Greece Deploys Record Firefighters and More Drones for Wildfire Season

Greece Tests Firefighting Readiness As Wildfire Season Is Underway

Greece has earmarked some 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) to buy new aircraft, meteorological stations and drones to improve its capabilities against wildfires and other natural disasters. Credit: AMNA Greece conducted a massive exercise Thursday to test the country’s evolving wildfire response, which increasingly replies on more firefighters and advanced technologies such as drone surveillance as Greece is already well into its wildfire season. …

Greece deploys record firefighters and more drones for wildfire season

Greece is deploying a record 18,000 firefighters and nearly doubling its drone fleet this summer to combat intensifying wildfires linked to climate change. Officials say rising temperatures and low rainfall have worsened fire conditions, with damage in recent sharply increased…

A serious staffing problem for the Fire Services in Skiathos is highlighted by the SYRIZA-PS MP for Magnesia, Alexandros Meikopoulos, in a parliamentary question, after six seasonal firefighters resigned before they even took up their duties, due to the inability to find housing. As Mr. Meikopoulos points out, of the 14 positions that were initially filled, only nine firefighters are now serving, while Skiathos belongs to a high-risk zone for fi…

Greece boosts wildfire response with more firefighters and drones

Record number of firefighters to tackle rising wildfire risk Greece will deploy 18,000 firefighting personnel this summer as part of an expanded effort to combat wildfires linked to climate change, according to Associated Press. Civil Protection Minister Ioannis Kefalogiannis said the force would include both permanent and seasonal staff, supported by thousands of volunteers. Kefalogiannis […]

Gov’t doubles drone fleet and deploys record firefighters to tackle growing wildfire risk

The government is deploying a record number of firefighters and nearly doubling its drone fleet this summer to address growing wildfire risks driven by climate change, officials have said.