The EU will finance for Greece, in the summer months, two Kananders, a helicopter and two lighter planes
Greece will benefit from the doubling of European aviation assets to fight forest fires in the summer of 2023, with the funding of two Canards, one helicopter and two lighter planes.
Also, in July and August they will be able to settle in our country 205 firefighters from different countriesaccording to the head of communication of the DG European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) Zacharias Giakoumis.
Prevention, preparation, warning, response and security are the five objectives of European Civil Protection, some of which have been implemented and others are ongoing.
The mechanism of the Emergency Coordination Center (rescue system) will assist this year with twice the firefighting fleet of 28 aircraft, which Greece will also have at its disposal, in the context of practical European solidarity
.In the context of practical European solidarity, the EU will finance for her Hellasin the summer months, two Canards, a helicopter and two lighter planes.
This year also consolidates the pilot program for 450 firefighters from 11 Member States, who will be able to deploy to France, Greece and Portugal in July and August to support domestic forces. 205 will be available in Greece.
The support to the member states will also be done with the satellite mapping of the Copernicus program, the maps of which can be sent in a few hours.
In 2021, the largest mobilization of the mechanism for fires in Greece
The activation of civil protection used to happen 20 times a year, while in 2022 it became 232, with requests from Ukraine at the top.
Greece has activated the mechanism 25 times since 2005, of which 18-19 were for fires.
In 2021, there was the largest mobilization of the mechanism to deal with fires in Greece, with help from 11 countries with 9 Kananders and helicopters and the mobilization of more than 1,000 firefighters and 200 vehicles.
Today, the biggest mobilization is for Ukraine.
Hard in 2023
According to EFFIS (European Forest Fire Information System), which Mr. Giakoumis cited, 2023 is estimated to be a difficult period with temperatures above average.
Last year two-thirds of Europe was affected by drought and fires, and this year more drought is expected in Northeast and Southeast Europe.
Source: Skai
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