Why is Firefighter's Day celebrated

Firefighter's Day is a special celebration of the calendar that is celebrated every August 20 in Venezuela. Its objective is to pay tribute and highlight the work of all those people in blue, who every day work and risk their lives to safeguard the lives of others, as well as the property of the population, against the risk of fires or any other event of natural or social character.

Below we will tell you how Firefighter's Day was born and why it is celebrated.

Origin of Firefighter's Day

Firefighter's Day is a special date that was born in 1972, the date on which the First Bolivarian Congress of Maracaibo Firefighters was held in the state of Zulia. All the representatives of these organizations from the five nations liberated by Simón Bolívar gathered in this activity, so it was a very important event.

Precisely in this meeting it was proposed that the Firefighter's Day be changed to August 20, because until that moment, such date took place every February 17.

After this, the first commander of the Federal District Fire Department at that time, Luis Montes Meinhardt, brought that petition to the table and asked the Caracas Municipal Council to officially declare the Day of the Firefighter on August 20.

The proposal was accepted and finally approved on July 7, 1975.