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...
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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...
