By April the precautionary begins cleaning of the suburban forest of Sheikh Suwhile almost 50,000 acres of forest areas will be cleared nationwide, as it was said on the sidelines of a meeting for this year fire period held in a central hotel in Thessaloniki in the presence of the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Stylianidand the Undersecretary of the Environment, George Amyraswith executives of the Fire and Forest Service.
Mr.Stylianidisin his statements, he stood in the joint “battle” of the Fire Brigade with the Forest Service and in the acquisition of unified protocols on how they will operate and handle the incidents before, during and after the fire.
“We must not put things under the rug and we must admit that there was a period when these two state services were not in as harmonious cooperation as we would like. “The new leaderships of the Ministries have decided that the cooperation should be accelerated and made more effective, not only at the time when we will seek to put out a big fire, but also before and after,” the minister said.
Mr. Stylianidis added that they will be made tours throughout Hellas for update of the framework of cooperation and that “today from Thessaloniki begins an effort that I am sure will be successful because I see the atmosphere from the smell of preparation. “They are all like a family and they realize that together we must give the battle of the right preparation for the new fire season”.
Mr. Amyras spoke about “a very important day which was delayed for 24 years. So many years have passed since the Forest Service had an active role, in something very important, in the prevention and treatment of forest fires. It is important that the Ministry of Climate and Civil Protection takes an extremely efficient step. It brings the Fire Brigade in absolute harmony, in coordination and communication with the forest services “.
The Undersecretary added that there should be synergy so that the two services can obtain unified protocols on how to handle a situation, before, during and after the fire, while describing prevention as “key”. “We live in times of climate crisis and she has shown us her teeth, she is relentless, she is unimaginably hard on people and ecosystems,” said Mr. Amyras.
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