Firefighters from Santa Catarina travel to provide assistance in Greater Porto Alegre

The Task Force (FT) teams of the Santa Catarina Military Fire Department (CBMSC) received a new mission this Saturday (4) to move to Greater Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul.

According to Colonel Jefferson de Souza, deputy general commander of the CBMSC, the displacement occurs because the capital region is being severely affected by rising water levels.

Firefighters had been in the neighboring state since Wednesday (1). The teams arrived in the city of Lajeado and part of them moved to Santa Cruz do Sul.

Firefighters from Santa Catarina travel to provide assistance in Greater Porto Alegre – Photo: CBMSC / Disclosure

More than 600 lives were saved by Santa Catarina firefighters

So far, 600 lives have been saved, 516 people and 84 animals, during rescue actions in Rio Grande do Sul. In addition, three dead victims were found by firefighters.

Thirty-two military firefighters were sent to the operation, in addition to ten 4×4 vehicles, eleven boats, and drones for interventions in landslide areas.

The military is integrating the Operations Command System under the coordination of the Civil Defense of Rio Grande do Sul.