MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

1. MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL FUNCTIONS, ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL AT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

2. FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL Fire Safety and Rescue Directorate General Ministry of Interior Civil Protection Directorate General Security PoliceDirectorate General 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

3. FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL FIRE SAFETY AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE GENERAL Fire Safety and Rescue Units at MDMoI and RDMoI Fire Safety аnd Rescue Directorate General Methodical management and control 28 Regional Fire Safety and RescueUnits 14 Fire Safety andRescue Units in sitesunder contracts signed with MoI Fire Safety and Rescue Research Institute (FSRRI) 172 DistrictFire Safety and Rescue Departments 41 Fire Safety and RescueStations 3 3

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 4

5. 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 operationsor firesurvey of sites Methodical guidance and control for implementation of the activities by FSR units in MDMoI and RDMoI Authorization and control activity of firefightingor rescue products Research and expert activities 5

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

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

8. STATE FIRE CONTROLINCLUDES: • Issuing certificates andcertification inspections of the sitesin compliance with fire safetyrequirements • Approval of projects and issuing statementsfor site commissioning • Conformity assessment ofconstruction products in compliance with the fire safety regulations 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. FSRDG’s FORCES AND EQIPMENT RESPONDING IN CASE OF CRISIS MoI Units from STATE ORGANIZATIONS FSR Units at RDMoI Units as per Art. 91 letter d from the Ministry of Interior Act MDMoI RDMoI 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. 16

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

18. 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

19. ESTABLISHMENTOF FORCESFOR PARTICIPATIONIN 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 ACADEMYAT 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 19

20. IN FSRDG THERE IS A TEAM ESTABLISHED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE EU MECHANISM FOR CRISISRESPONSE The team, consisting of 25 FSRDG’semployees, 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

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

22. TEAM FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS Forest firesinGreece - September 2007 22

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