Prevention of agricultural crop fires

With awareness and cooperation, we protect our agricultural crops.
Securing our crops… is part of our food security…protect them.
- Avoid smoking or using any source of fire in the fields.
- Keep flammable materials away from cultivated land.
- Avoid leaving crop bags on the ground and move them to safe areas.
- Firebreaks are essential to prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring fields.
- Keep water tanks ready in case of any emergency.
- Equipping harvesting machines with a manual fire extinguisher is absolutely essential.
- Avoid harvesting during peak heat hours.
- Carrying out the removal of weeds around the fields
The General Directorate of Civil Protection has made the green number 1021 or the emergency number 14 available to citizens to report any danger, specifying the nature of the danger and the exact address in order to ensure a quick and effective intervention.