With emergency traffic regulations, bans, interruptions and traffic diversions, preventive evacuation of areas, release of people and animals, ensuring the physical integrity and property of the residents of the affected areas, the Hellenic Police participates in the operational planning to deal with the ongoing fire on the island of Rhodes, as stated in a statement by the Hellenic Police Headquarters.

He also notes that “the total number of police officers currently operating on the island is 150 and that today a C130 is leaving for the island of Rhodes from Attica with police officers from the DIAS team”.

In detail, the announcement:

The Hellenic Police is participating in the wider operational planning and is actively assisting with human resources and means in dealing with the ongoing fire on the island of Rhodes.

In particular, essential assistance is provided to the firefighting forces, which act to extinguish the fires, through the implementation of emergency traffic regulations with – as the case may be – prohibitions, interruptions and traffic diversions, the preventive evacuation of areas, the release of people and animals, as well as the safeguarding of the physical integrity and property of the residents of affected areas.

In more detail, police officers from OEPTA and OPKE are available, while today C130 departs for the island of Rhodes from Attica with police officers from the DIAS team.

Policemen and vehicles of the services of the First Dodecanese Police Directorate are constantly reinforced by services of neighboring Police Directorates as well as Directorates of the G.A.D.A.

The total number of police officers currently operating on the island is 150.

The Greek Police will continue to be on constant alert and alert to provide assistance and support to the work of the fire brigade.