Description
Description (EN): The project is addressing the need to improve joint risk management in the programme area. It is designed such as to address the main common territorial challenges from the perspective of emergency situations management.
Main objective is to streamline the joint response in emergency situations in the cross-border area through common trainings in specialized polygons, procurement of specialized equipment and by improving common cross-border operational framework for emergency situations. The project aims at improving the cooperation, coordination and knowledge transfer between General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations and Directorate General for Fire Safety and Civil Protection.
Based on the project activities, the contribution to the programme outputs indicators will be as follow:
- Through the procurement of specialized equipments (water diving equipment, dive boat), the common trainings for search and rescue mission from aquatic environment that will take place in the polygon in Balchik and the joint exercise that will be conducted, the quality of the joint response in case of floods management will be improved. The main beneficiary of a higher qualitative flood management is the population in the eligible area.
- Common trainings in the dedicated polygon in Craiova and joint exercise that will take place in this project, will raise first response efficiency to forest fires and in general to fires. Also, trainings will promote mutual understanding and trust at first responders’ level, exchange of experience and improved response actions in terms of time, performance and resources saving. The entire population in the eligible area both from Romania and Bulgaria will benefit from improved forest fire protection measures.
- In the eligible area, large number of economical operators, forests and NATURA 2000 sites are located. Those are considered risk sources to which the partners in this project, General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, Romania and Directorate General for Fire Safety and Civil Protection, Republic Bulgaria, are planning to reduce by reviewing the joint intervention plan and make contingency plans meant to establish the technical operational details of joint emergency response to emergencies occurred in this area. The joint intervention plan will be review, and three contingency plans will be elaborated during the project lifetime.
The originality of the project consists in the approach that the project brings to the programme from the perspective of joint risk management, this being achieved through some new ideas like:
- procurement of specialized equipments for emergency situations (water diving equipment, dive boat);
- elaboration of the common training curriculum;
- review of the joint intervention plan;
- elaboration of three contingency plans;
- joint cooperation exercise;
The type of the project will be “hard” and it will have the following indicative budget:
- General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations budget is worth 550 000 euro;
- Directorate General for Fire Safety and Civil Protection budget is worth 450 000 euro.
Read more Achievements (EN): The project implementation period ended on 15.01.2023.
All the activities are completed.
The main objective is to streamline the joint response in emergency situations in the cross-border area through common trainings in specialized polygons, procurement of specialized equipment and by improving common cross-border operational framework for emergency situations.
- Through the procurement of specialized equipments (water diving equipment, dive boat), the common trainings for search and rescue mission from aquatic environment that took place in the polygon in Balchik and the joint exercise conducted, the quality of the joint response in case of floods management was improved.
- Common trainings in the dedicated polygon in Craiova and joint exercise that took place in this project, raised first response efficiency to forest fires and in general to fires.
Three emergency plans were developed aimed at regulating the cooperation between the intervention resources belonging to the GIES and the DGFSCP to ensure operative intervention at a specific site;
A joint disaster intervention plan between GIES and DGFSCP was realized;
A joint partnership/plan was signed between GIES and DGFSCP regarding the joint training program which consists in the regulation of bilateral cooperation between GIES and DGFSCP in the field of training intervention personnel.
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Website: https://interregrobg.eu
Expected Results (EN): R3.1 - The quality of the joint risk management in the CBC area
Expected Outputs (EN): The implementation of the proposed project will provide a renovated polygon for search and rescue missions from aquatic environment and heights rescue missions in Balchik, Bulgaria, where both personnel from General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, Romania, and Directorate General for Fire Safety and Civil Protection, Republic Bulgaria, will conduct common training, improving the level of preparation to successfully accomplish the rescue missions from the aquatic environment and rescue from heights. During the project implementation will also be conducted common trainings at the training polygon in Craiova for fire fighting missions, especially for forest fires.
Another important part of the project is the procurement of specialized equipment (water purification module, water diving equipment, dive boat) for flood management and search and rescue missions from aquatic environment, which will lead to better capabilities in the field of flood management, ensuring an efficient joint response of the responsible authorities.
Thus, the safety and security level of the population in the Romanian-Bulgaria cross-border area will be increased, by improving the intervention capabilities for the specialized services and strengthening the preparedness, trough common training sessions, in the specific area.
Also, during the project implementation the legal framework will be analyzed in order to review the existing Joint Intervention Plan and adapt it to the current requirements. Additionally, the project will provide a Common Training Curricula and Joint Partnership on Common Training Programme, thus improving the preparedness of the responsible authorities for emergency situations in the specific area.
Furthermore, there will be drafted three contingency plans, which will strengthen the cooperation in case of emergency situations between the two countries, improving the joint risk management in the CBC area.
As a result, the project aims at a better coordination and more efficient reaction of responsible authorities in emergencies situations by adopting an integrated approach of planning, preparedness and performance of intervention.
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Thematic information
Specific Objective:
To improve joint risk management in the cross-border area
Thematic Objective:
(05) promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management by:
Investment Priority:
(05b) promoting investment to address specific risks, ensuring disaster resilience and developing disaster management systems
Partners (2)
Lead Partner:
Inspectoratul General pentru Situații de Urgență
Department:
General inspector of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations
Address:
Banu Dumitrache 46, 23756 Bucharest, Romania
Legal status:
public
Website:
https://www.igsu.ro/
Total budget:
EUR 554 882.18
ERDF budget:
EUR 471 649.85
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Главна дирекция „Пожарна безопасност и защита на населението” - Министерство на вътрешните работи
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Name:
Главна дирекция „Пожарна безопасност и защита на населението” - Министерство на вътрешните работи
Department:
Director
Address:
Pirotska Street 171 A, 1309 Sofia, Bulgaria
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.nspbzn.mvr.bg
Total budget:
EUR 454 064.14
ERDF budget:
EUR 385 954.52
