The high frequency and intensity of wildfires during prolonged fire seasons pose new challenges to firefighting services across Europe and globally. In response these challenges, the EU has recently strengthened its collective readiness by doubling the rescEU aerial fleet and pooling resources.
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Facing this growing challenge will require a more proactive fire suppression approach.
Wildfires burn area larger than Belgium, sending an equivalent of Germany’s annual emissions into the atmosphere.
The number of activations for 2025 is already equal to the total activations for wildfires for 2024 during the whole fire season.
The EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre has mobilised 2 Canadair airplanes from the EU’s joint firefighting fleet, rescEU, stationed in Spain.
To prepare for the increased wildfire risk during the upcoming summer months, the EU has put together teams of firefighters and aircraft to help European countries affected by wildfires.
The EU has put together teams of firefighters and aircraft to help European countries affected by wildfires during the upcoming summer. Throughout July and August almost 650 firefighters from 14 European countries will be strategically prepositioned in key high-risk locations.
The funding will support projects awarded as part of the 2023 calls for proposals to help Europe become a climate-neutral continent by 2050.
