Over 25k law enforcement staff to be on duty, daily, this weekend

About 25,000 police officers, gendarmes, firefighters and border police will be on duty daily, during New Year's Eve, to ensure the citizens' protection and safety, and will act to prevent and combat crimes and contraventions, to streamline the traffic on the tried roads during this period, but also when crossing the border, as well as to ensure a rapid intervention in case of emergency situations, agerpres reports.

According to estimates, on New Year's Eve, about 60 public events will be organized, in which over 120,000 people could participate. The most significant events will be organized in Bucharest - 15,000 people, Craiova, Piatra Neamt and Ploiesti, rd 10,000 people each.

"A special attention will be paid to maintaining the climate of public safety on the night between the years. The forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) will be supplemented in order to prevent the illegal acts and to be able to act quickly in support of the citizens, and the SMURD (Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication) crews will be prepared to intervene in order to provide for the medical first aid," said MAI spokeswoman Monica Dajbog.

She drew attention to the use of pyrotechnic items.
"In order to prevent the occurrence of serious accidents, it is better that the pyrotechnic items are used in a secure environment by specialized personnel," the MAI official said.

During this period, an average of 1,500 traffic police will act daily, as high traffic values are expected. On road sections with a high risk of accidents, road crews will operate with 280 radar devices.

As many as 14 aircraft of the General Aviation Inspectorate are prepared to execute especially SMURD missions and missions in support of the other structures of the ministry.

Approximately 5,000 employees of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations will be mobilized every day to be able to act in case of emergency situations, including those produced by hydro-meteorological phenomena.

The activities of preventing the spread and limiting the infection with the novel coronavirus will be carried out together with the institutional partners, acting to verify the compliance with the sanitary protection measures, protecting the citizens' health and avoiding the carrying out of activities that could lead to the increase of the number of infections.

Firefighters are prepared to intervene with over 3,600 technical means, of which almost 800 extinguishing crews, 41 ambulances, 32 self-milling machines, 133 extrication cars, 323 B2-type SMURD ambulances, 39 mobile intensive care units, of which seven specialized in neonatological treatment, as well as 42 special vehicles for the transport of personnel and multiple victims.