EU Civil Protection & Humanita @EU_ECHO@respublicae.eu

#DYK? Sometimes, just a cigarette butt 🚬 can spark a huge fire.

And the catastrophic force of wildfires is likely to increase due to hotter & drier weather conditions.

Listen to @TheExplainerPod to find out how the EU supports countries affected by 🔥: https://bit.ly/41UIrnX

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1664323925961240576

Hiba loves to sing and write songs. 🎸

She grew up in Syria, but her schooling ended abruptly when the war started, and her family fled to Türkiye.

With her songs, Hiba wants to give people hope.

“When we support each other, we are stronger,” she says.

@IFRC

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1664302786673262593

RT @MPopowskiEU: Good news: our new Humanitarian Air Bridge to Chad just delivered almost 90 tonnes of material for those fleeing Sudan.
A big thank you to all @EU_ECHO staff and our partners @UNICEF, @UNFPA, @Solidarites_Int and @ACF_France for making this possible. https://t.co/meUjf6QlBd

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1664278947604074503

RT @JanezLenarcic: The conflict in #Sudan is extremely worrying also for neighbours like #Chad. Humanitarian needs were already high in Chad with one of the largest refugee populations in central Africa.

🇪🇺 Humanitarian Air Bridge just delivered most needed supplies to our partners on the ground. https://t.co/nOduoCQ6eV

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1664226731660570625

🛩️ More firefighting airplanes and helicopters
🧑‍🚒 Pre-positioned ground teams
ℹ️ Real-time updates

🔊 Tune in to @TheExplainerPod podcast to learn more about how the EU supports countries affected by wildfires 👉 https://bit.ly/41UIrnX

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1664208544038801408

You’ll be awe-inspired by Armen’s commitment to protect her sisters in the face of violence.

Thanks to 🇪🇺 EU support, @WFP is helping thousands of refugee families like Armen's, so they can meet their food and nutrition needs.

Together, we are saving lives, and changing lives.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663959273196355599

What is it like to work as an EU emergency response coordinator? We asked our colleague, Sien. 👇

#10yearsERCC #EUCivilProtection

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663938391900299264

What is it like to lead the EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC)? 🤔

Is it open every day? 🕒

Does it operate like a fire station? 🚒

See our interview with the ERCC's Director, Hans Das, to find out this and more! 🎤

#10yearsERCC #EUCivilProtection

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663855541200846848

RT @sweden2023eu: The EU steps up its wildfire response. @CarlOskar spoke at today’s presentation of the reinforced #rescEU fleet, which now includes four 🇸🇪 planes. With @JanezLenarcic he also hosted an informal ministerial meeting on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. https://t.co/0qLEkUUtDs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663811621049737217

RT @CopernicusEMS: Yesterday, Commissioner for Crisis Management @JanezLenarcic announced the doubling of the #rescEU aerial firefighting fleet for this year's #wildfire season🔥

#DYK that, according to our #EFFIS advanced report, a burnt area of 8,372 km2 was recorded in the 🇪🇺EU last year❓ https://t.co/THuSvzrsRu

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663810970936852484

RT @daniel_puglisi: The EU has doubled the #rescEU firefighting fleet for summer 2023 to help tackle forest fires across Europe.
rescEU will include:
- 24 firefighting airplanes and 4 helicopters thanks to 🇭🇷🇨🇾🇨🇿 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹🇪🇸🇸🇪
- over 400 firefighters positioned in France, Portugal and Greece. https://t.co/b5my59B17b

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663810824018747393

Preparedness saves lives.

With the newly expanded #rescEU firefighting fleet 🛩️👩‍🚒, the EU is better prepared to respond to wildfires when the call for assistance comes.

More 👉 http://europa.eu/!tfGPPm

#EUCivilProtection #10yearsERCC

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663580527394443266

E = Emergency
R = Response
C = Coordination
C = Centre

It is, essentially, the 💙 of the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism. And today, it's turning 10!
 
Find out more 👉 http://europa.eu/!93YfwB

#10yearsERCC

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663569203050463238

RT @VeroCasartelli: Today @EU_ECHO has launched the Wildfire PRAF: a new tool to support #wildfire risk management capacity building and good practices exchange among countries!

Financed by the EU within the #UCPM Peer Review programme & developed by @CmccClimate 👉 https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/what/civil-protection/peer-review-programme_en https://t.co/MB6lss473d

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663549416282935298

RT @daniel_puglisi: Factsheet: EU preparations for 2023 wildfire season #forestfires #rescEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663520519205924864

RT @CopernicusEMS: #DYK that we provide key information to the @EU_ECHO Emergency Response Coordination Centre before, during, and after a disaster❓

📢Today, we celebrate the #ERCC's 🔟th anniversary

Since 2013, it has responded to hundreds of requests for assistance❗️

#10yearsERCC https://t.co/SeBrXtvIsM

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663520018699546629

What is it like to work as an EU emergency response coordinator?

We asked our colleague, Nieves, and here's what she told us. 👇

#10yearsERCC #EUCivilProtection

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663516683166953472

RT @MSBse: Sweden is contributing 2 more aircrafts for combat forest fires within the EU (RescEU). Sweden now has a total of 4 aircrafts for operations both in Sweden and the EU. @EC_StockholmRep @EU_ECHO #EUCivilProtection
https://www.msb.se/en/about-msb/international-co-operation/cooperation-with-eu/eu-and-the-civil-protection-cooperation/ https://t.co/GrmSrvYlLJ

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663509917142007808

RT @URS_ZR: 1. and 2. 🇸🇮 HCP units, deployed to 🇮🇹 @RegioneER via @EU_ECHO #UCPM, pumped around 210,000 m3 of water at the first location.
At the second location HCP unit pumped around 50,000 m3 of water (calculation based on the average water flow). The work here is now slowly decreasing. https://t.co/HTr8PSHrA1

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663498492419948550

Today, we are celebrating 10 years of the EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC).

🔴🎥 Follow the anniversary event live at 1:00pm CEST 👉 http://europa.eu/!Rd74Fh

#10yearsERCC #EUCivilProtection

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1663470888858140673