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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12825
SECTORAL POLICIES / Civil protection

EU helps Austria fight forest fires

Through its Civil Protection Mechanism, the European Union immediately responded to a request for assistance from the Austrian authorities, submitted on 29 October, to fight forest fires in Lower Austria (Hirschwang region), the European Commission announced on Wednesday 3 November.

Two Canadair CL-415 firefighting aircraft, based in Italy, have already been deployed. They are part of the RescEU strategic equipment pool.

Germany and Slovakia have also offered to provide helicopters. Both...

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