Greece Delivers 742 Fire Service Vehicles Worth €79 Million

by · Greek City Times

Greece has completed the delivery of 742 vehicles and operational assets to the Hellenic Fire Service under the national civil protection programme AIGIS, with a total contract value of approximately €79 million funded through the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility.

The delivery includes 726 vehicles of various types, 15 trailers carrying high-capacity pumps and one mobile fire training simulator equipped with a tractor unit and semi-trailer.

The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection said authorities would distribute the vehicles and equipment among Fire Service units across Greece’s 13 administrative regions, according to operational requirements and the particular characteristics of each area.

The allocation prioritises forested, urban and suburban areas, as well as islands, mountainous regions and remote locations where difficult geographical conditions require specialised vehicles and equipment.

How the 742 vehicles and assets will be distributed

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The regional allocation is as follows:

  • Attica: 130
  • Central Macedonia: 95
  • Peloponnese: 65
  • Crete: 60
  • Central Greece: 56
  • Western Greece: 53
  • Eastern Macedonia and Thrace: 51
  • Thessaly: 51
  • South Aegean: 41
  • Epirus: 40
  • Ionian Islands: 36
  • Western Macedonia: 32
  • North Aegean: 32

Modern vehicles and specialised firefighting equipment

The new fleet includes vehicles equipped with modern systems and latest-generation technologies to meet a wide range of operational requirements.

The equipment comprises firefighting and rescue vehicles, water tankers, personnel and equipment transport vehicles, fuel tankers, materials transport vehicles and specialised heavy-duty equipment.

The breakdown includes:

  • 15 water tankers with a 20,000-litre capacity
  • 7 fuel tankers with a 16,000-litre capacity
  • 28 firefighting water tankers with a 12,000-litre capacity
  • 20 firefighting water tankers with a 1,000-litre capacity
  • 3 electric forklifts
  • 20 specially configured 4×4 vans
  • 122 nine-seat 4×4 vans
  • 90 nine-seat 4×2 vans
  • 105 4×4 pick-up vehicles
  • 20 22-seat buses
  • 5 seven-tonne materials transport trucks
  • 15 30-seat buses
  • 160 MPVs for transporting personnel and equipment
  • 98 4×4 SUVs
  • 4 narrow-width aerial platform vehicles
  • 4 50-seat buses
  • 10 tractor units with semi-trailer vehicle transport platforms
  • 15 trailers carrying high-capacity pumps with a capacity of 10,000 litres per minute
  • 1 mobile fire training simulator with a tractor unit and semi-trailer

The delivery represents a major expansion and modernisation of the Hellenic Fire Service’s vehicle fleet, strengthening its ability to respond to wildfires, urban emergencies and incidents in remote and difficult-to-access areas.

(Source: AMNA)

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