According to the risk prediction map of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, eight regions of the country will be at risk level “4” Zakynthos is on level 3 High risk! At the same time, the General Secretariat of Civil Protection recommends to citizens: Some useful tips that we can …
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The Fire Department has been alerted by a fire that broke out a little while ago in a forest area in Porto Germeno. In the battle are also Romanian firefighters, whom were spotted on the way to the flames… According to protothema.gr, a strong force of the Fire Service is …
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Everyone on Zakynthos was shocked yesterday to see the smoke coming from fires on Kefalonia. The news is that the terrible forest fire that broke out on our neighbours island is now under control. Firefighters, totalling 106 men, and 27 vehicles, assisted by air support, worked tirelessly to gain control …
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Yesterday, around 20:48 p.m A fire broke out on a boat at the port of Zakynthos. According to the first information, the boat belongs to the company Voutyrakos. The boat was out on the docks and moored as maintenance work was being done. Firefighters speed to the incident and were …
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Our Herioic Firefighing Pilots. As we all know in Zakynthos we have a lot of forests fires every summer. The responsibility of controlling and putting these out falls to our wonderful fire department, who are assisted by the amazing fire plane and fire helicopter pilots. I was fortunate to meet …
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About 13.15p.m this afternoon, authorities were alerted in regards to a fire that broke out in the area of Lagadakia. Immediately the fire department rushed to the area. Within the report below the suspicion of unusual circumstances on how the fire started and again in an area which has become …
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A press release from the Member of Parliament, Mr Dionysios Akypis:- The commitment of the former Secretary General and current Deputy Minister of Civil Protection, Mr. N. Hardalias, for the deployment of two Petzetel (PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader) firefighting aircraft exclusively to meet the needs of our island is being implemented. …
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