General Secretariat for Civil Protection
No charges from emergency messages
The Greek government shot down reports that the state and customers would be charged for the text messages sent to Greek mobile phones in case of an emergency.
Government sources said the test on Saturday was conducted through an agreement between the Ministry of Digital Governance and the country's telecom providers.
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Blaze burning grassland in Marathonas
A large wildfire was burning low grassland in the area of Marathonas, eastern Attica on Saturday, though no residencies were at risk.
The fire service has deployed a total of 146 firemen with 47 vehicles who were assisted by seven water-dropping aircraft and three helicopters.
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Interim emergency SMS system activated
Ahead of the full activation by the end of the year of the 112 European Union emergency phone number in Greece, an SMS system was activated on Saturday whereby mobile phones in areas under threat in the event of a natural disaster will receive text messages with helpful information.
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State mechanism on full alert for wildfires
The General Secretariat for Civil Protection has declared a state of alert for Saturday, warning of an acute danger of wildfires across large parts of the countries.
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Trial run of EU emergency number's SMS system 'successful'
A test run of the SMS system linked to the 112 European Union emergency number was conducted successfully on Wednesday by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection, Digital Policy Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said.
The trial run was focused on Syros with residents and visitors to the island receiving a text message as part of the test.
Emergency SMS system to be piloted on Syros
The General Secretariat for Civil Protection said Tuesday that ahead of the full activation by the end of the year of the 112 European Union emergency number in Greece, in the event of a natural disaster, mobile phones in the affected areas will receive text messages with helpful information.
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Inspections being carried out after Friday's Athens quake
Athens was jolted on Friday by a tremor measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale which, due to its shallow depth between 12 and 15 kilometers, was felt quite intensely by residents in the Greek capital and visitors.
Nonetheless, there were no reports of serious damages or injuries from the earthquake, whose epicenter was some 3 kilometers from the town of Magoula in western Attica.
Emergency hotline to be ready by year end, says minister
The European emergency number 112, which could have contributed to timely evacuations ahead of the deadly storms that pummeled Halkidiki on Wednesday night, will be up and running at the end of 2019, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis announced Friday, during a visit to the operation center of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection.
Efforts continue to assess damage from Halkidiki storm
Efforts continued on Friday to restore power to all parts of Halkidiki as state officials continued their assessments of a freak storm that killed seven people and injured scores more.
Greece to contribute 2 firefighting planes to EU program
Greece will participate in a new European Union program aimed at enlisting the help of member-states to respond to wildfires and other natural disasters, the country's General Secretariat for Civil Protection said on Tuesday.
Last month, the European Commission inaugurated its first fleet of firefighting aircraft under a new program dubbed rescEU without the participation of Greece.