{"id":9119,"date":"2022-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/?p=9119"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:47:49","slug":"support-program-for-volunteer-forest-firefighter-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/news\/support-program-for-volunteer-forest-firefighter-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Program for Volunteer Forest Firefighter Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"gb-element-12fb0d01\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-6faa15bd\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-70ea53c3\">Support Program for Volunteer Forest Firefighter Teams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-67501cec\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-e478d17e\"><div style=\"color:#e76d6c;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-2ba3ec8dd5a2e59e5b08fa0fd9969a93 wp-block-post-date has-text-color\"><time datetime=\"2022-06-22T00:00:00+03:00\">22\/6\/2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-11f7586c dn-diamond-item-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/news\/category\/antimetopisi-apokatastasi-kriseon\/\" rel=\"tag\">\u0391\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03ce\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03b7 \u039a\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03bd &amp; \u0391\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-b1f1f2a2\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-1be72f1d\">\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-bf96da9e\">Desmos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.gr\/en\/?type1=%2Fen%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WWF Greece<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/higgs3.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HIGGS<\/a> stand in solidarity with the Volunteer Forest Firefighter Teams, who are operating on the front line to protect our forests nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-ad810a00\">While the consequences of the 2021 catastrophic wildfires are still present, Desmos, in collaboration with WWF Greece and HIGGS (Higher Incubator Giving Growth &amp; Sustainability), are launching a program to support Forest Fighter Volunteer Teams nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-425a9e6d\">The initiative aims at empowering volunteers through essential training and the provision of necessary protective and fire-fighting equipment used during the prevention of and while addressing forest fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-8f617cbb\">This two year program (2022-2024) is made possible thanks to the support of the Athina I. Martinou Foundation, the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation and the National Bank of Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-23ecccb8\">The initiative outlines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-c66a1ba1\">(a) The evaluation of Volunteer Forest Firefighter Teams, throughout the country, 50 of which will receive material support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-a80ac27a\">(b) The training for forest firefighting and prevention, through specialized workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-edd30e1d\">The training program is open to all Volunteer Forest Fire protection organizations that operate in the 13 prefectures of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-3fdfcb9d\">Special emphasis will be given to specific areas that have a long history of forest fires and have a strong presence in volunteer groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-14dd2d03\">The training workshops have already begun with the active participation of more than 265 representatives and 53 volunteer groups, in Attica, Samos, South Aegean, Western Greece and Peloponnese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-cb0bfdab\">For more information about the program: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.gr\/?uNewsID=6708416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WWF Greece<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-63d7a665\">More information about the workshops: <a href=\"https:\/\/higgs3.org\/protovoulia-pnois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HIGGS &#8211; Higher Incubator Giving Growth &amp; Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-89271a46\">Contact with Media: Christi Sotiriou, Head of Press &amp; Public Relations Office, WWF Hellas, c.sotiriou@wwf.gr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" class=\"gb-media-3d550b22\" alt=\"\" title=\"support-program-for-volunteer-1\" src=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/support-program-for-volunteer-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/support-program-for-volunteer-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/support-program-for-volunteer-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/support-program-for-volunteer-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Program for Volunteer Forest Firefighter Teams \u0391\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03ce\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03b7 \u039a\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03bd &amp; \u0391\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7 Desmos, WWF Greece and HIGGS stand in solidarity with the Volunteer Forest Firefighter Teams, who are operating on the front line to protect our forests nationwide. While the consequences of the 2021 catastrophic wildfires are still present, Desmos, in collaboration with WWF Greece and &#8230; <a title=\"Support Program for Volunteer Forest Firefighter Teams\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/news\/support-program-for-volunteer-forest-firefighter-teams\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Support Program for Volunteer Forest Firefighter Teams\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antimetopisi-apokatastasi-kriseon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9609,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9119\/revisions\/9609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}