Areas in southern Greece have been placed on orange alert for top hearth danger (danger class 4) for immediately, Saturday, July 20, in response to the fireplace danger prediction map issued by the overall secretariat of Civil Safety of the Ministry of Local weather Disaster and Civil Safety.
Amongst others, in danger class 4 are the areas of Attica, Argolis, in addition to the regional models of Corinth, Argolis, Boeotia and Evia.
The second stage of operational readiness is in place
As a result of alert, the second stage of operational preparedness of the fireplace division is carried out and aerial surveillance patrols can be carried out, in addition to patrols by hearth, police and navy forces.
As well as, hearth service personnel within the six districts are being positioned on partial standby to be able to address the elevated service calls for more likely to come up attributable to very excessive hearth danger.
“We ask all residents to be extraordinarily cautious”
On the identical time, for these areas, the Plan of Civil Safety actions to cope with dangers attributable to forest fires is carried out, in response to which, amongst different issues, the implementation of the measure of the preventive ban on car site visitors and the keep of excursionists in nationwide forests, forests and “susceptible” areas.
In cooperation with the overall secretariat of Civil Safety, all of the competent authorities businesses concerned, in addition to the areas and municipalities of those areas, have been knowledgeable, in order that they’re on elevated readiness to take measures inside their competence.
⚠️ Threat Prediction Map 🔥 for tomorrow 7/20:
🟠 Very excessive danger 4️⃣ in:
📍 #Attica & #Argolis
📍areas #Evia #Boeotia #Corinthia🟡 Excessive danger 3️⃣ all through insular Greece and in
many of the remainder of the continent— Hearth Division (@pyrosvestiki) July 19, 2024
The attraction of the Authorities to the residents
On the identical time, residents are appealed to be particularly cautious and keep away from any exercise that would trigger a hearth, to observe the knowledge on the prevention of forest fires obtainable on the web site and on the official accounts of the Hearth Division, on Fb and X (former Twitter) and in the event that they discover a hearth, to right away notify the Hearth Service on the quantity 199.
For extra info and self-protection directions from the hazards of forest fires, residents can go to the web site of the overall secretariat of Civil Safety right here.
“We ask all residents to be significantly cautious and within the occasion of a fireplace, for their very own security, to faithfully observe the directions of the competent authorities,” the related announcement states.
View the fireplace danger forecast map:
The fireplace danger prediction map
#Hearth #hazard #Attica #Areas #orange #alert
