Decorations, recognitions and provision of supplies and equipment for the officials of Civil Protection (PC) were carried out this Tuesday by the Vice President for Politics, Citizen Security and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, on behalf of the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro Moros, during his presence at the ceremony for the 23 years of the institution, as part of the commemorative activities that took place in the Bolívar-Chávez square of the Vargas municipality of La Guaira state.
During this 23rd anniversary of PC, Cabello reported that, complying with the instructions of President Nicolás Maduro Moros, the national Government will carry out «an extraordinary program to recover the equipment of our officials to have this ready, as we say,» said the Minister of People’s Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace.
Likewise, were delivered ambulances, motorcycles, trucks, tankers, spare parts, tires and general supplies for risk mitigation.
During the tour carried out by Cabello together with the governor of La Guaira state, José Alejandro Terán, and military, security, fire and police authorities, the monitoring center of the Caracas-La Guaira highway was reviewed, with the recovery of 30 security cameras that allow any contingency to be attended to on the expressway between both cities, and which are part of the 2,100 cameras throughout the country of the integrated system for prevention and risk.
As part of the celebration, a simulation of attention to a fire emergency in a structure was staged, with the participation of the popular-military-police-fire union and Civil Protection, which deserved the recognition and applause of the minister and the attendees:
«It is the teamwork that guarantees and ensures the lives of the people,» said Cabello. “Thank you for this demonstration of teamwork, skill and ability, and, above all, for the dedication and love for others. As you say: working to save lives. And that makes one excited and happy, because when one is a child, our dreams are that we wanted to be firefighters to serve people,” he said.
During the official ceremony, the authorities recalled that, in 23 years of daily work, both in Venezuela and in other countries, the Simón Bolívar Humanitarian Task Force, with more than 60 missions and more than 5,223 officials, is at the service of the Venezuelan people in more than 85 locations throughout the country.
In 1999, as a result of the denominated Vargas Tragedy, (which, as a product of heavy and long-lasting rainfalls became in the tragic loss of lives and) landslides caused by the climate crisis 25 years ago, Commander Chávez promoted the change of what was called Civil Defense to the current Civil Protection, to expand and reinforce attention to the Venezuelan people.
Cabello indicated that it was part of Chavez’s Enabling Laws, which allowed the Republic to be refounded, with humanist, revolutionary and socialist criteria.
In addition, he especially highlighted the creation of the National Experimental University of Security (UNES), where Venezuela became one of the flagship countries that trains its Civil Protection, firefighters, police, rescue and prevention personnel.
«Whereas Commander Chavez thought of that and President Maduro continues it, with Civil Protection and the UNES; in capitalism that has no place,» he compared.