“Already for the new year we have 1,070 new hires in the Fire Brigade”. With this message, the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Mr. Yiannis Kefalogiannis, speaking on SKAI’s “Atavis” broadcast, set the top of the agenda to enhance the human resources and the upgrading of the Fire Brigade.

He recalled that “this year we tried with the historically higher number of firefighters, whether we are talking about permanent or seasonal, 18,000 personnel”, while the institutional shield of seasonal clarification clarified: “Watch out, we are talking about seasonal firefighters eight months. ” At the same time, in order to exploit their experience in permanent recruitment processes, he noted: “The seasonal in these hires, whether we are talking about the EMEM, that is, when it is for the forestry, or it is for the FIFA that is the firefighters for their term of office, they have increased scoring.” And he added about the composition of the EMEM: “Exactly, for permanent and I can tell you that for example, 90% comes from seasonal.”

The minister then placed the firefighting season and this year’s report in the European context, highlighting comparative elements and operational particularities. “This year in Europe we had destruction from the three -year -old fires. 10 million acres compared to about 3 million. ” Despite the extreme data, he stressed that “Greece at the moment with Croatia are the only countries in the European Union that are below average of twenty years. So this shows that comparatively, based on a very difficult summer, we did much better than other countries went. “

Mr Kefalogiannis also pointed out that the fire season remains active and requires alert until it is completed: “It is typically until the end of October and it is good that we must not forget. It has given us in previous years of fires and this month. Therefore, we want maximum attention to the end. “

In closing, the minister described the planning of preparation for the winter season, with the edge of coordination with self -government and clarity. “Already last week we have begun a coordinator with all the regions, online in principle and have given clear instructions and which we must base, whether it is the issue of contracts, for example that all the regions have the salt, to have the project contracts with the machinery, to be clear when it is clear.” As he explained, the process will be expanded nationwide: “Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to Lamia, and the Coordinator for Central Greece and by the end of the month it would be done in all corners of the country, in all regions. And I and the Deputy Minister will run through the country. “