New Horizons March 2019 | Page 17

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“It is so important for us to be always ready for any kind of emergencies” said Cengiz, one of the members of the brave fire brigade crew. “And being ready means being trained, well equipped with latest technology when attempting to saving lives.” Cengiz said that the new equipment, provided under TRP, has provided them to make life-changing interventions in his duty in recent months. “Cutting machines and hydraulic sorting machines let us make the earliest interventions in traffic accidents, where people are jammed inside their cars. With this new technology, we can intervene as quickly as possible, cut the squeezed metal and sort the parts out, then have access to passengers and accident victims before it is too late”. I have never thought before, that the technological developments in firefighting equipment have such crucial importance to human life, when seconds matter at a time of an emergency. Same applies to fires, earthquakes, floods and other kind of emergency situations. For an ordinary person, fire fighting vehicles are just big red tankers with sirens and red lights and ladders on them; flushing water into a fire incident. But it is not that simple…