Convention on the supply of 4,500 Personal Protection Sets (uniforms, helmets, boots) for voluntary groups, in the context of the implementation of the AEGIS program, was signed by the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection on Tuesday afternoon.

The value of the equipment amounts to 2.7 million euros and the receipt is expected within the coming firefighting period. The media will cover all of the country’s civil protection volunteers, while in the future increase in their number, codes have been held to conduct new, immediate competitions.

Addressing the volunteers, Mr. Kikilias said, among other things: “It is not often the case with politicians who have said or promised to see them implement. Personal protection is capable and necessary condition for struggling people of duty, as you are all. Many times with the Deputy Minister, Mr. Tournas, the Chief of the Fire Brigade and the staff we discussed the ways to improve the relationship between us for what the Fire Brigade is doing and is sacred, the protection of human life. “

The minister expressed his respect and appreciation to volunteers, stressing that what they do “They do it through their hearts, without consideration.” “It’s not just the fire season. Are all kinds of emergency conditions of need served Civil Protectionthe ministry with its arm of the Fire Brigade and its spearhead volunteers. We saw you everywhere this year in the field all and everyone. With courage and boldness but also professionalism and vigorously helping what I think – in general confession – everyone admits that it was perhaps the most difficult fire period of the last 40 years in terms of pyrotechnic conditions. An anhydrous year, no snow in our mountains and no rain nowhere, with insurmountable conditions. What you all achieved together is shocking. Everyone in Greece realized it, but it may have needed tragic events in our continent or America all these months to understand how huge work has been done at the Ministry of Civil Protection. How huge work has been done in the Fire Brigade and part of our volunteers’, Mr. Kikilias noted.

For his part his leader Fire BrigadeLieutenant General, Theodore Vagias pointed out that by the means of personal protection by which volunteers will be provided “They will be able to operate safely in all businesses along with the Fire Department.” “Beyond a big” thank you “and congratulations to all, let’s say that the result that was shaped throughout the previous year, have made a contribution to their contribution and presence to all incidents.”Mr. Vagias emphasized.

“Today, we feel justified, after many years of effort, because Mr Minister, you have proven that the theory can be done and our work may have real results,” The President of the Volunteer Organization “Body of Volunteer Rescue Firefighters Western Achaia”, Gerasimos Panagopoulos, noted. As he said, in the last 15 years he has been involved in the institution of Civil Protection Volunteer in our country, “The only structure involved in specialized and certified citizens with a full complete, and under their coordination, cooperation with the Security Forces, and primarily the Fire Brigade, on crisis management.”

“In recent years we have seen 3 laws. On 30.13/2002, 42.49/2014 and 46.62/2020 to consult and vote in Parliament. Everyone stayed on the papers and 46.62/2020 is the only law that with your own initiatives and decisions and in cooperation with the General Secretariat for Civil Protection takes flesh and bones and I speak specifically about the issues related to the institution, the volunteer Civil Protection that We should use it more often.

On the positive side of the law, the new single Civil Protection Volunteer Register was activated, where we went through the phase of “all good fit”, as we say in my place, in the phase of certification of the fulfilling conditions of members of the voluntary organizations of the Territory. They are still enough to become, but as you have already proven with prudence and dialogue and consultation, we believe that we will leave the bad texts behind us and move together, because only in this way we can achieve in a modern new era with the sole focus of the security of their our fellow citizens and the environment »emphasized Mr. Panagopoulos.

Finally, he emphasized that on the occasion of the event, the great opportunity was given as a voluntary organization of the Region to hear their voice, and thanked for the supply of the necessary means of personal protection of their members through the AIGIS program.