Romania's specialist national module for extinguishing forest fires dispatched to France has become operational and can respond, if need be, in the Velaux region of France, near the city of Marseille.
According to Romania's Emergency Management General Inspectorate (IGSU), the module is composed of 40 firefighters and three forest fire fighting vehicles, a minibus and a coach, Agerpres reports.
According to the forecast for Thursday, August 3, the risk of forest fires remains high.
The involvement of the Romanian module was requested by French officers delegated to assist and ensure the smooth running of the entire mission carried out by the Romanian rescuers.
Between July 30 and September 2, 2023, the Emergency Management Department (DSU) with Romania's Interior Ministry, through the Emergency Management General Inspectorate dispatched a specialist national module for extinguishing forest fires in a pre-positioning programme of the Directorate General European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations - DG ECHO, in order to strengthen France's resilience in managing this type of risk.
A replacement of staff will take place on August 16, 2023.