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Hellenic Fire Service (Greece)

Πυροσβεστικο Σωμα

Last modified: 2023-07-15 by randy young
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[Flag of Hellenic Fire Service]
image by Randy Young, 3 March 2023
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About the flag

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits the area of a crushed wagon after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023. [1] There's an unidentified flag with a white field in the photograph. Could it be a medical flag of some kind?
William Garrison, 1 March 2023
Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/turkey-and-greece-maintain-post-disaster-diplomacy-after-train-crash

The flag belongs to the Hellenic Fire Service.
Zachary Harden, 2 March 2023

The flag appears to show the logo of the Hellenic Fire Service centered on a white field, proportioned approximately 2:3.
Randy Young, 3 March 2023

The inscription transliterated is "Pyrosbestiko Soma Ella's, which means something like "Greek Firebrigade Corps" or "Greek Firebrigade Corporation." "Soma" literally is "body."
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 March 2023

The correct name is Hellenic Fire Service.

I am preparing a piece on all these Units and I hope I can send it tomorrow, since it covers all "first-responders," which are coordinated under the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection and its "operational command," the National Coordinating Center for Operations and Crisis Management.
Esteban Rivera, 4 March 2023

It could also be "Fire Brigade of Greece" because Elladas means more "of Greece" than "Greek/Hellenic" (which is Elliniki).
Jean-Marc Merklin, 4 March 2023