National response plan aims to coordinate response to emergencies

“This incident rattled us,” Justice Minister Costas Fitiris said on Monday unveiling a national rapid response plan to improve coordination between emergency services and prevent a repeat of the seven-hour closure of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway seen last week.

Speaking after a meeting with all the services involved, Fitiris said the government had completed a full review of the response to the accident and prepared a draft plan setting out the responsibilities and actions of each agency....