The BRP-CNR hosts the Forest Fire Protection Presidium

On 3 August 2021, the Forest Fire Protection Presidium was reactivated in Pianosa, in agreement with the Tuscany Region. The service will be active until mid-September and will involve a vehicle and two volunteers from the CVT (Coordination of Tuscan Volunteers). The fire-fighting activities will operate on the whole Pianosa island and, at the same time, the volunteers will also carry out monitoring on the Elba island.

The BRP-CNR has accepted the request from the Tuscany Region and the Municipality of Campo dell'Elba to host the CVT volunteers for the entire period, offering the use of two bedrooms at the base, a technical room where they can recover some necessary tools and the parking of the fire-fighting vehicle.

"This is an indispensable service - explained the councilor for Civil Protection (Municipality of Campo dell'Elba), Silvano Mortula - which is reactivated after many years. Fire control activities are fundamental for the Pianosa Island and the presence of volunteers will also be important for monitoring on the Elba island. This Administration thanks the Tuscany Region for having given a fundamental impulse to the reactivation of the service, the CNR for having contributed to the logistics of the volunteers, all the volunteers who will alternate in these weeks in Pianosa and the personnel of the Police forces already present on the island as an important garrison for the protection of order and security "