seven. Soon, the ambulance fleet will be renewed (...) by approximately 2,200 ambulances that will be for public ambulance services, and some 500 ambulances will serve the SMURD," Dan told the meeting with the prefects and representatives of the other authorities with responsibilities in managing situations caused by the effects of the cold season.
The minister of the interior demanded that the county public health directorates update their lists of people who require dialysis and with pregnant women. "For this we need to be prepared and have the capacity to mobilize fast, to allocate resources whenever needed so that we can react promptly whenever citizens need it. I demand that local authorities make sure that those shelter spaces be adequate and equipped with all that is necessary to be used if required," Dan pointed out.
At the same time, the minister asked the prefects to draw up reports on the stockpiles of anti-skid materials and snow-clearing contracts and equipment for the winter season 2017-2018, and warned not that apologies for inappropriate preparing would not be accepted. "Until the RO-alert system becomes operational, I urge local authorities to send and pay close attention to weather warnings, and also to use all means of transmitting to the public the messages coming from the National Meteorological Authority. I call on the local authorities who have not been able to make stockpiles of anti-skid materials so far to conclude snow-clearing contracts to solve this problem. We are talking about people's safety. I consider that no one will be able to say they will be taken by surprise by the weather forecast this winter or they did not have enough time to prepare," Dan said.
The minister of the interior also required that the head of the Romanian Police take measures to restrict temporarily, when required, the road sections that could put motorists' life at risk.
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