Greece holds major disaster response training exercise
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Hersonissos, Greece: Greece is holding a three day disaster exercise on the tourist island of Crete with both visitors and operators stressing the nee...
Hersonissos, Greece: Greece is holding a three-day disaster exercise on the tourist island of Crete with both visitors and operators stressing the need to prepare for emergencies, including quakes and fires.
The civil protection ministry said the three-day exercise named Minoas, which concludes on Wednesday, is the largest held in the country.
The scenarios included tsunamis, industrial accidents and tourist rescues.
"The feeling of safety is very important to us, our associates and our customers," Nikos Vlasiadis, general manager of a five-star hotel near Iraklio, told AFP.
The hotel on Tuesday took part in a simulation exercise responding to a 7.2-magnitude earthquake emergency.
