{"id":36,"date":"2021-12-14T10:42:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T08:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:19:55","slug":"ethelontikes-drastiriotites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/en\/ethelontikes-drastiriotites\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-header-934728308\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Volunteer Activities          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n       <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1320047092\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1894935552\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-935360629\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1521997275\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ethelontikes-drastiriotites1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ethelontikes-drastiriotites1.jpeg 1025w, https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ethelontikes-drastiriotites1-800x297.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ethelontikes-drastiriotites1-768x285.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ethelontikes-drastiriotites1-600x222.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1521997275 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES<\/strong> <strong>THESSALONIKI AEROCLUB 2007 \u2013 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">During the period <strong>2007-2022,<\/strong> the Thessaloniki Aeroclub provided at least <strong>3 <\/strong>from its planes every year for aerial surveillance of forests from fires and all water resources from pollution <strong>in the Prefectures of Thessaloniki and Halkidiki,<\/strong> activity in which they participated <strong>voluntarily<\/strong> above <strong>120<\/strong> aircraft pilots, <strong>3 <\/strong>aircraft engineers, <strong>3 <\/strong>observers, <strong>1 <\/strong>administrative employee and <strong>1 <\/strong>appointed coordinator of the Volunteer Program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Total carried out <strong>2,183 flight hours<\/strong> for the aerial surveillance of the forests of the Prefectures of Thessaloniki and Chalkidiki from <strong>fires,<\/strong> with special attention always paid to the area of Mount Athos and the suburban forest of our city of Sheikh-Shu, as well as to the identification <strong>pollutants<\/strong> in the Thermaikos Gulf, the bays of Halkidiki and the other water resources of our region, always in communication via radio with the Fire Department administration and the other competent Authorities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A total of 1000 were identified. <strong>153 fires <\/strong><u>before they can take hold<\/u> and were made in total <strong>21 <\/strong>emergency operations with our planes at the request of the Fire Department.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A total of 1000 were identified. <strong>63 <\/strong>cases<strong> pollution<\/strong> in the Thermaikos Gulf, the Axios River and the other water resources of our region and the Coast Guard was immediately informed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Our planes flew a total of over <strong>10 exits for research and identification<\/strong> missing persons, following requests from both the authorities of Northern Greece and the relatives of the missing persons, several of which had a happy ending.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We successfully participated with at least one of our planes and two crew members. <strong>in every big exercise<\/strong> which was organized by the Fire Department throughout the period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The Volunteer Pilot Group of the Thessaloniki Aeroclub, after appropriate training lasting 25 hours, numbers a total of <strong>135<\/strong> volunteer operators.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We welcomed over 100,000 people to our facilities. <strong>20,000 students<\/strong> through organized visits from schools of all levels and from all the Prefectures of Northern Greece. <a href=\"https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Children.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><strong>students<\/strong><\/u><\/a> In addition to introducing them to the airplane and professional orientation, we also inform them about volunteering, the environment and its protection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Our patrols, beyond the critical summer fire season, continue in the forests, in the Thermaikos Gulf, in rivers and other water areas, almost daily throughout the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">For <strong>emergency needs,<\/strong> there is always <strong>1<\/strong> our aircraft with <strong>2 members<\/strong> crew at the disposal of the authorities throughout the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">There is a standing instruction to all our pilots, so that when performing any type of flight, they search their route for fires and pollutants, paying particular attention to <strong>Mount Athos<\/strong>, the <strong>Sheikh Su<\/strong>, the forest <strong>Kouri<\/strong> and the <strong>Chortiatis.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">At the same time, we monitor for any <strong>suspicious movements<\/strong> motorcycles, cars or pedestrians on forest paths and dirt roads, immediately informing the Police and, if necessary, 100, while, at the same time, we attempt to pass over the suspicious vehicles to see that we have noticed their presence and, if they had any bad intentions, to think again before carrying them out.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The total operating expenses for the period, which cover fuel, insurance premiums, maintenance, repairs, etc. of the airplanes, exceeded the amount of <strong>600.000 \u20ac<\/strong> and was covered for the most part by the volunteer pilots themselves, except for the last three years, during which the cost was covered by the <strong>kind sponsorship<\/strong> of the company <strong>Hellenic Gold S.A.,<\/strong> which, in fact, adopted one of our airplanes.<\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Finally, it is worth mentioning the fact that, for all its above activities, the Thessaloniki Aeroclub was awarded in 2000 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Athens_award.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><strong>Athens Academy Award<\/strong><\/u><\/a> and in 1991 with the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/aeroclub-tsl.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAI_award.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Highest International Aviation Award<\/strong><\/a><\/u> (Diploma d&#039;honneur) from the<strong> International Aeronautical Federation<\/strong> (FAI).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<br \/><strong>THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM COORDINATOR<\/strong><br \/><strong>DINOS GEORGIADIS<\/strong><br \/><strong>AIRPORT GOVERNOR.<\/strong><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n  \n    <div class=\"row large-columns-3 medium-columns- small-columns-2\" >\n  <div class=\"gallery-col col\" >\n          <div class=\"col-inner\">\n            <a class=\"image-lightbox 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