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Military aviationEuromed Civil Protection Bridge Programme
Rome, Italy - Press release of the Civil Defence
"Yesterday the works of the II meeting of the Euromed Programme Directive Committee, that took place in Rome at the Civil Defence palace, are finished. The works saw the presence of the EU countries... more
Military aviationDepartment Civil Defense: restarted operative activity of Canadair last Saturday
Rome, Italy - After short interruption
"Canadair fleet of Department Civil Protection is operative, again, after short interruption of flying activities, decided to take precautionary way after the two incidents at tyres in the last weeks.... more
Military aviationItalian Civil Defense: preventive suspension for Canadair's activity
Rome, Italy - The decision following to the second accident occurred to the airplanes' tyres in little short of a month
"The Italian Civil Defense Department has decided yesterday the preventive suspension of all the flight activities by the Canadair 415’s fleet destined for fire-fighting operations. The decision following t... more
Military aviationISPRO. ESPA: Italian Civil Defence's virtual academy
Rome, Italy - It will set a multi-language web site
ISPRO, Civil Defence/Protection and Security Studies and Research Institute, will create ESPA (Emergency Stress Psychological Assistance). It will be a virtual academy for European civil defence operators,... more
Military aviationEuropean exercise "Eurosot 2005"
Rome, Italy - To start today involving rescue teams from 5 different nations until Saturday
The European exercise "Eurosot 2005", organized by Italian Department of Civil Defence, is about to start today around 1:00pm: it consists in an operational answer’s test against a 6.8 earthquake magnitude i... more
Military aviationCivil protection exercise on river Po
Ferrara, Italy - Simulation to involved 8 European nations
"Po 2005- Flood Emergency" is the regional exercise of civil protection against the flooding risk, arranged by Emilia Romagna Region, that is expected to occur from October 2 to 9 involving 8 European... more
Military aviationAVIONEWS attending presentation of results on the Beriev Be-200 employment in Italy (4): specifications
Ciampino, Italy - Amphibious twin-engined jet airplane for firefighting, search and rescue and transport operations
Here are the Beriev Be-200’s firefighter specifications. See also for details AVIONEWS 1, 2 and 3 more
Military aviationAVIONEWS attending presentation of results on the Beriev Be-200 employment in Italy (3): interview with Anatolievich Kobzev, President of Beriev
Ciampino, Italy - "The Be-200 was had been designed since the very beginning to operate as a multirole aircraft and not only as a firefighter"
Beriev President, Anatolievich Kobzev, reminded that the Be-200 had been designed at first to exclusively operate in the Russian territory. The possibility of testing it outside such setting and ensured... more
Military aviationAVIONEWS attending presentation of results on the Beriev Be-200 employment in Italy (2): interview with Giuseppe Spadaccini, President of Sorem
Ciampino, Italy - "The ideal solution would be the one of a ùn about ten aircraft fleet to meet the operational exigencies in the Mediterranean basin on a multinational basis"
Sorem President, Eng. Giuseppe Spadaccini, proved particularly satisfied about the results achieved this Summer by the Be-200. Sorem is the operator of Italian Civil Defence aircraft. Spadaccini reminded... more
Military aviationAVIONEWS attending presentation of results on the Beriev Be-200 employment in Italy
Ciampino, Italy - A vehicle provided with features which Italian Administration had been dreaming even in the 80s and able to integrate the Canadairs' operational activities
Impressive size if compared to the Canadairs which we are used to see in the Italian territory, a streamlined shape, a comfortable, and obviously developed most of all for its length, cabin. These are... more
Military aviationAngola: Puglia Region solidarity "Took off" with AMI's C-130 yesterday
Bari, Italy - The initiative started by "Doctors with Africa CUAMM"
Italian Air Force C-130 plane, loaded with health equipment, took off from Puglia Region bound for Angola, to aid the African country to face Marburg fever. The initiative is due to efforts of a doctor... more
Military aviationHurricane "Katrina": 4 Antonov 124 from Genoa to help the New Orleans' refugees
Genoa, Italy - The aircraft will transport 180 prefabricated houses
The Antonov 124 will depart next September 15 and 16 from Genoa towards the Ellington Field’s military airport in Houston and to transport 180 prefabricated houses, purchased by Geodis Zust Ambrosetti G... more
Military aviationItalian Civil Defence sent health aid to Angola against Marburg fever
Luanda, Angola - AMI's C-130 landed today at Luanda
Italian Air Force C-130 plane landed today at Luanda Airport loaded with health aids provided by Italian Civil Defence, Puglia Region and companies coordinated by "Cittadinanza Attiva" for Angolan Province... more
Military aviationHurricane "Katrina" (4): Airbus to help America with Beluga
Toulouse, France - The aircraft left Toulouse today bound for Mobile, Alabama
The A-300 Super Transporter "Beluga", loaded with relief supplies, departed from Toulouse this morning. Airbus provided the aircraft to both French and British Governments and then it has been used to... more
Military aviationHurricane "Katrina" (3). CA: 1000 tickets for displaced peoples intending going to other US zones
Rome, Italy - This initiative joined other ones previously announced
Continental Airlines continues its aid programme (see for details AVIONEWS). It had already donated 1 million of miles of OnePass programme to US Red Cross and issued special rules to apply on tickets... more
Military aviationHurricane "Katrina" (2): Italian aid have been delivered
Rome, Italy - The Italian C-130 arrived to Washington last Sunday and departed for Little Rock last evening
Early today (Italian time), Italian aids have been delivered to US authorities. It includes tents, blankets, draining pumps, inflatable rafts, first aid kits for 15,000 people and infant food (see for... more
Military aviationHurricane "Katrina": Italian aids have left
Rome, Italy - An AMI's C-130 plane loaded with equipments to reach the affected zones
An Italian Air Force C-130 plane took off yesterday to fly to hurricane "Katrina" affected zones. The C-130 was loaded with water-purifying devices, blankets, draining pumps, inflatable rafts, first aid... more
Military aviationS-64: an effective deterrent against fires propagation
Stead, USA - A helicopter of this type to operate in Nevada for three months to protect the area
An Erickson Aircrane S-64E helicopter has been devoted to operate in Nevada during the next three months, located in Stead. The Federal authorities’ decision (which deploy several rotor-winged aircraft o... more
Military aviationBE-200: there is a new firefighter in the Italian skies
Rome, Italy - An Irkut-Beriev firefighting airplane has been leased and it will be deployed by Italian Civil Defence
Italy decided to lease a Russian-made Irkut Beriev BE-200 airplane, devoted to firefighting and Search and Rescue operations, for the Summer season 2005. The aircraft will be operated by Italian Civil... more
Military aviationItalian Forester: a great leap forward with the Piaggio P-180
Ciampino, Italy - The first airplane for environmental monitoring and EMS has been officially delivered and it will increase the Corps' operational capabilities
The first Piaggio P-180 "Avanti" airplane destined to Italian Forester was officially delivered by the Italian company itself to its customer at Rome-Ciampino Airport yesterday. Italian Forester selected... more
Military aviationItalian Civil Defence six months after tsunami: Department's mission in Sri Lanka
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow a mission will leave to make a report on the situation and it will come back next Thursday, June 30
"A mission organized by the Department of Civil Defence will leave tomorrow, June 25, to Sri Lanka. Its aim is to make a report about the situation on the activities ongoing with over EUR 46 m collected,... more
Military aviationGovernment intends to reinforce operative facilities of Italian Civil Defense
Rome, Italy - The Department will work more and more for woody fires and great events
Italian Council of Ministers gathered at Palazzo Chigi yesterday, has approved, under proposal of Italian President of Council, Silvio Berlusconi, a law by decree aimed to maximize the functionality of... more
Military aviationItaly upgrades its fleet and buys one more Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft
Montreal, Canada - The contract with Italy also includes the purchase of kits
Bombardier Aerospace, last Thursday, announced that the Italian Government has purchased one Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft for its firefighting operations. The contract with Italy also includes the... more
Military aviationGreece: firefighting planes operated on the island of Evia
Athens, Greece - Strong winds have powered fire blazed on Sunday
A fire has destroyed 1000 hectares of pine forest in Northern area on the island of Evia (Greece): fire would be blazed for unverified reasons. Flames have been powered by strong wind blowing of the island... more
Military aviationAVIONEWS interviewed Giuseppe Spadaccini, President of Sorem
Rome, Italy - "The effort to be made in 2005 is the one of increasing efficiency in the firefighting and the performance of other missions"
AVIONEWS interviewed Giuseppe Spadaccini, President of Sorem, during the conference named "Safety and security in air transport, the role of politics into the low-cost competition", (Rome, March 7, 2005,... more
Military aviationAosta: great partecipation to the anti-avalanche exercise
Aosta, Italy - National and international rescue have taken part to this event
The rescuers have been a hundred during the the anti-avalanche simulation happened yesterday at beyond an altitude of 2000 metres, organized within the "Two Days on prevention and mountain rescue" (see... more
Military aviationItaly: "Two Days on prevention and mountain rescue"
Aosta, Italy - A workshop and anti-avalanche simulation with helicopters support
On Thursday and Friday a rescue anti-avalanche training will occur at Courmayeur (Italy) with the partecipation of several Italian and international rescue forces: the Guardia di Finanza, Valle d’Aosta M... more
Military aviationHelicopters overflew Madagascar to assess damages produced by "Ernest"
Antananarivo, Madagascar - And in order to aid population
Helicopters took off today in order to aid the civil population and perform its first monitoring of the effects produced by the violent tropical storm which affected the great isle in the Indian Ocean... more
Military aviationSorem provided AVIONEWS with info on the Be-200 tests
Rome, Italy - The group announced, in front of Beriev President, that additional airplanes of this type are likely to arrive next year
Sorem (Aeroservices Group), a company which operate and provide maintenance assistance for the Italian Civil Defence’s airplanes dedicated to firefighting, put into evidence the data related to the operations p... more
Military aviationItaly-Russia summit: collaboration also in civil defense
Moscow, Russia - In Italy and Mediterranean basin aircraft made in Russia, as BE-200, will be used
The document of joint statement following the Italy-Russia summit between the Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and President of Russia Vladimir Putin, runs on a collaboration engage about several lines,... more
Military aviationThe Beriev BE-200 comes to Italy
Rome, Italy - A leasing for some months will enable Italian Civil Defence Department to appraise the effectiveness and the reliability of the firefighter
The Beriev Be-200 comes to Italy. Italian Government has decided to perform an evaluation of the twin-engined firefighter on field by a leasing for one aircraft lasting for few months, at least till the... more
Military aviationFires: "Forestal terrorism" in Spain according to the Minister for Environment
Madrid, Spain - Nearly all fraudulent ones and connects between them fires summery
The Spanish Minister for Environment, Cristina Narbona, analyzing the data regarding the fires that have burnt 42.000 hectares of forest only in Andalusia this summer (see news AVIONEWS), raises the alarm... more
Military aviationFive boys stopped as alleged fire-bugs of the Coimbra fires
Lisbon, Portugal - The Portuguese authorities have already stopped 46 alleged arsonists since beginning of 2004
Five alleged fire-bugs probably involved in Coimbra area fires (Portugal), occurred in the last months (see news AVIONEWS), were stopped by Portuguese police. They are between 21 and 27, and they would... more
Military aviationFlooding emergency in Cornwall: SAR operation helicopters in action
Boscastle, UK - Search and rescue operations are being coordinated by Royal Air Force
The pouring rains which involved some small cities in Cornwall have in fact destroyed a part of the infrastructures of the small Boscastle, sweeping away the parked cars along the streets and forcing the... more
Military aviationSummer: The fires danger is constant in the Mediterranean area
Roma, Italia - WWF denounces a significant increase of fires in the last decades
After the last incidents concerning the fires in Portugal, Spain and France, ( see news published by AVIONEWS ) the WWF reported about the woods emergency in the Mediterranean area: 800.000 woods hectares... more
Military aviationCanadair airplanes in Spain against the flames
Madrid, Spain - Fire in Andalusia: 2 victims and 600 evacuees
The fire raged on Tuesday afternoon in Andalusia in the Huelva area, consumed nearly 5.000 hectares of wood and slaughtered two persons. The fire brigade and Civil Defense worked in order to put down the... more
Military aviationEU decides to act against fires in Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal - Italy has ensured its support with the deployment of a Canadair
Portuguese green areas are involved by several fires even this year and country’s authorities and civil defence units cannot succeed in properly managing the situation. As a consequence, Lisbon Government h... more
Military aviationItalian Civil Defence Department: an Italian Canadair took off due to Portuguese fires
Rome, Italy - A team of technicians was on board
"Italian Government meets Portugal's need for help in order to face fires which are affecting the country and has decided for sending a CL-415 Canadair aircraft. The airplane has already left towards Beja,... more
Military aviationForest fires in Russia: personnel and vehicles are working in order to face the emergency
Moscow, Russia - Thousands hectares are affected by flames while airplanes and helicopters are constantly performing firefighting operations
Russian authorities are facing during the last 24 hours a delicate emergency situation, related to fires which are affecting several sites actually scattered all over the wide national territory. From... more
Military aviationFirefighting aircraft deploy to Arizona
Mesa, USA – This is the first effect after civil tankers have been grounded
Two Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules aircraft and their crews deployed to Arizona on May the 23rd to prepare for fire season. This new dislocation is due to US government that grounded civil tanker... more
Military aviationRussian Civil Defence service's fleet has been strengthened
Moscow, Russia - Three new helicopters and five transport and firefighting airplanes to be delivered by the end of the year
Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations (which attends to Civil Defence service in this country) is performing a significant strenghtening of its own fleet, through the purchase of both airplanes and... more
Military aviationUS Government grounds 33 firefighting planes
Washington, USA - Forestal service says the aircraft are risky
The US Government has grounded the firefighting fleet of 33 air tankers, saying the safety of the aging aircraft cannot be assured. The Forest Service and the Interior Department are terminating contracts... more
Military aviationFirst European anti-fire simulation in France
Gemenos, France – Italy send personnel and means
In an area between Nice and Marseilles is occurring the first European anti-fire simulation to verify the command and control of civil protection coming from different countries. The scenario is not one... more
Military aviation87 cameras for the new operations room of Genoa's prefectural offices
Genoa, Italy - They will transmit real-time information on the disasters occurring in the area
87 cameras, 20 fixed and 67 mobile, will transmit images of the area to the new operations room of Genoa's prefectural offices allowing an immediate intervention by the environmental services in case of... more
Military aviationContract: "Aerial forest-firefighting services in Regione Lazio - Italy"
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
Official Journal of the European Union S235 of 5 December 2003 I-Rome: aerial forest-firefighting services Contract notice - Services I. 1) Official name and address of the contracting authority: Regione... more
Military aviationBertolaso: If the money was used to enlarge the aircraft fleets, the damages caused by fire would have been extremely restricted
Milan, Italy - First day of the International Conference on Prevention
The first day of the International Conference on Prevention, which started today in Milan, has seen the Intervention of the head of the Italian Civil Protection Department, Guido Bertolaso, who said: "EU... more
Military aviationAnti-missile systems for commercial planes
Washigton, USA - The Bush administration tries to avoid another September 11
Several preliminary contracts will be awarded to one or more companies for a program for an anti-missile systems for airliners. The program will adapt existing anti-missile military technologies for use... more
Military aviation"Isabel" scares America
Washington, Usa - It's feared a tragedy as
They are tens of thousand the American citizens who live on the east coast to have left in these hours their houses, because of the approaching of the fury of one of most terrible hurricanes in the last... more
Military aviationEUR 31m proposed to help Portugal
Brussels, Belgium - Commissioner Barnier proposed a European Civil Defense
Today the UE Committee proposed an appropriation of EUR 31,6m from the solidarity funds to help Portugal in its emergency measures after the serious damages provoked by the fires of this summer. Michel... more
Military aviationEU Commission confirmed funds to aid Portugal
Brusselles, Belgium - "We'll make the possible" promised the commissioners visiting Lisbon
European Executive announced today that it made the proposal to give additional sums to Portugal chargeable to the UE anti-disaster solidarity fund. The measure wants to help Portugal in the expenses deriving... more