Fire danger: Western Greece is also on “yellow” alert today, very high risk in six regional units – 2024-07-29 05:23:56

Very high risk for fires (danger category 4) is forecast for the region tomorrow Attica and its regions Mainland Greece and her Peloponnese.

Specifically, the risk concerns:

• Region Attica

• Region Mainland Greece (PE BoeotiaPE EviaPE Fthiotidas)

High risk of fire (risk category 3) Achaia, Aetoloakarnania and Ilia as well as many other regions of the country.

The general secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection has informed the relevant government agencies involved in the official service, as well as the Regions and Municipalities of the above areas, so that they are on increased civil protection readiness in order to immediately deal with any fire incidents.

At the same time, the GPP recommends that citizens be especially careful and avoid activities in the open air that can cause a fire by negligence, such as burning dry grass and branches or cleaning residues, the use of machines that cause sparks such as circular saws, welding devices, the use outdoor grills, smoking bees, throwing lit cigarettes, etc. Also, it is recalled that during the fire protection season burning of fields is prohibited.

Therefore, the 2nd stage of operational readiness of the P.S. remains in place. and there will be aerial surveillance patrols, as well as patrols by fire, police and military forces.

In addition, the personnel of the Fire Services of the above Regional Units remain on partial alert, in order to deal with the increased service demands, which may arise due to a very high risk of fire (risk category 4).

At the same time, for the above areas, the Plan of Civil Protection actions to deal with risks due to forest fires remains in place, according to which, among other things, the implementation of the measure of the preventive ban on vehicle traffic and the stay of excursionists in national forests is foreseen, forests and “vulnerable” areas.

Furthermore, the Fire Department appeals to citizens:

1. Be especially careful and avoid any activity that could cause a fire.

2. To monitor forest fire prevention information available on the website and official accounts of the Fire Service, Facebook and Twitter.

3. In the event that they notice a fire, they should immediately notify the Fire Service by dialing 199.

For more information and self-protection instructions from the dangers of forest fires, citizens can visit the website of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection at civilprotection.gov.gr.