The contribution of the Hellenic Armed Forces to the natural disaster managment. Operational planning in dealing with forest fires through OPLAN “XENOKRATIS” and “DEFKALION Units”

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Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Στρατηγικές Διαχείρισης Καταστροφών και Κρίσεων
Library of the School of Science
Deposit date:
2019-01-22
Year:
2019
Author:
Anagnostou Evangelos
Supervisors info:
Δρ. Λέκκας Ευθύμιος, Καθηγητής, Γεωλογίας και Γεωπεριβάλλοντος, ΕΚΠΑ
Δρ. Λόζιος Στυλιανός, Επικ. Καθηγητής, Γεωλογίας και Γεωπεριβάλλοντος, ΕΚΠΑ
Δρ. Βούλγαρης Νικόλαος, Καθηγητής, Γεωλογίας και Γεωπεριβάλλοντος, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η συμμετοχή των Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων στην αντιμετώπιση Φυσικών Καταστροφών. Επιχειρησιακός σχεδιασμός αντιμετώπισης Δασικής Πυρκαγιάς μέσω του σχεδίου «ΞΕΝΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ» και των Τμημάτων «ΔΕΥΚΑΛΙΩΝ»
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
The contribution of the Hellenic Armed Forces to the natural disaster managment. Operational planning in dealing with forest fires through OPLAN “XENOKRATIS” and “DEFKALION Units”
Summary:
The worst enemy of the conservation and productivity of the forest is wildfire due to the extensive disasters, which cause to it. Although forest fires belong to the natural disasters, most of the time their originator is the human being. Recently the number of wildfires has been considerably increased, as a result, each year we witness notable devastating forest fires, which cause casualties, extensive property damages and immeasurable ecological disasters.
Although Armed Forces’ mission is to defend national independence and ensure territorial integrity, both Hellenic Armed Forces and foreign forces, actively participate in Civil Protection to confront natural disasters and alleviate the population. Although the first responder in natural disasters is the municipality’s services, only the Armed Forces have the human resources, the equipment, the training and the organization, which are required to recover the affected area.
In case of forest fires, the first responder is the Hellenic Fire Corps and only following political authorities’ request, Armed Forces contribute to the forest fire-fighting. The purpose of this thesis is to study and highlight the contribution of the Hellenic Armed Forces to the extinguish of forest fires by using special units, which are ready to intervene especially during the fire season, as it is mentioned in OPLAN “XENOKRATIS” and “DEFKALION” and a detailed presentation of the structure, responsibilities and operation of the involved Units.
The social side of the Armed Forces, through their involvement in disastrous phenomena and on the other hand by providing any kind of assistance in border areas and vulnerable social groups, challenge citizens’ respect and prompts the personnel’s motivation.
It is crucial to upgrade the role of Armed Forces in addressing emergencies by participating in disaster relief exercises which are held yearly to maintain the elevated level of preparedness of the involved Units.
Main subject category:
Science
Keywords:
Forest fires, Armed Forces, firefighting, natural disasters, Civil Protection
Index:
Yes
Number of index pages:
5
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
47
Number of pages:
93
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