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Prevention is key in terms of the approach to disasters and accidents, said Acting Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Demerdzhiev

Ivan Demerdzhiev is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience.

He was born in 1975 in Plovdiv.

In 2001, at a joint briefing in the Council of Ministers with the Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova

Dr. Eng. Rositsa Karamfilova is an expert with many years of experience in the field of environmental management on the occasion of the project adopted today by the cabinet to expand the system for early warning and notification of disasters at the municipal level.

Minister Demerdzhiev thanked for the good teamwork of the two ministries, which, he said, reacted extremely quickly and saved the financing of this project and its realization, which has been long awaited and delayed.

He recalled that this is the second time the teams of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have saved such a project, the first being "TETRA".

The quick and timely work made it possible to receive the first payment under the Recovery Plan, now the work of the two ministries, the very good cooperation, led to not losing the funding and being able to implement a very important project, commented the interior minister.

He clarified that the project refers to the partial completion and upgrading of the national warning and disclosure system, affects 11 regions, a population of about 650 thousand people, 96 municipal centers,

Over 4,000 subscribers of "Heating-Gabrovo" are in the cold in winter due to accidents

In European terms, it has been found that every euro financed leads to savings of between 4 and 7 euros, the minister said.

He emphasized that prevention should be thought of and it is very important that this process is actually ensured until its successful completion on the territory of the entire country.

The system is modern, corresponds to the best modern models, allows voice announcement of exactly what the disaster is, what actions and measures should be taken.

The system allows disclosure with a message first to the responsible bodies of the executive power, and later to the citizens.

In this way, the authorities responsible for the population are also given the opportunity to take adequate preventive measures to limit damage in the event of potential disasters and accidents, Demerdzhiev also pointed out. 

Ivan Demerdzhiev

Rositsa Karamfilova

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