European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic has said that the rescEU aerial firefighting fleet will be doubled for this year’s wildfire season. The announcement was made Wednesday during the 10th anniversary celebration of the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Center.
The EU has said it is doubling its aerial firefighting fleet for the summer of 2023, citing challenges such as increasing forest fires due to the climate crisis. “The last few years have seen our greatest challenges so far,” Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said.
The European Commissioner for crisis management has emphasized the importance of a pilot program for prepositioning firefighters and equipment implemented in Greece last summer.
Higher temperatures are coming soon in Greece, and with them the dreaded wildfire alerts. And, this year, the danger could be heightened because of low rain and snow coverage during the winter months.
Unknown arsonists targeted a telecommunications company vehicle parked in the municipality of Triandria in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, during the early hours of Wednesday. According to reports, the perpetrators allegedly doused the vehicle with a flammable liquid before igniting it using an open flame. The act resulted in significant damage to the rear of the vehicle, […]
Greece will welcome more than 180 firefighters from five European countries in the July-August season, in the context of a pre-positioning program that will be implemented again via the European Civil Protection Mechanism.
A fire broke out at a car dealership situated on Alexandras Avenue in the Ampelokipi area of Athens in the early hours of Wednesday, resulting in extensive damage to seven vehicles. Authorities have confirmed that the fire was deliberately set as an act of arson.
Artificial intelligence is being deployed in the battle for the prevention and management of forest fires through innovative programs developed and coordinated by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA).
Two suspects have been arrested in Thessaloniki in northern Greece after a thrilling pursuit of hooded individuals leaping from rooftop to rooftop. One of them was apprehended just before 7 a.m. while attempting to flee, while the second remained on a rooftop near a church for approximately 30 minutes.
A fire broke out on the fifth deck of a passenger transport ship that was docked for repairs in Perama on Monday afternoon. The causes of the fire have not yet been determined.
The fire service has responded to a fire that broke out in an abandoned building near Syntagma Square in the center of Athens.
An expert testifying on behalf of the families of the victims of the deadly fire in Mati, east Attica, in the summer of 2018 is expected to testify for a second day on Monday, after delivering a scathing assessment of the authorities’ response on Friday.
A fire broke out near the town of Megara in Attica on Wednesday afternoon. According to information available to Kathimerini, the fire broke out in a wooded area in a gorge and no residential areas are under threat.
A high school in northern Greece was evacuated on Thursday morning after a fire broke out on the ground floor.
The Fire Service has launched an investigation into the causes of a fire that destroyed a restaurant in the Nea Smyrni district of Athens on Friday.
The destructive force of wildfires in Greece since 2003 has been illustrated in a study by the National Observatory of Athens, which showed 10 of the most severe ones destroyed more than 280,000 hectares of vegetation.
