The strengthening of Civil Protection was at the center of an inter -ministerial meeting chaired by the prime minister and with the participation of a delegation of the Greek Network of Resistant Cities, which includes 116 municipalities from all over Greece.
Among other things, the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Yiannis Kefalogiannis, presented The benefits of adopting the new hazard map, which on the basis of scientific criteria will detail the risk of the risk of forest fires. Work on its training is expected to be completed by the end of the month.
The possibility was also examined The Network to undertake the detailed record of, inter alia, the firefighters, project vehicles and the trained volunteers of each municipality. In this way it will be possible to draw up a database which will allow both the “mapping” of the potential of local government and the best design of future supplies to fill any gaps, based on the needs that will be reflected on the risk map.
Network members They presented proposals on their part for more effective prevention of natural disasters, Special fires, with municipal media, but also for the better response of local government in the event of a crisis.
Among the proposals discussed was the Establishment of local crisis management centers, which could cover the area of responsibility for individual municipalities or wider areas, the best preparation of local government in the field of Civil Protection and the upgrading of municipal employees’ education.
Mr. Mitsotakis: “We have made significant progress, our obligation to constantly improve”
‘We cannot perceive the concept of durability only in cooperation with local government, Especially on issues related to civil protection issues, where I think we have made significant steps to establish a much better cooperation, “the prime minister noted at the start of the meeting.
‘I want to express my satisfaction becauseAll of the fertile, innovative ideas, which we have now incorporated into our central design came from local government initiatives. For example, issues such as the airspace of dangerous forest fires, “Kyriakos Mitsotakis noted.
As far as summer fires are concerned, the prime minister He estimated that the balance in Greece in relation to what was made in Europe was undoubtedly positive. “We are moving around the average of twenty years, when in Europe I think they have been burned on average three times as much as the average of twenty years,” he said. According to figures recorded by the burnt areas in Greece since the beginning of the year, it is about 4.5% less than the average of 20 years. On the contrary, the European Union is up 208% compared to the average of 2006-2024.
“This means that there has been a significant progress, but it is obviously our obligation, especially on civil protection issues, to constantly improve.”the prime minister underlined.
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