The Government He published Wednesday in the Official Gazette Decree 81/2025, in which it is detailed that the National Fire Management Directorate will depend directly on the Undersecretariat of Federal Emergency Support, which is dependent on the Ministry of National Security, in charge of Patricia Bullrich.
The decision was taken from the high positions of the government agency given the Concern for the constant fires in Patagonia. Previously, the address responded orders from the Subsecretariat of Environment.
The Ministry of Security takes over the National Fire Management Directorate
“The aforementioned transfer includes the organizational units that depend on said national address, as well as the budgetary credits, goods, personnel and endowments in force to date and the staff With his current magazine situation and the levels of executive functions provided for in Decree No. 2098 of December 3, 2008, ”said the letter signed by the Head of State, his chief of staff Guillermo Francos and the Minister of National Security.
Then, the Government marked that “from the dictation of Decree No. 1136/24 and until the corresponding budgetary adjustments are made, The administration of the National Fire Management Fund will continue to be in charge of the corresponding Financial Administrative Service of the Chief of Ministers.
The same organism will be in charge of providing administrative and financial support to the National Fire Management Service “according to the instructions given by the Ministry of National Security in its capacity as Authority for the Application of Law No. 26,815 ″.
Patricia Bullrich announced the creation of the Federal Emergency Council
The minister Patricia Bullrich and the minister Luis Petri They traveled to Patagonia and announced the creation of the Federal Emergency Council, in order to give a centralized and more efficient response to natural catastrophes throughout the country.
“We are going to be relentless with those that burn, make terrorism and burn properties and forests that are very important in the country. Who does them, pays them ”, Bullrich said.
In addition, he clarified: “The president, based on a decree of necessity and urgency, has decided the creation of the Federal Emergency Agency to be efficient and have more means and less structures.”
From El Bolsón, Patricia Bullrich and Luis Petri announced the creation of the Federal Emergency Agency
The Minister of Nation Security, Patricia Bullrich, and Defense Minister Luis Petrithey arrived at El Bolsón from where they announced the creation of a Federal Emergency Agency. Both officials had reached the town located in Black River To monitor the work carried out by the brigades to combat the different foci of fires in the area.
In detail, after evaluating the situation of the fires that affect the area of Drowned mallin and the blue circuit, The ministers issued a recorded advertisement announced the creation of the agency through a Decree of necessity and urgency issued by Javier Milei. “There are 12 structures in the national state that fight emergencies, disasters, fires or flood From the Federal Emergency Agency, “Bullrich explained.
Javier Milei’s government created a federal emergency agency
After presenting in the affected areas of El Bolsón, Bullrich and Petri They issued a brief recorded message where they announced the creation of the agency. As justified from the government, they currently exist “12 structures that fight emergencies” – From fire to floods” which generates one “overlap“In the operations and tasks of the brigades.
According to Bullrich, the new body of the State will have “verticality in the use of funds and in all the structures that are scattered today, to be efficient and effective. “In this way, these emergency response sectors”have more means and less structures“He said.
For his part, Petri explained that in times of emergency is “transcendental concentrate resources and act as quickly as possible and speed. This cannot be achieved with duplicate structures. “Then he added:” The announcement of this Federal Emergency Agency that will allow a real -time response in each of the emergencies that are lived throughout the national territory. “
On the consequences of fire spotlights in El Bolsón, Petri assured that their balance were “More than 130 homes“Burned, in addition to having damaged”3,700 hectares“After this, both ministers were firm in the National Government’s hypothesis, which suggests that the fires were caused premeditated.
“That is why we hope that the Nation Congress quickly sanctions this project that, more than anyone, needs it today the Argentine Patagonia“Petri said.
Source: Ambito
