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Complaining about fuel prices? Now see here the impact on firefighters' fleet

TVI Notícias14 September 2026 at 14:00

The increase in fuel prices is severely affecting firefighter corps in Portugal. The corps face increased difficulties due to the high number of kilometers they travel daily in the exercise of their duties.

Bragança is presented as a concrete example of this reality. The local corps travels thousands of kilometers per day with its fleet, which means very high operational costs in a context of rising fuel prices.

Firefighters are thus confronted with an additional problem to their public service work, where the need to travel frequently significantly increases the operating costs of the corps.

Why this matters

Firefighter corps see their operational costs soar in a context of general inflation, which may compromise their emergency response capacity. This problem directly affects the safety of the populations served by these humanitarian associations, which depend on limited funding to keep their fleets operational.

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