The new Minister of Internal Affairs today opened new facilities at the helicopter base to the south of Loulé.
The new building will allow civil protection and medical emergency services to operate with better facilities and coordination.
Anabela Rodrigues, the new minister, presided over the inauguration of the support building for the heliport in a visit to the Algarve that saw her also open a civil defence facility in Portimão, paid for by the controversial levy on householders’ rates bills.
The Loulé heliport now has a new multipurpose building of two floors with rooms for crews, a reception and a communications centre.
The INEM medical emergency helicopter service needs a team available 24/7 and they now have better facilities, as do staff from the National Authority for Civil Protection.
The Loulé mayor, Victor Aleixo, said that this work was fully funded by the council at a cost of €600,000.
