(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 15 - There are 4,960 firefighters operating today, on the day of August 15th, to which is added the staff engaged in the 7 rural centers operating this year in or near National Parks and / or Protected Areas regional, in contexts characterized not only by a high incidence of forest fires and vegetation, but also by the presence of forest populations of significant environmental value.
The National Corps air fleet is operational with 15 Canadair, 15 helicopters ready to guarantee rescue operations and 8 helicopters for fighting forest fires.
This was announced in a press release.
Since 1 August 2021, 970,869 interventions have been carried out by fire brigade teams throughout Italy: on average 2,660 per day.
There are 292,962 interventions for fires, 132,256 those referring to forest and vegetation fires with an increase of 27% compared to the previous year, 279,246 those for ordinary rescue, 54,515 for intervention requests related to static instability and structural failure, 53,075 those for road accidents, 32,211 for water and hydrogeological damage, 1,518 related to the Covid-19 emergency, 1,014 those for the central Italy earthquake emergency and 124,072 those carried out by the National Corps for other types of intervention.
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