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Civil defenseBAe 146 and Avro RJ airtanker aircraft play significant roles in combating 2016 wildfires in North America
London, UK - 22 aircraft in service or under conversion for this demanding role
In what turned out to be a very busy 2016 wildfire season in North America, the 14 in-service BAE Systems Regional Aircraft-built BAe 146-200s and Avro RJ-85 aircraft of Neptune Aviation and Conair/Aero-Flite... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense: Canadair airplanes in Israel against fires
Rome, Italy - They took off from Lamezia Terme and Rome-Ciampino bases this morning
Considering the critical situation caused by wide fires that are interesting some Israeli areas upon request by the local Government Italy throught the Civil Defence system sent two Canadair CL-415 airplanes... more
Civil defenseCivil Defense Department: Italian Canadair aircraft in Portugal to support and fight fires
Rome, Italy - The plane moved to this Country, after to have operated in Corsica in the last days
The Italian Canadair CL-415 airplane of the Fire Brigade, activated in the context of the European project named "Better Use of Forest Fire Extinguisghing Resources by Italy" and organized by the Civil... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense Department: Canadair airplane in Corsica
Rome, Italy - The request by the French Government due to a temporary stop of the aircraft
A Canadair CL-415 airplane of the Fire Brigade is in Corsica at the Ajaccio Airport from this morning, ready to intervene to support the work by the firefighting teams at ground. It has been activated... more
Civil defenseCivil Defense: Italian Canadair airplane in Cyprus for a wide fire
Rome, Italy - The aircraft can intervene on the flames starting from late afternoon, due to the numerous flight hours necessary to reach the area
A Canadair CL-415 airplane of the Firemen Brigade Department took off in the early morning from Italy, activated in the context of the European project "Better Use of Forest Fire Extinguishing-IT" to contribute... more
Civil defenseCalifornia is burning: airplanes and helicopters against the flames -VIDEO
San Francisco, USA - Decreed a state of emergency
There are a few days that California is burning down because of two huge fires for whose it was decided to declare a state of emergency. Lake County, Napa and Sonoma are on fire, in the North of the city... more
Civil defenseArgentina: aircraft and helicopters powerless against Patagonia fire
Buenos Aires, Argentina - More than 30 thousand hectares of forest went up in flames
From two weeks a huge fire is devouring the Argentine region of Patagonia: 30.000 hectares of forest burned, of which 20.000 near the town of Cholila. Because of the summer heat, the fire is affecting... more
Civil defenseCivil Defense: two Italian Canadair airplanes in Sweden for a wide fire
Rome, Italy - Numerous helicopters are operating from different days
The two Canadair airplanes of the Fire Brigade Department, sent from Italy upon request by the Swedish Government, are operating from yesterday to bring under control a wide fire that from different days... more
Civil defenseINAER: two Canadair airplanes participate at the "Prometheus 2014" exercise in Greece
Rome, Italy - The CL-415 deployed on Elefsis base from June 1 to 3
INAER, following to the activation by Civil Defence Department, partner of the European project led by the Greek Authorities (General Secretariat of Civil Protection), that predicts the participation at... more
Civil defenseFires: aircraft fight against flames in Greece
Athens, Greece - Fire has expanded due to strong winds
In these hours a huge fire is affecting the area in the north of the Greek capital Athens, with a number of aircraft deployed to provide assistance to the firefighter brigades engaged in fire fighting. The... more
Civil defenseINAER's Canadair aircraft involved in a new mission in Libya
Labraq, Libya - Second intervention after the one performed in April
INAER communicated it received on May 22, 2013, a feasibility request from the Unified Air Operational Centre (COAU) for a firefighting mission in Libya, similar to the one which was carried out in April... more
Civil defenseEC launches Emergency Centre: a better coordinated, faster and more efficient response to disasters (VIDEO)
Brussels, Belgium - ERC will be capable of dealing with up to three simultaneous emergencies in different time zones
The European Commission launched yesterday its Emergency Response Centre (ERC), which will provide a better coordinated, faster and more efficient European response to disasters in Europe and the world. "With... more
Civil defenseItalys' Canadair aircraft come back from Libya: mission ended
Labraq, Lybia - They intervened on large fires on request of the local authorities
The two Canadair CL-415 aircraft for aerial firefighting of the Italian Civil Defense authority returned to their bases in Rome-Ciampino and Lamezia Terme, after the mission which involved them in the... more
Civil defenseUK: 1.6-billion-pound contract with Bristow Helicopters for search-and-rescue services
London, United Kingdom - Ten Sikorsky S-92s and ten AgustaWestland AW-189s to be based in 10 sites
The Department for Transport (DfT) of the United Kingdom has signed a 1.6-billion-pound contract with Scotland's Bristow Helicopters Ltd to provide search and rescue helicopter services in the UK: the... more
Civil defenseFires: two aircraft of the Italian State fleet sent to Greece
Rome, Italy - Canadair airplanes and helicopters engaged yesterday in Italy on 14 fires
Two Italian Canadair airplanes yesterday were placed at the disposal of the Hellenic Authority to help the fire-fighting activity interesting the Attica area, South of Athens, following the urgent request... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil protection: awarded the contract to manage Canadair aircraft fleet
Rome, Italy - Procedures are being formalised
The procedures for the award of service operations and logistics of the 19 Department of Civil Protection (Italian DPC) Canadair planes that make part of the fire fighting fleet (AIB) of the State have... more
Civil defenseFire-fighting: the base of the city of La Grande closed for renovation
La Grande, USA - After the Summer season
The Oregon regional forest corps said that the base of the city of La Grande will halt air tanker operations beginning from 24 September to 1 June 2012, following the decision to perform maintenance work... more
Civil defenseNASA satellite re-entry (3): Italian Civil Defense update of 03:00 pm
Rome, Italy - The next at 05:30 pm
"During the last update of the Operative Committee the Technical and Scientific Committee did not report news different from 12:30. The probability that one or more fragments of the satellite could fall... more
Civil defenseNASA satellite re-entry (2): Italian Civil Defense still monitoring its evolution. News from the operative Committee (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - 12:30 am update; the next at 03:00 pm
"News from the operative Committee. The important news that emerged during the last update of the operative Committee, based on information and assessments provided by the scientific technical Committee... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense Department on NASA's satellite return: National ENAV issues NoTam even though there are no restrictions on traffic by airplane
Rome, Italy - First update this morning at 9:30; next one shortly
"The technical and scientific committee, established by the operating committee, according to today's last update, September 23, confirm the scenario presented yesterday at 8:30pm. The probability that... more
Civil defenseNASA satellite re-entry (4): update of Civil Defence (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - The Committee confirmed the scenario previously proposed
"The Scientific Technical Committee, established under the operative committee, confirmed in 03:30 pm updating the scenario envisaged in the above situation. Currently remain unchanged indications... more
Civil defenseNASA satellite re-entry (3): Italian Civil Defense controls its evolution
Rome, Italy - In the next hours its natural decay process will come to an end
"It is called Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) the NASA spacecraft that in September 1991 was placed on a circular orbit near the space shuttle 'Discovery'. The satellite has a mass of 5668 kg,... more
Civil defenseSatellite debris fall on Italy: Italian Civil Defense operative committee called with national space agency
Rome, Italy - To analyze the scene and evaluate actions related to paths that could involve Italy
With reference to the Operative Committee, convened in agreement with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to analyze scenarios and evaluate potential interventions related to the trajectories followed by the... more
Civil defenseExplosion in France: emergency unit met at the Italian civil Defense department
Rome, Italy - At the moment no one is at risk
Yesterday's meeting was concluded at the Italian Civil Defense Department during which the incident that took place in France was discussed between ISPRA (Institute for Protection and Environmental Research),... more
Civil defenseRussia sends rescue planes in Serbia to extinguish fires
Belgrade, serbia - They will remain on site till the 12th September
Serbian authorities announced that Russia has sent two aircraft BE-200 amphibian jets and an Mi-26 helicopter, the only means capable of reaching the mountainous area of southern Serbia where fires are... more
Civil defenseDevastating fire in Texas since last Sunday (VIDEO)
Austin, USA - 30% contained
The authorities of the State of Texas announced that since last Sunday another wildfire started and is devastating around 120,000 acres throughout the territory as the flames developed across thirty fronts:... more
Civil defenseUSA: La Grande airtanker base opened till mid September
La Grande, USA - To guarantee protection during Summer
The Oregon regional forest corp announced that the airtanker base of La Grande will remain open to all airtanker operations until mid-September, when permanent rehabilitation repairs will begin. The... more
Civil defenseWildfires in Albania: still Italian Canadair planes
Rome, Italy - In the meantime fire fighting activities in Italy continue
Italian fire fighter airplanes have not stopped supporting Albania in its fight against the big forest fires that have affected different parts of Albania these days. In response to the urgent request... more
Civil defenseAirplanes deployed in Greece for fire-fighting
Athens, Greece - Expecting further help from the European Union
For the third consecutive day north-eastern Greece is being destroyed by a devastating fire, which has already exterminated some 25,000 hectares of forests and countryside on the outskirts of Athens, involving... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense on Etna's volcano: today another eruptive activity
Rome, Italy - Continues the monitoring from the Department's Central Functional Centre for Volcanic Risk
From today, August 12, morning the eruptive activity of Etna volcano has restarted. Based on visual and instrumental observations of the volcanic phenomena, the Civil Defense's Department (DPC) Central... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense: called a tender for management of Canadair aircraft fleet
Rome, Italy - The 3 year contract could be as many extended
The Department of Italian Civil Defense (DPC) has issued a call for tender, by open procedure, for the award of the fire fleet operations and logistics services, currently composed of 19 Bombardier CL-415... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense. Cyprus: EU team at work following the explosion in the military base
Rome, Italy - In the group also a representative of Italian civil defense
On Saturday, July 16th, it's left to Cipro an evaluation team sent by MIC, Monitoring and Information Centre of European system of Civil Defense. Following the explosion in the military base Evangelos... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense: presentation of a platform to reduce disaster risk
Rome, Italy - Meeting on Saturday, July 2 at Lingotto Fiere of Turin
"Reduce by 2015 the number of victims and the amount of economic, social and environmental damages related to disasters is the goal of Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), the ten-year plan adopted by 168... more
Civil defenseEuropean civil defense system's reform: commissioner Georgieva's visit to the Department
Rome, Italy - The second one in a year
"The European commissioner for international cooperation, humanitarian aid and crisis response, Kristalina Georgieva, met in the last days the head of the national Civil Protection Department, Prefect... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defence: third board meeting of Country parterns of PPRD South Programme
Rome, Italy - Last year's events: fires, floods, earthquakes, and migrant flows
"The head of Civil Defense Department, Prefect Franco Gabrielli, participated today in Sarajevo at the third meeting of general directors and civil defence authorities of the Euro-Mediterranean Countries... more
Civil defensePlan to manage fire emergency signed in Veneto Region
Venice, Italy - To protect nature reserves
It has been signed yesterday, on Wednesday, June 8, in the Prefecture, the plan to manage Venetian forest fire during the summer, especially as regards to the area of Bosco Nordio nature reserve of Chioggia,... more
Civil defenseUtilize gliders to patrol the Italian territory
Rieti, Italy - Project presented in Rieti, Italian province
The Civil Defence of Rieti and the Central Aero Club of Sail Flight "Ettore Muzi" have signed an agreement for the use of gliders in order to monitor the area and fight fire. The Chamber of Commerce... more
Civil defenseVolcano Grimsvötn ashes monitored by radar of the Italian Civil Defense on request by ICAO
Rome, Italy - Made available from October 2010 after the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull
To monitoring in real-time the medium and long distance space distribution of the ashes' cloud made by Icelandic Grimsvötn volcano, Icelandic authorities of the Icelandic Met Office are using the x-band... more
Civil defenseFires, a month of record commitment for airplanes and helicopters of the Italian COAU
Rome, Italy - Only in the first 11 days of April
They are 42 the requests arrived from the Italian Regions to the COAU, Unified aviation operational center of the Italian Civil defense department, 82 air operations with 731 launches carried out for 5,141,000... more
Civil defenseCivil Defense: MoU between Italy and
Rome, Italy - There are many central themes of the agreement signed today
Exchange of technical-scientific information, by teachers and expert staff. Development of the project and strategies finalized to the reduction of risks. Definition of the common procedures for alert... more
Civil defenseBombardier Aerospace announces the sale of four aircraft 415
Montréal , Canada - Delivery will begin within the end of 2011
Bombardier Aerospace announced the sale to a customer, on whose name remains the greatest discretion, of four Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft. The cost of this operation is about of 162 million dollars... more
Civil defenseLampedusa on one's knees: re-start airlift
Lampedusa , Italy - Five thousand migrants on the island, re-start transfer in the Cie
Over 500 people land at Lampedusa in last hour, and government batten down the hatches. Maroni: ”Citizen of Lampedusa will be recoup”. In the meantime from tomorrow are foresee 5 airlifts per day to... more
Civil defenseShips, helicopters and American planes for rescue in Japan
Tokyo, Japan - The aid is coordinated by a management center in Yokota Air Base
Among the first aid sent from the United States there was yesterday, the dislocation of the USS Preble (DDG 88), which together with the helicopter squadron HSL-43 (Anit-Submarine Helicopter Squadron)... more
Civil defenseDPC on Japan's earthquake: Italian team left to Tokyo
Rome, Italy - In the afternoon from Rome-Fiumicino airport
On Tuesday, at 3:00 pm, has departed from Rome-Fiumicino airport, with a direct flight to Tokyo, the team of emergency assessment and management experts sent by the Italian government following the earthquake... more
Civil defenseEarthquake in Japan: Italian team waiting to receive the authorization to leave
Rome, Italy - With the aim to assess and manage the emergency
It has been postponed the Rome-Ciampino/Tokyo flight of a Falcon aircraft of AMI, Italian Air Force, initially scheduled between Friday and Saturday, with on board a first Italian team of emergency assessment... more
Civil defenseCivil Defense: Italian team departed to North Africa for an explorative mission by P-180 plane
Rome, Italy - The European Civil Defense team left from Brussels
In the context of the Italian response to the request for help made by Egyptian and Tunisian authorities, also the Department of Civil Defense (DPC) is providing its contribution to the organization of... more
Civil defenseNew fire-fighting aircraft for Israel
Jerusalem , Israel - The Israeli government chooses Elbit Systems as a contractor for the fire-fighting service
During the big fire of last December in the forest in the north of Israel, which killed 45 people, the planes of the local fire brigade were not efficient in containing the fire. For this reason the... more
Civil defenseThe American firefighting aircraft can be operative for another 10/12 years
Arlington/Virginia, USA - The program of Airworthiness (Cap) has extended the length of the tanker
Many reports and press releases, continue to run the false rumors that from the 2012 the fleet of firefighting aircraft of the US will be useless. AHSAFA (The American Helicopter Services and Aerial Firefighting... more
Civil defenseItalian DPC: in Croatia a workshop on the emergency procedures on natural disasters (fire hazards)
Rome, Italy - Lasting 5 days, three of workshop and two of exercise
It will take place in Split, Croatia -from January 31st to February 4th, the workshop "Operational procedures to be activated in case of emergency", organized by the Euro-Mediterranean program of cooperation... more
Civil defenseCanadair airplanes will fly again (video)
Rome, Italy - Spanish Inaer awarded the contract for the management of Canadairs' fleet
With the announcement made by the Head of department Franco Gabrielli about the award of the bid for the temporary grouping of companies formed by Inaer Helycoper Italia and Inaer Aviones Anfibios SAU,... more