Around 240 foreign firefighters will be stationed in Greece this summer

Two hundred and forty firefighters from Bulgaria, Malta, Moldova and Romania will be deployed to Greece this summer, together with their Greek colleagues, as part of a programme implemented for the third year running under the European Civil Protection Mechanism.

European firefighters, equipped with fire trucks, will be deployed from early July to mid-September in three operational bases: Attica, Thessaloniki and Achaia.

The firefighters’ stay in Greece will be longer this year – it will be 2.5 months, compared to two months in previous years.

Greece has already begun participating in the programme this year, sending a group of 25 forest commanders to southern France from 15 to 30 June.