As he explained, the firefighting period “goes until the end of October” and the total account ‘Will be done at the end of October’, As September and October historically give difficult fires. In the same context, he addressed ‘Public appeal to be very careful in the next few days’, Recalling that the last two -day fires occurred ‘Due to lightning activity’ in Western Macedonia.
Referring to the intensity of this summer, he pointed out that by “At the beginning of the year we have over 6,000 fires”, Level similar to in recent years, while pysterological parameters exacerbate the behavior of the fire. For the burnt so far, he said that ‘We are about 450,000 acres’, Clearing that in the final report it is important “to see what areas are forests, what forests, which grassland, which rocky”.
In the question of the causes, the minister reiterated that “70% to 75% are due to anthropogenic factor, either by negligence or deceit. Mainly by negligence ‘, bringing as an example “Illegal Melissia” who triggered a dangerous fire in Ymittos, who, as he said “It was extinguished in about 30 minutes.”
For the part of arson, he underlined the ‘Excellent work’ of the DEEE with ‘Too many arrests for arsonists, either by deception or by negligence’, pointing out that ‘The frame has been tightened in the penal code’ andthe now the culprit is facing “Penalty of imprisonment, as well as confiscation of his property.”
Called to respond to the management of air means and any political interventions, Mr. Kefalogiannis was categorical: “Management is only exclusively from the Fire Brigade on the basis of business needs.” Explained that in days with multiple traits –“On August 12th we had about 82 embarrassments at the same time”- The forces are distributed accordingly. At the same time he denied the claim that only ‘6,000 of the 18,000 ‘ They are really combat: “No. This is not the case, and even seasonal are people who are combat, especially in the difficult period, mainly July and August, who are statistically most incidents, unfortunately there is no eight -hour. “
On the issue of HEDNO, the minister acknowledged that, in addition to accidental events such as lightning, there are also incidents related to the network, but stressing the cooperation and the need to accelerate critical interventions: “DEDDIE does cleaning and doing some underground, I think that in some places it can accelerate the procedures so that either more extensive cleaning or even more undergrounds are made, especially at critical points.” noted, among other things.
He made special reference to technology as a tool for prevention and rapid response: “We have twice as many drones compared to last year, it is 82 this year compared to the 45 that operated last year. It is also a measure of deterrence and most importantly it is that it quickly detects the smoke before it fires in a fire. “ Reminded that “This year’s drones was a sponsorship from HEDNO” and that the program is planned to extend “In more parts of the country”.
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