May 21, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Α doctor transferred over the summer season to a public facility on the island of Skiathos was asked to pay a rent of 2,500 euros per month. Seasonal firefighters who have been assigned to serve during the fire season in regions away form their homes are being accommodated in fire …
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May 14, 2024
environment, FEATURED
A total of 556 firefighters from 12 countries will be strategically pre-positioned across key locations in Europe this summer, such as France, Greece, Portugal, and Spain, ready to help local fire brigades. As Europe is preparing for the approaching wildfire season, the EU is taking significant steps to bolster firefighting …
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August 21, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Dozens of fire fronts are burning forests, houses, animal farms and agricultural land across Greece on Monday and hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames. Villages and settlements have been evacuated and roads have been closed to traffic. The worst enemy of the firefighters are the powerful winds blowing with …
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July 31, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Exhausted firefighters after the multi-day battle with the fires in Rhodes, were seen sleeping on the floor or chairs of the ferry taking them back from the island to Piraeus. The pictures were published by Seasonal Firefighters on Facebook, who complained complained about the travel circumstances during a journey that …
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July 30, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, announced the hiring of 500 new firefighters and outlined the priorities for strengthening the Civil Protection over the next period. In an interview with Sunday edition of newspaper to vima.gr, Minister Kikilias said “our first priority is the recruitment of more …
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July 20, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
23 professional firefighters and three volunteers have been injured in the several wildfires that have been burning in Greece since last Sunday. 3 firefighters are hospitalized with burn injuries, while 20 remain in hospital with respiratory problems. One firefighter collapsed on Wednesday during the battle against the flames near Megara …
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July 19, 2023
environment, FEATURED
The Greek government has accepted an offer of help from Polish firefighters specializing in wildfires. Poland ’s State Fire Service commander announced that 149 firefighters and 49 vehicles are set to take off from Kraków on Wednesday. Poland will send firefighters to help it cope with wildfires burning in multiple …
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July 5, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A legislative act to deploy members of the Fire Service and the Armed Forces to assist the ambulance Service (EKAV) has been published in the official gazette on Tuesday. The decision taken by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has triggered negative reactions not only by EKAV personnel but also by firefighters …
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May 16, 2023
environment, FEATURED
180 firefighters from five European countries will assist Greece combating wildfires in the period July and August. The teams will come from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Romania and Slovakia. The assistance comes in the context of the firefighters pre-positioning program that will be implemented again via the European Civil Protection Mechanism …
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August 1, 2022
Greece, Politics
Firefighters from France have arrived in Greece to assist their Greek colleagues to combat the numerous wild- and forest-fires ravaging the country. The French contingent consisting of 25 firefighters will be stationed in Attica throughout the month of August. 27 firefighters from Norway and 48 firefighters from Finland are expected …
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November 5, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
With tear gas and water canon, riot police attacked firefighters who staged a peaceful protest on Friday demanding better pay and working conditions as well as permanent work contracts. One protester, a seasonal firefighter, has been injured from sound flares and may have one finger ambutated. Five protesters were detained. …
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August 24, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou expressed the country’s appreciation for the help Austrian volunteer firefighters and other volunteers provided with the multiple fires in Greece, on Monday. Sakellaropoulou is in Austria to attend the European Alpbach Forum and met at Innsbruck with a group of volunteer firefighters. She told them that …
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August 20, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece has offered “holiday vouchers” to firefighters from foreign countries that responded to the call for assistance. A joint ministerial decision was legislated last Friday, August 13, 2021, as a form of gratitude for the foreign aid. According to the legislation, members of the foreign missions of the fire brigades, …
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August 16, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Officially and unofficially Greece showed its gratitude to the foreign firefighters who assisted the country in the battle against the devastating wildfires in Attica, Evia and Peloponnese. Local communities danced together with the foreign firefighters, local teams took souvenir pictures and the convoys departed with a hell of a noise. …
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July 21, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
A total of 54 firefighters who refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19 have been transferred out of the fire service’s Special Disaster Management Units (EMAK). The transfer takes place a month after the deadline for vaccination of EMAK members expired. In May, the Fire Service leadership decided in May that …
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September 5, 2018
environment
Two firefighters were injured while they were struggling to extinguish a big wildfire in East Mani, South-West Peloponnese. According to local media, one of the firefighter suffered severe burn injuries on the legs, while the other fell and injured his chest on rock. In a rescue operation with the help …
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August 29, 2018
Uncategorized, Very Mix
Efforts to extinguish the fire in the passenger ferry Eleftherios Venizelos are in full power at the port of Piraeus still at 3 o’ clock Wednesday afternoon. With water and foam firefighters try to get the fire under control. However, conditions are difficult due as the garage in fully loaded …
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July 25, 2018
Social
Heartwarming message of solidarity to Greece from far-away Austria. Firefighters in Newtown in New South Wales send a message of solidarity not only to their Greek colleagues but to all Greeks and especially those hit by the deadly wildfires in Attica this week. A sign of solidarity posted on the …
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May 7, 2018
Refugees
A criminal court on the island of Lesvos acquitted three Spanish firefighters members of the NGO Proem-Aid, and two Danes of Arab descent, members of the NGO Team Humanity on Monday. In a session that lasted nine hours the court acquitted the NGO members and ordered return of the bail. …
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May 7, 2018
Politics, Refugees
Three Spanish firefighters and two Danes, all members of non-governmental organizations, stand trial on the island of Lesvos on Monday. Greek authorities accuse them of smuggling refugees into the island of Eastern Aegean Sea and into the European Union in January 2016. The accused say they were only trying to …
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