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May 26, 2019

EU Establishes Initial Firefighting Fleet For Next Forest Fire Season

rescEU Will Include Seven Airplanes And Six Helicopters

To prepare for the risk of forest fires during the upcoming summer, the Commission has launched the first fleet of firefighting aircraft under the new rescEU system to tackle natural disasters. So far seven firefighting airplanes and six helicopters will be part of the rescEU fleet during an initial transition period, and the Commission is working together with the participating countries to add extra assets in the coming weeks.

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