Public want emergency response to focus on fires and pandemics
A poll carried out by the Civil Defence and published on Monday show that Cypriots think the most urgent emergency response should be reserved for...
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Complaints after July 15 sirens failed to sound in some areas
Civil defence on Thursday said it did not operate some of the sirens during the coup anniversary because they were undergoing maintenance. The statements follow...
Coronavirus: civil defence fields 500 calls a day
Cyprus civil defence is receiving about 500 requests daily for clarifications on the restrictive measures implemented during the coronavirus pandemic, the force announced on Friday....
At the frontline of damage limitation
A major line of defence in all types of disasters, the Civil Defence is poised for major changes From floods to fires, from earthquakes...
New group of 13 migrants picked up in Peristerona area
The arrival of 13 migrants in the Peristerona area was announced by the civil defence department on Monday. The department said the 13 migrants who...
Civil defence launching nationwide campaign on flood-risk management
The civil defence department is launching a nationwide campaign to inform local authorities, public services, the general public and other stakeholders on flood-risk management, utilising...
Civil defence launches interactive flood area maps
An information campaign is being set up by civil defence to help prevent floods and to encourage local authorities as well as the public to...
Use of drones in emergencies being explored
Forty-five people from 16 EU member states and Israel participated in a four-day workshop organised by the Civil Defence on the use of drones during...
Simulated air crash exercise taking place on Tuesday
An exercise simulating a crash of an aircraft during landing will take place at Larnaca airport on Tuesday morning between 8am and 10am. The exercise,...
Extreme weather exercise held as severe weather batters island
Coinciding with thunderstorms and torrential rain which caused damages in much of Cyprus, the ministry of the interior carried out an exercise on dealing with...
Cyprus at low risk of tsunamis, but still prepared
Cyprus has made arrangements to receive timely warning in cases of tsunamis, authorities said on Monday. Even though they are not as common in...
Almost all of Cyprus’ 23 crisis plans are in place
THE level of readiness for most of the 23 emergency and crisis plans of the government is satisfactory, but frequent assessment is still necessary, Interior...
Emergency exercise slated for Larnaca airport departure area
There will be an emergency exercise at Larnaca airport on Tuesday evening, police announced on Monday. The exercise organised by airport operator Hermes and the...
Emergency sirens test
The civil defence said it will be testing emergency sirens next week in Larnaca and Famagusta. The force said it will be testing some sirens...
Disciplinary inquiry into civil defence official’s coup praise
A civil defence officer is facing a disciplinary inquiry after he uploaded a post on his Facebook page praising the July 1974 coup against president...
Civil defence volunteers accuse officers of malfeasance
A group of civil defence volunteers has accused high-ranking officers in the force of malfeasance and demanded to see the interior minister to inform him,...
Four-day international drill kicked off in Larnaca
The annual multinational civil and military exercise ‘Argonaut 2017’ kicked off on Tuesday, scheduled last until June 2. Twenty-two countries take part in the international...
Cyprus sends more firefighters to Israel
Cyprus sent more reinforcements to Israel to assist in the fire-fighting as flames spread across Haifa and other parts of the country on Saturday. According...
Arson attack on civil defence car in NIcosia
A vehicle belonging to civil defence was set alight on Saturday night in Lakatamia in Nicosia, CNA reported on Sunday. According to the report, the...
Aleppo air strike ‘kills 14 members of one family’
Fourteen members of one family were killed in an air strike in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Monday, emergency service workers said, as the Syrian government...