Firefighting service in cross-border cooperation

Firefighting service in cross-border cooperation - is a project that stresses out the main problems the two cross-border partners involved confront when it comes to natural disasters. The project focuses on the measures that need to be undertaken in order to prevent such disasters, by developing and implementing an effective Plan that will describe the current situation and identify the risk areas, by leading a campaign which will inform the inhabitants regarding natural disasters , will increase public awareness on the environmental risks, and not the least, by purchasing innovative systems, tools and equipment to minimize the negative effects of floods, fires, earthquakes, landslips, etc. The project brings together two parties: city of Bor - the administrative center of the Bor District, in eastern Serbia, and from the Romanian side: Giarmata - a commune in Timiș County. The reason for developing these partnerships resides in the resemblances the partners share as regards to climate, land, vegetation, culture, the inhabitant's desire to protect the environment and, most importantly, both partners are confronting with the same significant common challenges regarding the environmental risks and emergency situation. The overall objective of this project is to improve protection of our area in the cross-border region against natural disasters, as well as to reduce the negative effects when these events occur, by increasing awareness of environmental risks, acting on a basis of an effective and accurate strategy and using modern equipment and tools that will improve the emergency reaction and result. Throughout this net revenue generating project, we aim to minimize the uncontrolled negative impacts that natural disasters have on our project area and to protect the environment in a safe manner, by involving all the people- local authorities, inhabitants and volunteers on behalf of both partners. The project refers to the purchase of tangible goods that will be used in order to protect and react when a disaster happens, as well as intangible goods - a study that will determine the risk areas, the challenges we tackle and the best way to act in order to prevent and react against disasters. The investment also refers to the acquisition of an innovative climate monitoring system that will measure our results and will also play the role of a prevention tool. The end result will consist in a clear radiography of the risk areas, a strategy that will us allow a quick and effective intervention and special equipment that provides the potential to both protect the environment and the people using this equipment that endanger their lives to save others. This cooperation is necessary given the fact that both partners face similar challenges and share similar characteristics (climate, vegetation, etc.) so, in order to protect our project area, it is needed common commitment, based on a common vision and a common set of measures. Information added on 2020-05-12, regarding the mitigation of the effects of COVID-19 (the corona virus pandemic that started in 2019) (English language only): The overall objective of the project is to protect the cross-border region from natural disasters and also to reduce the impact in case such a disaster occurs, by enhancing awareness of the environmental risks, acting on the basis of an accurate strategy and using efficient equipment that will improve the emergency reaction and result.

By implementing the project, we aim to improve the collaboration between the inhabitants of the cross-border region in order to grow the capacity for emergency situations in case of natural disasters and environmental accidents: - we are developing the capacity for emergency interventions using efficient tools and well-trained personnel. - clear determination of the risk areas and factors, mapping the most sensitive areas and creating a strategy for effective action (procedures in case of dangerous situations occurs). - purchase of efficient equipment that will replace the old one, capable of covering a larger area and that will allow the partners to provide a safe and clean environment for their citizens. - the elaboration of a Study that will use experts in order to determine the risks and the action needed in order to reduce such risks. - acquiring of a modern and efficient monitoring system to oversee the climatic conditions across the cross-border area and identify the risks.