Disaster response Portugal

Forest fires

2003
Published on Aug 06, 2003 02:00 AM  -  Updated on Jul 09, 2019 04:54 PM
Faced with violent fires that ravaged large parts of Portugal, Télécoms Sans Frontières team deployed to the district of Castelo Branco to provide satellite telecommunications for the Portuguese Civil Defence teams and all other rescue teams on the ground.

General information

Context: Forest fire
Start date: 06/08/2003
End date: 11/08/2003
Areas of intervention: Castelo Branco
Activities: Support to coordination

Funding

With the support of