MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL

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

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

4 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

5 FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL MAIN ACTIVITIES : Firefighting and emergency-rescue operations FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL PERFORMS: FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL PERFORMS: 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 MDMoI and RDMoI Authorization and control activity of firefighting or rescue products Research and expert activities

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

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

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

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

10 PREVENTIVE ACTIVITY PART OF THE DISASTER PROTECTION YYYYouth fire teams “Young firefighter” – 6 77 Members VVVVoluntary firefighting brigades - 38 Members

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

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

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

FSRDG SITUATION CENTER OPERATIONAL DUTY CENTER MDMoI DUTY CENTER RDMoI DFSRDs Duty post FSRDG CENTRAL OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS MDMoI ЗПБС ЗПБС Operationalheadquarters RDMoI ОЩ TemporaryOperational headquarters headquarters TEMPORARYPERMANENT 14 Operational headquarters FSRDG’s FORCES AND EQUIPMENT RESPONDING IN CASE OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS DUTY CENTERS

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

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

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

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

19 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 MoI 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

20 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

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

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

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