With one week to go until the final deadline for making declarations regarding the clearance of vegetation from properties, and with the no-fires season (1st May to 31st October) well under way, the ministry for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has been intensifying its efforts to ensure compliance, with ads appearing daily on the main TV stations.
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Earthquake exercise in Crete
The Army, Fire Service, Police and school groups as well as teams of volunteers will be participating in the Minoas 2024 earthquake exercise, covering the whole of Crete, which will be centred on Chania and Rethymnon on 22nd April, and on Heraklion and Lasithi on 23rd April. All those on the island will receive an earthquake warning via text message from the 112 emergency line. More extensive information will be published in the days before the exercise.
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The period during which open fires are prohibited is starting earlier than any previous year for Crete, according to a report in Haniotika Nea. The Operations Coordinator for the North and South Aegean and Crete, Μajor-General Konstantinos Theofilopoulos, has issued a statement to the effect that the anti-fire period will start for the regions of South Aegean, Crete and the Regional Unit of Samos on Thursday 20th April.
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