Toledo In Desperate Need of Rain to Fight Fires  

And finally, from Toledo, NEMO and the Toledo West Area Representative are already planning to prevent such an occurrence during the dry season in 2025. One idea being discussed is the establishment of fully trained community disaster response teams in every village. For now, the only real answer to the fires blazing across the district is rain.

 

Daniel Mendez, Coordinator, NEMO

“What we also need to do from the NEMO perspective is continuing to expand the concept of community disaster Response teams and to ensure that each community has a team that is able and has the equipment to manage these incidents and be able to lead before help arrives.”

 

Paul Lopez

“Is the only hope of crossing this bridge rain?”

 

Oscar Requena, Area Representative, Toledo West

“I really think to a great extent it is only rain. That is the first step. Because of where these fires are, unless we are able to get some sort of air support which is very expensive and also because of th3 areas where the fires are currently at, if we do get rain that would be the first hope to be able to get the fires out. Otherwise it would have to be just fighting them, boots on the ground, going in and trying as much as possible to suppress those fires.”