The additional personnel for Jakarta Dept. of Fire Handling and Rescue is proposed in 2017 City Budget Draft. The agency needs additional personnel much.

The proposal is priority since the personnel number is not appropriate to meet the target

“The proposal is priority since the personnel number is not appropriate to meet the target. We’ll escort it up to Budgetary Board of City Council,” said Bambang Sugiono, Jakarta Governmental Assistant for Regional Secretary, Wednesday (12/7).

From the initiate 1,000 personnel, he added, have been cut to 603 people. The proposed budget is Rp 26 billion.

“The recruitment is taken from balakar. They only had honorary during work. We want to advance their status as freelancer to get UMP-based salary and BPJS,” he added.

Previously, the proposal had been included in 2017 City Budget Draft. But the Budgetary Body did not agree the proposal.

“Agency head said there was a governor disposition that the budget must be proposed,” he closed.