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For him and for the preparations firefighters operational planning during the current fire fighting period, you were informed today Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who met in Ymittos with the Minister of Civil Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis, the Deputy Minister in charge of Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias and the leadership of the Fire Brigade.
“We have more staff this year, better means of personal protection for our firefighters, better organization of firefighting means, and better overall organization of the Corps and Civil Protection, so that we can respond quickly and efficiently to any challenge.” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.
“We are not done with the crown adventure”
“It just came to our attention then relaxation of measures The concept of individual responsibility is further strengthened. Of course, the state is doing what it can do: advise citizens, give them the right instructions, but beyond that, avoid overcrowding and congestion. it is the responsibility of the citizens themselves.
And I would like Hymettus to repeat it again. My appeal: we’re not done with the crown adventure.. We have come a long way, but not to be forced to withdraw again and move forward with a possible tightening of the measures, as we were forced to do several weeks ago, Collective cooperation and individual responsibility are required.
Yes, people will be more on the streets, they will be on the beaches, tomorrow they will be in restaurants. But individual responsibility is always required, wearing a mask where the mask is mandatory, strict adherence to individual hygiene measuresand especially to avoid coming into close contact with our fellow citizens outside the close family environment, “said the Prime Minister.
During the meeting, the organizational changes that have taken place in recent months, with the aim of dealing more quickly with fires throughout the territory, and the reinforcement of the Corps in potential infrastructure and logistics, despite the health crisis caused by crown.
On the infrastructure front, it was observed that the The body is reinforced with air and ground means., while additional leases are considered to fill gaps that may arise due to the age of Canadair firefighting aircraft.
He has already been insured reinforcement of the Fire Brigade with 126 vehicles, of which 83 have been received and the rest will be in its fleet in June, while the Air Force will have three heavier helicopters than last year.
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As for the personnel, the reinforcement of the Corps has been launched.with 1,300 additional seasonal firefighters, to be completed in the current month, while last year the corresponding process of recruiting fewer uniforms was completed in July.
At the same time, the establishment is progressing. 80 seasonal firefighters throughout the territory, with the main risk criteria. Special emphasis should be placed on the areas that are assessed as sensitive or most vulnerable and, in general, in the island country.
In this context, and through the reorganization of the Fire Brigade, two airborne infantry divisions are being established in Samos and at the Araxos airport, which will cover vertical axes in the Aegean and in Ionian Sea to increase the protection of the islands.
Special care has been taken with the individual team of firefighters as new uniforms are provided to all personnel thanks to a donation. Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
The Chief of the Fire Brigade, Lt. Gen. Stefanos Kolokouris, the Deputy Chief, Lt. Gen. Iakovos Kleftospyros, other senior service officials and executives from the General Secretariat for Civil Protection participated in the briefing.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Prime Minister stated:
“I am very happy to see you all fighting and ready for war. I wanted to have a discussion to have an update on the scheduling program for the fire fighting season, which has already started.
If I had to summarize what I see happening in a few words, I would say that we have more personnel this year, better means of personal protection for our firefighters, better organization of the fire team and better general organization of the Corps and Civil Protection, so that we can respond quickly and efficiently to any challenge. “
At the end of the briefing, Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated:
“Minister, Vice Minister, esteemed executives of the Fire Brigade, your Civil protection, I see an important, great degree of preparation for the upcoming firefighting season.
If there is one thing we have learned in recent months, it is that we must have the operational capacity to manage multiple crises at the same time as a state. We did itgreat border crisis very quickly and efficiently. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the women and men of the Fire Brigade for their important contribution.
Soon after, we had the crown crisis, and we had to make quick decisions there, but I think that if we have gained anything in the last few months, it is a growing confidence of the citizens.the capabilities of the state, of the state mechanism. Not just the government, but the state.
The state we are all inours and the first care of the state, alwaysIt must be, as you said Chief, the protection of human life and property of Greek citizens. Of course, this is also the big challenge in the upcoming firefighting season, which has already begun. I want to remind you that last year we had more fires than in 2018, but we did not mourn a single victim. And if we exclude the great Evia fire, if I remember correctly, we had no other major fires that destroyed a significant part of our forest ecosystem.
We have had fires, we have, we will have. We know that weather conditions, if nothing else, will make them more intense. But we also have more and more experience. I want to reiterate that I have absolute confidence in the women and men of the Fire Brigade. We provide the means, the organization, but in the end the work is done by you and you do it in the field. We know very well that a fire is extinguished in the first minute with a glass of water, then we need a bucket, then a small fire extinguisher, and then, from one point on, we may not have any chance to control it.
Therefore, the speed of intervention is very important, since, of course, prevention is very important, the work that is done outside the fire fighting season. It is something that should concern us in the long term. ΘI want to emphasize what you said and it seems and the distribution of forces in the territory: not all areas have the same risk in terms of forest fires. We have a much higher risk when we have pine trees and of course we must always pay special attention and special attention to the suburban forests of Attica. Here we are at Ymittos, we have Parnitha on the other side, what remains of Penteli. These forests are of particular ecological importance because they are the forests that form the microclimate of the basin in which four million of our fellow citizens live.
I had a chance to meet her last week I also refuse to discover how tedious and tedious the process of natural reforestation is. Therefore, for perianth forest forest problems, we all need more care and more care.
Beyond that, I think everything will be fine. I want to emphasize once again that this is a comprehensive and collective exercise. I want to thank all of our volunteers who always offer their services with personal sacrifice and extremely good humor during the firefighting season. And to repeat how important the concept of collective and individual responsibility is.
I would like to take this opportunity to say, as we are talking about individual responsibility, that I am concerned about the fact that I see again some images of our fellow citizens who do not seem to take seriously the recommendations of the experts on the need to keep their distance. necessary. to further limit the extension of the coronary artery.
From the moment we move towards a gradual reduction in measures, the notion of individual responsibility is further strengthened. Of course, the state does what it can: advise citizens, give them the proper instructions, but beyond that, avoiding overcrowding and congestion is the responsibility of the citizens themselves.
And here I would like to repeat my appeal from Hymettus: we are not done with the crown adventure. We have made significant progress, but to avoid being forced to withdraw again and adjust the measures, as we were forced to do several weeks ago, we need collective cooperation and individual responsibility.
Yes, people will be more on the streets, they will be on the beaches, tomorrow they will be in restaurants. But individual responsibility is always required, wearing a mask where the mask is mandatory, strictly complying with personal hygiene measures and, above all, avoiding close contact with our fellow citizens outside the close family environment.
I know that the undersecretary is tired of constantly repeating the same message with our experts, but it is necessary to say it and emphasize this, since the measures are relaxing and, in fact, more people will be released. Today, retail stores were opened, the 3rd Lyceum started operating. In order to gradually return to the rhythms of our lives, recover our daily lives and fight the great economic recession that is coming, we all must show a greater sense of responsibility.
This is not an ideological or political confrontation. Nor do we make any kind of “resistance” on the part of all of us gathered in a plaza without following the basic rules of hygiene. Beyond that, I think that eventually everything will turn out well and we will show the same responsibility that we have demonstrated as a whole, as a society, in the last two months.
In closing, I would like to thank you again for what you have done, I wish you good strength, good work. Please know that we are close to you and to the leadership of the Ministry, the Minister, the Deputy Minister and myself personally as a person who has special environmental concerns. I always make sure to do everything in my power to protect our unique natural environment, an integral part of which is our forest wealth. So good strength and good work for all of us. Thank you “.
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