EU to send more than 200 firefighters to Greece for the summer season

ATHENS – Greater than 200 firefighters and tools from Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Romania and Norway shall be stationed in Greece to supply quick help within the occasion of main wildfires in the course of the summer season, the European Fee mentioned on Thursday.

A spate of wildfires scorched about 300,000 acres of forest and bushland in numerous elements of Greece final summer season, amid the nation’s worst heatwave in 30 years.

Following sharp criticism of its response to the fires, the Greek authorities arrange a brand new civil safety ministry and promised to spice up firefighting capacities as a part of its battle to sort out world warming.

“In August 2021, Greece witnessed about 65 simultaneous forest fires per day with common temperatures usually exceeding 40℃ “, the EU’s Disaster Administration Commissioner Janez Lenarcic mentioned in a press release.

“Along with the Greek authorities we have now subsequently agreed the stand-by presence of greater than 200 extremely expert firefighters from throughout our continent to help nationwide first responders when fires get away,” he added.

The help, financed and coordinated underneath the EU’s civil safety mechanism, will come on prime of firefighting plane out there to European Union nations underneath the bloc’s reserve of sources.

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