Turkish Cypriots suggest creation of bicommunal fire fighting team
The establishing of a bicommunal response team to fight fires across the island under the auspices of the EU and/or the UN as a confidence...
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Extra helicopters to aid firefighting efforts (updated)
Two Kamov-32 firefighting helicopters are set to arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday and expected to operate in the coming weekend following a choppy procurement process...
Firefighting fleet to be reinforced with four new aircraft
Two Air Tractor aircraft leased by the Republic are expected to arrive from Latin America in the next day or so. The AirTractors will be...
Anastasiades touts Cyprus as regional firefighting response hub
Cyprus would like to function as a regional hub to coordinate responses of neighbouring countries to fires, President Nicos Anastasiades has said. In an interview...
Firefighting exercise Hephestus tests readiness
Firefighting exercise Hephestus 2022, part of Forest Protection week, took place on Friday and aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the state’s entire forest firefighting...
Authorities assess readiness for long summer fire season
Cyprus will have ten aerial firefighting means at its disposal this year, it emerged after a wide-ranging meeting on tackling and preventing fires ahead of...
Our View: We need firefighting aircraft not military helicopters
Defence has always been something of sacred cow. Everyone has the patriotic duty to support our military and applaud government expenditure on defence equipment, whatever...
President approves immediate implementation of improved firefighting plans
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday gave instructions to state services to proceed immediately with implementing measures to improve the tackling of fires after a meeting...
Base for firefighting aircraft unveiled
A €1.2m base for firefighting aircraft was inaugurated in Mammari in the Nicosia district on Tuesday by Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis, who pledged the government’s...
Bases 84 Squadron helped fight fires last year by dropping 200 tonnes of water
The unprecedented nature of the Covid-19 outbreak has put every department within the British Forces Cyprus (BFC) under more pressure but this has not stopped...
