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The European Commission has announced that in view of how this year’s forest fire season is progressing, it has been decided to double the aerial extinction fleet, within the framework of the European system of rescEU resources. Thus, it will be made up of 24 planes and 4 helicopters from 10 Member States. Spain will ....
The EU s Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic announced Tuesday a doubling of the rescEU aerial firefighting fleet for this year s wildfire season. ....
The fire risk in Europe and the rest of the world is expected to continue increasing due to climate change and this wildfire season will likely be increasingly characterised by massive fires that cost lives and burn areas that take longer to fully recover. In 2022 alone, wildfires burnt an area about the size of Montenegro, and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated 10 times to mobilise cross-border firefighting assistance. To be better prepared to support Member States this wildfire season, the EU has doubled its firefighting air capacity. ....