MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL

FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL Fire Safety and Rescue Directorate General Civil Protection Directorate General Security Police Directorate General Ministry of Interior Border Police Directorate General Pre-legal Proceedings Directorate General Criminal Police Directorate General Organized Crime Control Directorate General Metropolitan Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Regional Directorates of the Ministry of Interior Specialized Administrative Directorates of the Ministry of Interior 2

FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL Methodical management Fire Safety аnd Rescue Directorate General Fire Safety and Rescue Research Institute (FSRRI) and control Fire Safety and Rescue Units at MDMo. I and RDMo. I 14 Fire Safety and Rescue Units in sites under contracts signed with Mo. I 28 Regional Fire Safety and Rescue Units 172 District Fire Safety and Rescue Departments 41 Fire Safety and Rescue Stations 3

FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL STRUCTURAL UNITS Fire Safety and Rescue Directorate General Fire Safety and Rescue Units Fire Safety and Rescue Regional Directorates Fire Safety and Rescue Stations 4

FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL MAIN ACTIVITIES : FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL PERFORMS: Firefighting and emergency-rescue operations State fire control Preventive activity Authorization and control activities of traders, who implement firefighting, rescue operations or fire survey of sites Methodical guidance and control for implementation of the activities by FSR units in MDMo. I and RDMo. I Authorization and control activity of firefighting or rescue products Research and expert activities 5

FIREFIGHTING AND EMERGENCY-RESCUE OPERATIONS INCLUDE: Immediate dispatch of personnel and equipment Firefighting and Emergency-Rescue Operations Fire and accidents limitation and elimination Development of incident elimination plans Rescue First aid rendering to sufferers Transportation of sufferers to medical centers (hospitals) Determination of methods, ways and means of firefighting and rescue operations 6

STATE FIRE CONTROL INCLUDES: INCLUDES Ø Control in compliance with the rules and standards for fire safety design, construction, reconstruction, modernization and operation of sites Ø Control upon the manufacture, import, marketing and operation of devices, machines and equipment related to fire safety requirements Ø Participation in the State Acceptance Commissions for issuing building permits 7

STATE FIRE CONTROL INCLUDES: INCLUDES Ø Issuing certificates and certification inspections of the sites in compliance with fire safety requirements Ø Approval of projects and issuing statements for site commissioning Ø Conformity assessment of construction products in compliance with the fire safety regulations 8

PREVENTIVE ACTIVITY Information-explanation activity among the population Population preparedness for prevention and actions in case of fires, disasters, emergencies and catastrophies Specialized editorial-publishing and culture-information activity in the field of fire safety 9

PREVENTIVE ACTIVITY PART OF THE DISASTER PROTECTION ØYouth fire teams “Young firefighter” – 677 • Members - 9032 ØVoluntary firefighting brigades - 38 • Members - 366 10

INFORMATION ACTIVITY INCLUDES : Planning, collecting, processing, analyzing, systematizing, usage, storage and delivery of information from the information funds. 11

FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FSRRI) ØElaboration of research and applied products F S R R I ØSurvey of reasons and conditions which cause occurrence and spreading of fires, accidents and disasters üFSRRI is accredited ØPreparation of fire technical, physical, chemical and electrotechnical expert examinations by the Executive agency Bulgarian Accreditation Service ØElaboration of methods and tools for prevention and elimination of fires, accidents and disasters ØDevelopment of rules and regulations for provision of population’s fire safety and protection to carry out test activities; üFSRRI is a regular EGOLF member since 2004 ØTesting for conformity assessment of products according to fire and emergency safety requirements 12

EXPERT ACTIVITY Expert activity Studying and testing for determination of fire occurrence reasons Issuing expert statements The expertise has: Preventive role Criminal procedural role Supporting role 13

FSRDG’s FORCES AND EQUIPMENT RESPONDING IN CASE OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS PERMANENT TEMPORARY FSRDG SITUATION CENTER CENTRAL OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONAL DUTY CENTER MDMo. I RDMo. I DUTY CENTERS DFSRDs Operational headquarters ЗПБС RDMo. I Operational ОЩ headquarters Temporary Operational headquarters Duty post 14

FSRDG’s FORCES AND EQIPMENT RESPONDING IN CASE OF CRISIS Units from STATE Mo. I FSR ORGANIZATIONS Units at Units as per Art. 91 RDMo. I MDMo. I RDMo. I letter d from the Ministry of Interior Act VOLUNTARY FSR FORMATIONS

ACCENT Mo. I AND THE EU REQUIREMENTS FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT PARTICIPATION IN MISSIONS AND OPERATIONS IN CRISi. S RESPONSE GOAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Improvement of the EU civil capacity for efficient crisis response. 16

МЯСТО НА ГДПБС FSRDG PLACE IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT В УПРАВЛЕНИЕТО ПРИ КРИЗИ IN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Acts regulating the conditions and procedures for crisis response forces management For crisis response forces management Crisis Management Act since 2005 – Disaster Protection Act since 2006 - Закон за защита при бедствия от 2006 г – creates the National Crisis Management regulates the establishment of an с който се регламентира изграждането System regulating functions of the state Unified Rescue System на Единна спасителна система The Disaster Protection Act specifies FSR structural units as one of the basic units of the Законът за защита при бедствия определя структурните звена за unified RESCUE SYSTEM. ПБС, като едно от основните звена на ЕДИННАТА СПАСИТЕЛНА СИСТЕМА. 17

FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL System for protection of the population in case of crisis situations UNIFIED RESCUE SYSTEM 112 FSRDG CPDG EMAC Units and services of ministries, departments and local authorities Commercial companies and sole traders Non-governmental organizations 18

ESTABLISHMENT OF FORCES FOR PARTICIPATION IN EU CRISIS RESPONSE OPERATIONS CURRENTLY, THE FOLLOWING CREWS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PARTICIPATION IN EU OPERATIONS AS A RESPONSE TO CRISIS: AS REGARDS POLICE ACTIVITY, 19 EMPLOYEES ARE INCLUDED FROM POLICE DIRECTORATE GENERAL AND THE ACADEMY AT Mo. I AS REGARDS BORDER POLICE ACTIVITY, 54 EMPLOYEES ARE INCLUDED FROM BORDER POLICE DIRECTORATE AS REGARDS POPULATION PROTECTION ACTIVITY, 25 EMPLOYEES ARE INCLUDED FROM THE FSR UNITS 19

IN FSRDG THERE IS A TEAM ESTABLISHED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE EU MECHANISM FOR CRISIS RESPONSE The team, consisting of 25 FSRDG’s employees, established for participation in EU operations as a response to crisis took part in extinguishing a large scale fire occurred in Refinery in Izmit : Turkey August 1999 20

TEAM FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS After the earthquake in IRAN December 2003 21

TEAM FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS Forest fires in Greece - September 2007 22

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