STREAM (ROBG-351)
“Streamlining the joint response actions to emergency situations”
What’s the goal?
The overall objective of the project is to improve joint risk management in the programme area by increasing the joint response in case of emergency situations (flood management, forest fire protection etc.)
What’s the budget?
1,008,946.32 euro, out of which 857,604.36euro ERDF
Target at the half of the implementation period: 10,000 euro for LB, 97,675 euro for B2
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): General Inspectorate for Emergency Situation (Romania)
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Directorate General Fire Safety and Civil Protection –Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)
When is it happening?
Start date: 16.05.2018
End date: 15.01.2023
Duration: 56 months
Where is it happening?
7 counties in Romania
8 districtsin Bulgaria
How is it going to happen?
vProcurement of specialized equipment;
vImprovement of training center for conduction of trainings for height and diving rescue activities;
vElaboration of the common training curricula and the joint partnerships;
vProviding common trainings and joint exercises;
vReviewing of the Joint Intervention Plan;
vElaboration of 3 contingency plans.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 4 779 754 people benefiting from actions of risk management, 4 591 666 people benefiting from flood protection measures, 4 779 754 people benefiting from forest fire protection measures, 6 joint partnerships in the field of joint early warning and emergency response
Programme results: increased quality of joint risk management in the CBC area
Project status
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.
