WhatsappUS Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, thanked ten American firefighters who flew to Israel to help the Israeli fire department fight the Gaza terror fires in Southern Israel. The American firefighters came with the emergency volunteers project (EVP). They are a US outfit that trains and deploys fire & rescue personnel to Israel in times of crisis.
Fire in Meflasim today – one of hundreds on #Israeli land close to #Gaza in recent months after phenomenon of fire kites and balloons began. @EVPIsrael and @Jfederations flew #US firemen over to help fight the flames. Story to follow. pic.twitter.com/U274iR6m1d
— Tamara Zieve (@TZieve) August 1, 2018
Fighting the Gaza Arson Terror
More than 7,500 acres of Israeli land has been destroyed. This includes thousands of acres of natural parks and agricultural fields. Just the other day, Gaza terrorists ignited 15 fires ignited arson kites and incendiary balloons.
Ashton Bright, from Plantation, Florida said that he “came to Israel as part of the emergency volunteers project (EVP) in order to help fight the fires. Hamas has been sending kite balloons and starting arson fires in Southern Israel for many months. We are here to help with the response to those fires by coming in and dealing with them. Just yesterday we had two very large fires near Gaza. One we had to call in the bulldozers. We called in the fire planes. And we also called in the fire helicopters, so it was quite amazing. It was actually the first time I ever worked with all three pieces of equipment at the same time on the same fire.”
Ambassador Friedman said that these American firefighters “show the incredible solidarity between the American people and the Israeli people”. He added that “I can’t think of anything better that better demonstrates the solidarity, love and cooperation between the United States and Israel. I had to come here and see it for myself.”
EVP
The American firefighters who flew to volunteer in Israel with EVP are on the front lines together with our Israeli IDF troops and firefighters.
This is why we, in partnership with @jfederations, deployed American firefighters to Israel to help put these fires out before they can spread. https://t.co/neTPl62dCW
— Emergency Volunteer Project (@EVPIsrael) August 2, 2018
EVP’s #American #firefighters worked late into the evening to assist Israeli fire crews in putting out many of the over 15 fires sparked by #Hamas incendiary balloons in southern Israel today. Most importantly, no one was hurt. @jfederations pic.twitter.com/SwHtkFPlU7
— Emergency Volunteer Project (@EVPIsrael) July 31, 2018
Like #IDF soldiers, our American volunteer firefighterd are on the Gaza border to keep Israelis safe! Please RT this to show your support for Israeli soldiers and for our brave firefighters. pic.twitter.com/eP4G76kiw1
— Emergency Volunteer Project (@EVPIsrael) July 31, 2018
Heavy winds made putting out this large fire in the #Ruhamah Nature Reserve yesterday very hard. American and Israeli #firefighters, along with firefighting aircraft eventually subdued the flames. pic.twitter.com/wGFWRDHOjU
— Emergency Volunteer Project (@EVPIsrael) August 1, 2018
