GSLP-Liberals-Manifesto-2019

let’s talk about...Gilbert
GILBERT LICUDI IS A PILOT, HAVING QUALIFIED FOR A PRIVATE PILOT’S LICENCE. HE HAS SERVED YOU AS MINISTER FOR
JUSTICE AND EDUCATION SINCE 9 DECEMBER 2011. HE ALSO SERVED AS MINISTER FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES & GAMING
FROM DECEMBER 2011 UNTIL JULY 2013 WHEN HE TOOK ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GIBRALTAR FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE. AS
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, HE HEADED THE PROJECT LEADING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GIBRALTAR.
ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS DELIVERED THE 700 BERTH MARINA FOR SMALL BOATS. HE IS A BARRISTER AND A QUEEN’S COUNSEL
AND IS CALLED TO THE BAR IN GIBRALTAR AND IN ENGLAND AND WALES. BEFORE BEING ELECTED, GILBERT PRACTISED
AS A PARTNER OF ONE OF GIBRALTAR’S LEADING LAW FIRMS WHERE HE HAS ADVISED ON ALL TYPES OF COMMERCIAL
TRANSACTIONS AND REGULARLY ADVISED BANKS, TRUSTEES AND PRIVATE CLIENTS ON GIBRALTAR COMPANY AND TRUST
LAW. GILBERT HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE GSLP FOR OVER 30 YEARS, HAVING CHAIRED THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING IN THE
RUN UP TO THE GSLP’S FIRST ELECTION WIN. HE IS MARRIED AND HAS 2 SONS.
THE FIRE & RESCUE
SERVICE
The safety of our community has
been a top priority for a GSLP/Liberal
administration. We have invested
heavily in the last four years with
a replacement of appliances and
vehicles for the Gibraltar Fire and
Rescue Service and the Airport Fire
and Rescue Service.
THE COMPLEMENT
We will be reviewing the staffing
complement of the GFRS as a result
of safeguards being put in place for all
the new highrise buildings. This will
be facilitated by the introduction of a
training team comprised of a tier of fire
officers, which would greatly enhance
our operational capabilities.
EQUIPMENT FOR GFRS
We will continue investing in our
safety. With a greater number of high
rise buildings in Gibraltar the need for
appropriate resources to deal with an
incident in one of these buildings is
evident. We will provide funding for
the purchase by the Gibraltar Fire and
Rescue Service of a Turntable Ladder.
This is an appliance with a boom ladder
and rescue cage capable of reaching
heights of over 30 metres and which
can be used for both rescue and firefighting
from above.
FIREFIGHTER TRAINING
Training of firefighters is of paramount
importance. Our fire services officers
have attended numerous training
courses in the UK as well as an LNG
Awareness and Incident Command
course in the Netherlands. This will
continue. In addition, it is vital that
we have local training facilities. We
have already provided the Gibraltar
Fire and Rescue Service with a training
area near Lathbury Barracks. This has
proved to be invaluable.
FIRE TRAINING FACILITY
We will expand the training facilities
in Gibraltar by providing a new and
technologically advanced fire training
facility in the area of the old refuse
incinerator by Europa Advance Road.
This will be enclosed and have the
latest features from an environmental
protection perspective with emissions
expected to be close to zero. The
facility will be available for fire and
heat training for the Gibraltar Fire and
Rescue Service, the Airport Fire and
Rescue Service and the new Gibraltar
Maritime Academy where basic
fire training for seafarers will be an
essential feature of the Academy.
THE NEW FIRE STATION
The provision of a new Fire Station
is now long overdue. It has not been
delivered yet due to negotiations with
the preferred bidder for the Rooke site.
This site is preferred as it is in the centre
of town. It will be our commitment to
start work on a new fire station within
6 months of being returned to office.
We will not let down our firefighters.
THE PORT
Many thousands of ships transit the
Straits of Gibraltar every year. Up
to one fifth of the world’s oil passes
through the Straits, making it one of
the most important waterways on the
globe. The Gibraltar Port has taken
advantage of the opportunities this
creates to become one of the major
ports in the area. We are now the
number one port in the Mediterranean
in bunkering volumes and have also
acquired an excellent reputation for
the quality of our service in other
maritime services such as the supply
of provisions, spares and lubrication
oils, salvage operations, underwater
hull cleaning, crew changes, ship
repair, cruise calls as well as legal and
financial maritime expertise.
SUPERYACHT BERTH
The creation of the new small boats
marina has created over 500 metres
of new berthing space for superyachts.
We now have the facilities and
infrastructure to accommodate the
largest superyachts in the world.
SMALL BOATS MARINA
The marina which accommodates 700
small boats has allowed hundreds of
Gibraltarian families to enjoy access to
the sea when this was previously not
possible. It is a pleasure to see so many
people enjoying these new facilities.
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