The draft law of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection entitled: “Framework to strengthen the resilience: provisions for civil protection and the Fire Brigade».
Among other things, The regional governors are given the opportunity to suggest an emergency status for areas within their administrative limitswhile the composition of the Risk Assessment Committee includes the Chief of the Fire Department to strengthen the operational coordination.
In addition, the draft law It is directly linked to the National Protection Protection Program “AEGIS”in which the receipt of new volatile media is expected. According to a statement by the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, the recruitment of firefighters, such as pilots, techniques and engineers, is accelerated and simplified.
Yet, The new framework is abolished the written exam system for the recruitment of special duties firefighters. According to the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry “Instead, a scoring system is established with objective and impartial criteria, both for the introduction of individuals into the Fire Brigade and for the transfer of already serving staff.».
Particular care is also taken to strengthen the Health Department of the Fire Department. The new arrangements, as highlighted in the announcement, introduces a “objective system of selection of doctors based on defined scoring criteria, ensuring the provision of quality health services to the body’s staff and the proper functioning of health committees”.
At the same time, Article 11 of the draft law provides for Creation of a new category of Fire Brigade under the name “General Duties Firefighters» (PCC), who are recruited for a seven -year term of office with public law and objective criteria, without written examinations. 150 organic positions of PTH are recommended.with a corresponding reduction in organic positions of other categories, while providing the possibility of changing the number of posts by presidential decree.
End, Article 16 redefines the framework of urban redevelopment of the working houses of the settlement “Lixouri I” in Kefalonia, affected by the earthquakes of 2014. The responsibility for repairing damage is transferred to the Central Greece Natural Disaster Impact Restoration Directorate (DAEFK-KE) of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection. The Directorate may conclude a program contract with the company “BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE SA”, which undertakes the implementation of the project and the issuance of the required building permits.
The full draft law is available HERE