Deputy Jerusalem Mayor Dov Kalmanovitz calls for residents of the city who own a 4×4 vehicle to volunteer for a rescue team that would be deployed in case there is a snowstorm in Jerusalem this winter.
“This year, the snow will not catch us unprepared – we are getting ready now. We’re putting together a 4×4 volunteer unit for extraction, aid and rescue in Jerusalem,” Kalmanovitz writes on his Facebook page.
“In the past few years we have been witnessing extreme weather all over Israel and we have already seen recently malfunctions, flooding, power outages and other problems caused to the residents of Israel,” Kalmanovitz writes.
“In Jerusalem, there has been snow every winter for the past few years and it looks like every time we find ourselves unprepared. It is important to remember that two years ago, thousands of the city’s residents found themselves cut off completely from electricity, transportation and supplies.”
Kalmanovitz left his municipal email address at the end of the Facebook post for those interested in joining.
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