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In ancient Greek mythology, Atlas was the most powerful of the Titans. In the modern Greek history that will be written soon, Atlantas will be the most powerful weapon in the service of Civil Protection.
This will be the name of your next-generation business center General Secretariat of Civil Protection, which will have eyes and ears throughout Greece to prevent and manage crises.
Let’s start from the beginning. In one of the many meetings that o Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Nikos Hardals when he was still secretary general of Civil Protection, that is, before the pandemic, the prime minister allegedly asked him a question: “Where will I go if I have to be involved in managing a major crisis?”
The plan of the space that would house Civil Protection already existed on paper. This is the building on Kifissias Avenue in Maroussi where the Main Press Center was installed during the 2004 Athens Olympics and was once intended for the Ministry of Health to move there.
What was not originally designed was one business center on the model of the National Business Center located two levels below the Ministry of National Defense. That is, where the screens show maps of the area of interest, the disposition of forces and any useful images and information.
Something similar had to be created for her Civil protection. This discussion reportedly returned to the table on New Years Eve when The Malakasa-style Athens-Lamia National Highway was closed for hours due to bad weather, provoking the indignation of the Prime Minister for the lack of adequate and timely coordination.
In the case of Civil Protection, the main business center under construction is four stories high. In the building that is divided with the new headquarters on Kifissia Avenue, where all the services of the General Secretariat and of course the competent vice-minister’s office have been housed for the last five months. Nikos Hardalia Four business centers will be installed, one on each floor, the health risk management center, together with the information and monitoring center, the disaster prevention and response center, the critical infrastructure control center and finally the information and crisis management.
According to a report by the newspaper “Parapolitika”, on this top floor The prime minister may come to manage a major crisis such as a major fire or flood, an earthquake or an attack on some critical infrastructure in the country.
In this area there will be “Red” phone communicate with any foreign minister or head of state you need and, most importantly, a digital infrastructure with all the information and images you need to access.
The images of all the available ones will be collected in real time. cameras on roads and highways, ports, airports, train stations but also in infrastructures such as gas pipelines, PPC, etc.
For its construction, knowledge was extracted from other similar foreign services for example Federal Emergency Management Agency (Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA) which is part of US Department of Homeland Security
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