Meetings continue within the scope of the Turkey Disaster Response Plan (TAMP). A meeting was held with the participation of Kocaeli Disaster Fire Group Support Solution Partners for the Turkey Disaster Response Plan, which was prepared in line with the experiences gained from the disasters experienced in our country in order to provide effective response to disasters. The meeting held at the AFAD Kocaeli campus was chaired by Disaster Fire Group Manager and Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department Director Ömer İslamoğlu and AFAD Provincial Director Mehmet Emin Koçan.
2024 FIREFIGHTERS IN 4
Speaking at the meeting, Disaster Fire Group Manager and Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department Head Ömer İslamoğlu said, “Kocaeli Fire Department is on duty 7/24. Our city is one of the most important metropolitan cities that carry the industrial load of our country and whose population exceeds 2 million. This increases our responsibility. In our city, 2023,
We responded to 2024 city fire incidents in 4, 418 sea fires in 2023, 2 in 2024, 7 in 2023, and 61 in 2024. We have 71 support solution partners in Kocaeli. We believe that this meeting, which we held as the Fire Service Group, will be beneficial in terms of rapid response, effective communication and cooperation against fire incidents that will occur in our city in relation to our duties in our area of responsibility.”
FOUND IN CONSULTATIONS
In the meeting with intensive participation, consultations were held on the plan. In the meeting held with support solution partners, it was emphasized to know the pre-disaster capabilities and support opportunities of the main solution partner and support solution partners against possible fires, to be accessible to the administrators in the decision-making authority of the support solution partners in case of possible fires, to take into account the rapid spread of the fire, and to ensure that the administrators show the necessary sensitivity and deliver the aid teams to the incident area quickly and swiftly.
