Meeting under the Deputy Minister of National Defense, Thanassis Davakis and the Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Evangelos Tournatoday, Thursday, April 17, was held at the Ministry of National Defense, with the aim of assisting the Armed Forces and especially the airspace during the firefighting period as well as securing the coordination required between Ministry of Education and his Ministry of Climate crisis andA Civil Protection.
The meeting was also attended by the Chief of General Staff, Vice -Commander (I) Demosthenes Grigoriadis, the Chief of the Fire Brigade, Lieutenant General Theodoros Vagias, the Commander of the DIKAFKA, Lieutenant General Michael Klouvas, the Deputy Chief of the Governor Konstantinos-Savvas Tzovaras, Director of EAA GHA, Brigadier (I) Efthimios Greventopoulos and the Director of Forestry Fireworks, Archbishop Dimitrios Antonakis.
The Deputy Minister of National Defense, Thanassis Davakis, after the meeting, said:
«We met today with the Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Evangelos Tournas and the officials of the military and fire leadership on technical and operational coordination between the two ministries, in view of the firefighting period.
The Armed Forces will help with all their might in the operational planning of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection. Protection of life, property and natural wealth is a national priority».
Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Evangelos Tournas, said:
“The cooperation of the Fire Brigade with the Armed Forces is of great importance in the field of civil protection in our country, as the climate crisis is a reality with unprecedented phenomena that no one can deal with. The closer cooperation and the best coordination of all we have on the front on the natural threats are necessary. Not only in the immediacy and effectiveness of operational action, but also at the prevention stage. In this context, the contribution and contribution of the Armed Forces, with their staff and their means, play an important role in civil protection actions. Today we have examined operational issues in view of the start of the firefighting period and agreed that our aim is to enhance the interoperability, level of readiness and the potential of our “defense” in climate tests, with the utmost priority of protecting our citizens, critical infrastructure and environment. “