Slovenia conveys firefighting equipment to North Macedonia

20. 8. 2021

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Two weeks after deploying two firefighting teams to North Macedonia who successfully helped put out large wildfires, Slovenia today conveyed firefighting equipment to the area: firefighting backpacks, chainsaws, and fire beaters. State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Stanislav Raščan attended the dispatch at the Roje National Logistics Centre.

they are standing in front of large boxes — State Secretary Dr Raščan at the dispatch of firefighting equipment to North Macedonia | Author Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve

State Secretary Dr Raščan noted that this is the third occasion Slovenia has provided selfless help to North Macedonia, all of which proves Slovenia’s continuous and excellent readiness to respond to natural disasters and other occurrences. He thanked everyone who fought to extinguish the fires and drew attention to the two teams of Slovenian firefighters, who represented Slovenia excellently and did an impressive job.

In the course of their work, the Slovenian firefighters found that their North Macedonian colleagues lack adequate equipment. For this reason, Slovenia is conveying today firefighting equipment in a total value of EUR 76,000, including transport, so that they will be better prepared to deal with forest fires effectively in the future.