Countries Send Help to Greece
Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 | 3:24 a.m.
Countries that have offered Greece firefighting help:
-Austria: Two army helicopters, a transport plane and 20 firefighters.
-Cyprus: 14 firefighting vehicles, 88 firefighters, 29 civil defense personnel, 22 volunteers trained in firefighting and rescue.
-Czech Republic: One helicopter with five-member crew.
-Denmark: Six firefighting all-terrain vehicles that can climb steep slopes.
-Finland: Three helicopters and 25 firefighters.
-France: Four Canadair water-tanker planes and 60 specialist helicopter firefighters.
-Germany: Three CH-53 water-carrying helicopters. Authorities have also offered firefighting units, including experts in battling forest fires, and other equipment.
-Hungary: 18 firefighters, one doctor, two fire engines, backup equipment.
-Israel: 55 firefighters.
-Italy: One Canadair water-tanker plane.
-The Netherlands: Three Cougar firefighting helicopters and 27 crew.
-Norway: One Bell 214 firefighting helicopter.
-Portugal: One Canadair tanker plane, six personnel.
-Romania: One MI-17 helicopter with a nine crew.
-Russia: Two heavy firefighting helicopters, two Mi-8 helicopters and a multifunctional amphibian plane.
-Slovenia: One water-carrying helicopter.
-Spain: Two Canadair tanker planes.
-Switzerland: Four Super Puma water-carrying helicopters.
-Turkey: One tanker plane.
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