The Greek from Odessa Who Established… the Fire Brigade | 30.08.2024

Originally from Chios and raised in Odessa in a wealthy family during the years of Tsarist Russia, Alkiviadis Kokkinakis is considered the father of the Fire Brigade in Greece. He served as the fire chief in St. Petersburg and brought his expertise, experience, and ideas to Greece, turning the concept of creating a Fire Brigade into reality in 1930. Who was Alkiviadis Kokkinakis, and how did he instill the “Bible” of “Firefighting Art Theory” into the minds of firefighters? How was he dismissed by Metaxas, and what did he do afterward? A monumental figure…