PRESS RELEASE // The Regional Operational Coordinating Body of Civil Protection (P.E.S.O.P.P.) of the P.E. met. Evia

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Meeting of the Regional Operational Coordinating Body of Civil Protection (P.E.S.O.P.P.) of the P.E. Evia was held on Friday, April 12, 2024, in view of the preparation for the 2024 fire fighting season, in the room of the Regional Council of the P.E. Evia.

The meeting was coordinated by the Deputy Regional Governor P.E. of Evia Giorgos Kelaiditis and participated by the Lieutenant General of the Fire Brigade George Markoulakis, the Commander PE.PY.D. Central Greece Region Simos Apostolou, the Commander of the Fire Service of Evia Konstantinos Psarros, the Police Director of Evia Athanasios Geroyakomos, the Mayor of Dirfyon - Messapia Giorgos Psathas, the Mayor of Mantoudi - Limni - Agia Anna Giorgos Tsapourniotis, the Mayor of Skyros Kyriakos Antonopoulos the Deputy Mayor P .P. of the Municipality of Eretria Konstantinos Zacharias, Deputy Mayor P.P. of the Municipality of Karystos Lemonia-Maria Verouchis, Deputy Mayor P.P. of the Municipality of Kymi - Aliveri Konstantinos Dimas, Deputy Mayor P.P. of the Municipality of Chalkidea Athanasios Triantafyllou, the chief officers of the Coast Guard Authorities and the Infantry School, representatives of the Directorate of Forests of Evia, the Forestry Departments, the DEDDIE, the ADMIE and the EKAV, the Head of the Autonomous Directorate of Civil Protection of the P.S.E., officials of the competent services of the P.E. Evia as well as volunteer groups.

At the meeting, the main parameters regarding the prevention and preparedness measures in view of the fire season were presented, having more specifically the following as the main topic:

  • the readiness of the potential and means to be available to assist the work of the Fire Brigade in the suppression of forest fires, within the framework of the implementation of the General Plan for Confronting Emergencies Due to Forest Fires
  • the prevention and preparedness measures during high-risk days based on the Fire Risk Prediction Map, issued daily during the fire season by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection
  • ensuring communication between all involved services, agencies and institutions at District level for the smooth flow of information
  • the coordination at the regional level of dealing with emergencies and managing the consequences caused by forest fires, in the framework of the implementation of the General Plan for Dealing with Emergencies Due to Forest Fires "IOLAOS 2"
  • the implementation of the action of the organized removal of citizens, in accordance with the current institutional framework and the guidelines issued by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation.
  • the utilization of the Voluntary Civil Protection Organizations active at the District level in forest surveillance actions during the fire fighting season
  • the launching of projects and works for preventive cleaning of the vegetation on the road network, as well as in facilities/infrastructure in or near forest areas in cooperation with the competent local Forestry Services, where this is required
  • the contribution and cooperation of the OTAs in the maintenance and improvement of the forest road network, with the locally competent Forestry Services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • as well as any other matter deemed necessary to deal with risks arising from the occurrence of forest fires.

After thanking everyone for their excellent cooperation and their presence at the meeting, the Vice-Regional Governor of P.E.Evia, Giorgos Kelaiditis, stated:

«Through the successive tests and challenges that we have faced in recent years in the Region of Central Greece, the mechanism of Civil Protection P.E. Evia is methodically building its function, reflexes and effectiveness against the ever-increasing impending threats. The climate collapse we have been experiencing in recent years forces us to prepare for the worst, which we all avoid and can prevent if we all work together. In an anti-fire season that begins with apparently wild moods, we must all together, State and citizens, be ready for war but also especially careful in order to limit the possibility of endangering our natural environment. On the one hand, the State is scaling up its preventive and repressive planning to deal with forest fires by strengthening our Fire Brigades and intensifying the cleaning of our forest zones with brave funding, the citizens on the other hand must assume our individual responsibility towards to our fellow man and especially towards the future of our children. It is important to highlight the tightening of the penalties for causing a forest fire intentionally or negligently, which now attract harsh punishments for offenders, as well as the new legal framework for the obligation of owners to clean up their plots.»

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