IHT: EU considering permanent reaction teams to respond to natural disasters
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EU considering permanent reaction teams to respond to natural disasters
The European Union is considering the formation of permanent reaction teams to respond to natural disasters, EU officials said Tuesday. The European Commission, the bloc's executive office, was studying ways the EU could better provide rapid aid after disasters like the forest fires now raging in Greece, which have killed more than 60 people, said EU spokeswoman Barbara Helfferich.
"We have done well but we could improve our capacities and we are looking at ways and means to improve firefighting capacities," Helfferich told reporters.
