Some 240 foreign firefighters to be stationed in Greece this summer
Firefighters arrive to extinguish a wildfire burning in Stamata, near Athens, Greece, June 30, 2024. [Elias Marcou/Reuters]
Two hundred and forty firefighters from Bulgaria, Malta, Moldova and Romania will be deployed in Greece this summer alongside their Greek colleagues as part of a program being implemented for the third straight year via the European Civil Protection Mechanism.
The European firefighters, with staffed firefighting vehicles, will be deployed from early July to mid-September at three bases of operations, in Attica, Thessaloniki and Achaia.
The length of stay of firefighters in Greece will be longer this year – 2.5 months, from two in previous years.
Greece has already started participating in the program this year with a group of 25 forest commanders deployed in southern France on June 15-30.
