“This year we will face a very difficult fire season, the climate crisis is here” said the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikiliasin an interview he gave to the international agency Associated Press. “We had a dry winter, there is a drought. We understand this because last year we also faced a very difficult fire fighting season and we have prepared to the best of our ability to succeed” added the minister, explaining that the new operational doctrine of the Fire Brigade combined with training and prevention, is the tactic that Civil Protection will follow this year.

“Prevention is very basic for us” he stressed, pointing out the crucial importance of the opening of fire zones in forests and peri-urban areas by the Ministry of Environment and Energy, as well as by DEDDIE and ADMIE.

The Associated Press report also refers to the new equipment that our country will start receiving from next year through the AEGIS program. “Greece has launched a €2.1 billion program to strengthen its disaster response capabilities. New firefighting aircraft, drones, fire trucks, sensor networktraining facilities and artificial intelligence” are just some examples of the supplies Greece will receive, the international agency notes in its report.

Also, extensive reference is made to this year’s training of firefighters and forest rangers, whose forces this year have more than doubled. “Greece’s fire season officially starts on May 1, but dozens of fires were tackled every day last month, with temperatures starting to reach 30 degrees from the end of March – significantly warmer than those recorded in the past decade,” it says. the agency report.