This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Derrick Emsley, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, tentree Canada’s forests are critical to safeguard livelihoods and serve as a major contributor to the country’s economy but are subject to an increasing number of devastating forest fires.Forests kept intact […]Canada’s forests fires have surged. This is how and why we must act, now
September 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Derrick Emsley, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, tentree Canada’s forests are critical to safeguard livelihoods and serve as a major contributor to the country’s economy but are subject to an increasing number of devastating forest fires.Forests kept intact […]Forest fires: €170 million to reinforce rescEU fleet
October 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Following a record-breaking forest fire season in Europe, the Commission is proposing today €170 million from the EU budget to reinforce its rescEU ground and aerial assets starting from the summer of 2023. The rescEU transitional fleet would therefore have a total of 22 […]Forest fires: EU sends assistance to combat fires at the Czech-German border
July 27, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Union has swiftly mobilised two firefighting airplanes and two helicopters to Czechia where a large forest fire is burning in the north of the country. Following yesterday’s request for assistance, Poland and Slovakia are each operating one helicopter in the country. The […]Forest fires: European Commission puts its firefighting fleet in place for the 2022 season
June 16, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As of today, the EU’s fleet of firefighting aircraft will be operational to help European countries fight forest fires throughout peak season. The fleet is part of rescEU, a European reserve of resources that responds to emergencies. Positioned in Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Spain […]Forest fires: EU continues to mobilise assistance for Greece and other countries in region
August 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism continues to channel support to help combat unprecedented forest fires in Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean. Following requests from Greece, North Macedonia, Albania, Italy and Turkey, the European Union has now helped mobilise 14 firefighting planes, 3 […]Forest fires: EU helps Italy, Greece, Albania and North Macedonia to fight devastating fires
August 4, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As forest fires continue affecting various regions in the Mediterranean and the Western Balkans, the European Commission is swiftly mobilising support to assist countries in limiting the spread of the fires and protect lives and livelihoods. Two Canadair firefighting airplanes from France are being […]Forest fires in Sardinia: EU mobilises immediate assistance to Italy
July 26, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. In response to Italy’s request for assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to help in the fight against the ongoing wildfires in Sardinia, the EU is mobilising immediate support from France and Greece. Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management, said: “I thank France […]EU deploys immediate assistance to help Cyprus contain devastating forest fires
July 5, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Cyprus activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism on 3 July 2021, requesting support to tackle forest fires in the Limassol district. Responding immediately, the EU has rapidly mobilised rescEU aerial fire-fighting assets hosted by Greece and Italy. Firefighting planes have already departed from Greece, […]Forest fires: Commission adds planes to rescEU fleet to prepare for summer
June 5, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. To prepare for the risk of forest fires during the upcoming summer, the EU is further reinforcing its European fleet of firefighting aircraft under the rescEU system. The EU is financing purchases by the Swedish government of 2 new firefighting airplanes to add to […]rescEU: EU establishes initial firefighting fleet for next forest fire season
May 21, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. To prepare for the risk of forest fires during the upcoming summer, the Commission is launching today the first fleet of firefighting aircraft under the new rescEU system to tackle natural disasters. So far seven firefighting airplanes and six helicopters will be part of […]
