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Following a decision by the President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, assistance is being sent to Greece through the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism for the response to forest fires.
The assistance consists of two Air Tractor planes of the Forestry Department, with four crew members and seven ground support staff.
The mission departed today at 8:00 a.m. from Paphos airport to Tatoio airport, where it will be briefed and receive details of its mission. The flight schedule includes a stopover at Rhodes airport for refuelling, with an estimated time of arrival in Tatoi around 1:00 p.m.
The Forestry Department's aviation unit has been part of rescEU since mid-June 2023. rescEU has been established under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, with the aim of creating additional units for response, co-funded by the EU. The contact point of the mechanism in Cyprus is the Civil Defence.
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