Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate

Bulgaria and the Euro-Atlantic Emergency Response Coordination Center have signed a declaration of intent to hold crisis response exercises in the country next year. The exercises, expected to include teams from many NATO member countries, were announced by Alexander Zhartov, the general director of the Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate.

For the last two days, teams of the Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate responded to 64 reports related to the dynamic meteorological forecast. Most have been requests for removing dangerous objects, fallen trees or branches, said the press office of the Ministry of the Interior.