Cross-Border FIRESHIELD

Municipality of Vrapciste (MK),

To contribute towards environmental protection in the CB area by upgrading the public infrastructure for risk management.

-     To introduce joint risk management for (wild)fire prevention in the CB area;

-     To establish unique inter-municipal fire protection system;

-     To build-up capacities for responding to natural disasters in the CB area;

-     To raise awareness for environment protection in the CB area;

-     Joint risk management plan for wildfire and fire protection and Standard operations procedures (SOP) are developed and put in practice;

-     Joint fire protection department of Municipality Vrapciste and Bogovinje under the Law of inter-municipal cooperation is established;

-     A new FIRE STATION for the newly established fire protection inter-municipal department is built;

-     Special forest fire extinguishing vehicle is purchased for Vrapciste-Bogovinje fire station;

-     9 firefighters are employed, trained and equipped in the inter-municipal fire protection department;

-     23 firefighters across the border are with increased capacities for responding to natural disasters;

-     Special natural disaster responding gear is purchased for Cerrik fire department;

-     A natural disaster response voluntary system of 20 people is established and equipped, involving retired military staff and local population from rural areas in the cross-border region;

-     8200 primary school children are with raised awareness on forest fire prevention and wildfire consequences to the environment and fire alarms are installed in 3 primary schools;

-     More than 25 000 rural households and more than 110.000 people from rural areas of the cross-border area are with raised awareness on fire and wildfire prevention.