RELATED:Lindenstrauss: 'Fire readiness falls on Yishai's shoulders'State Comptroller Report on fire services: ‘Very severe'The comments came after State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss released a scathing report on Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services.“I warn the government and the prime minister regarding the continuing failure which lies on the doorstep of the Interior Ministry and the minister who leads it,” said Lindenstrauss in his introductory letter to the report. “It is necessary to immediately stop the foot-dragging regarding the fire services, and the handing-off of responsibility from one minister to another."In the report, which compiled information from 2007-2009, the State Comptroller noted that Yishai had warned the government regarding the dire state of the fire and rescue services, but did not say that it absolved Yishai – or his predecessor, MK Meir Sheetrit (Kadima) – from responsibility. Yishai, Lindenstrauss confirmed, had in fact warned Prime Minsiter Binaymin Netanyahu about the state of the fire services. As early as September 2009, Yishai warned Netanyahu of the state of the fire services, asking him for assistance, but the subject was only officially discussed in December of that year.
Firefighting failure is failure of all gov'ts, Yishai says
Interior minister states that even though he warned gov't in past fires could turn into natural disaster, "I'm not the one who makes the decisions."
RELATED:Lindenstrauss: 'Fire readiness falls on Yishai's shoulders'State Comptroller Report on fire services: ‘Very severe'The comments came after State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss released a scathing report on Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services.“I warn the government and the prime minister regarding the continuing failure which lies on the doorstep of the Interior Ministry and the minister who leads it,” said Lindenstrauss in his introductory letter to the report. “It is necessary to immediately stop the foot-dragging regarding the fire services, and the handing-off of responsibility from one minister to another."In the report, which compiled information from 2007-2009, the State Comptroller noted that Yishai had warned the government regarding the dire state of the fire and rescue services, but did not say that it absolved Yishai – or his predecessor, MK Meir Sheetrit (Kadima) – from responsibility. Yishai, Lindenstrauss confirmed, had in fact warned Prime Minsiter Binaymin Netanyahu about the state of the fire services. As early as September 2009, Yishai warned Netanyahu of the state of the fire services, asking him for assistance, but the subject was only officially discussed in December of that year.