The date was announced on 9th March 2017 after the visit of the Secretary of State for Internal Administration to the building, which is planned to accommodate the Intervention, Protection and Relief Group (GIPS) of GNR.
The base will serve to place “all the necessary equipment for the Civil Protection action, namely in situations of catastrophe, which may imply if there is a need for operational detachment, since it meets all the conditions for accommodation, food, administrative spaces Management and communications), storage of equipment, supply (exterior) and parking of vehicles”, says the municipality of Loulé.
The base, which “will be one of the largest” of the five planned for the whole country, “will have capacity for 120” Operational, said the Secretary of State. The GNR GIPS will have 30 military personnel permanently there. “In this sense, given that in addition to protection and r these men and women also carry out their police and criminal investigation functions,” Jorge Gomes emphasized that the equipment is also important for “citizen safety”.
The Quarteira Logistics Support Base represents an investment of 1.3 million euros – financed by the ministry through community funds and by the municipality – and represents the solution for a building, at the entrance of Quarteira, which was originally intended to be for the local Bombarios. The work was halted for about six years due to financial problems.
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