Joint training project for wildfire fighting units

1. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service Stability Pact DPPI THE TRAINING PROJECT FOR JOINT WILDFIRE-FIGHTING UNITS BETWEEN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO AND CROATIA National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service

2. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service PROJECT AIMS: Rapid response in case of fire outbreak in the border area (facilitate border crossing) Harmonize management at the fire site Harmonize tactical activities Use the same equipment compatibility Harmonize communication equipment

3. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service 20 Feb 03 meeting in Sarajevo guidelines for the project implementation Country representatives appointed for the implementation of the project; members of the core working group: Montenegro Zoran Begovi M.Sc., Head of the Inspectorate for the Protection against Fire, Explosions , Disasters and for the Technical Protection of Facilities Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirsad Teskeredi, Assistant Director of the Federal Civil Protection Administration Republika Srpska Predrag Slijepevi, Deputy Director of the Republic Civil Protection Administration Republic of Croatia Mladen Vinkovi, Assistant Chief Firefighting Commander of RoC PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION:

4. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service 10 March 03 - first working meeting of the core working group determined the terms of the task implementation by individual participating countries: Croatia 1. Inform fire-fighting managers with tactics and equipment, as well as the training to come 2. Training in wildfire fighting for firemen Bosnia and Herzegovina 1. Project co-ordination 2. Execution of tender for the purchase of fire equipment Montenegro 1. Execution of fire-fighting exercise

5. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service WHAT HAS BEEN DONE? 1. Seminar for fire-fighting managers from all three countries at the MoI training centre, Valbandon near Pula, 14 April to 17 April 2003. Group photo of the participants MoI training centre Valbandon

6. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service Participants at the seminar: 3 representatives from Republika Srpska 2 reps. from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 representatives of Montenegro 4 representatives from the Republic of Croatia 1 Stability Pact representative The seminar was organized and executed by the personnel of the National protection and rescue Directorate, Fire Service , MoI of RoC

7. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service Visit to the Public Fire-Fighting Unit Pula Demonstration of skills of the members of the intervention fire- fighting unit of the PFU Pula

8. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service 2. Wildfire fighting training for firemen from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro carried out at the Fire-fighting and Civil Protection School in Zagreb. 1st group between 15 and 22 June 2003 34 attendants 2nd group between 22 and 28 June 2003 34 attendants Participants in the training: 18 firemen from Republika Srpska 17 firemen from Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 32 firemen from Montenegro

9. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service I) Physical preparedness check Wildfire fighting training is consist of: II) Theoretical lessons in classroom III) First aid IV) Training site exercises V) Operation with helicopter VI) Field exercise

10. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service At the end of the training course, each trainee obtained a Certificate for having successfully finished the training. The training was organized and performed by the personnel of the National protection and Rescue Directorate, Fire Service , MoI of RoC

11. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service 3. Tenders were invited for the personal firemen equipment and the forest fire fighting equipment, and the supplier of the required equipment has been chosen Some extinguishing equipment Some items of personal equipment

12. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service The exercise was held on May 27th 2004 in Montenegro in the town of Budva and was entitled Budva 2004 bearing the slogan Together against Fire . A total of 80 firefighters from three countries participated in the exercise with 10 fire trucks, 1 Bell 212 helicopter owned by the MoI of Montenegro and 2 Dromader firefighting planes. The exercise scenario dealt with a forest fire in inaccessible terrain near the town of Budva. 4. Demonstration fire-fighting exercise

13. Stability Pact DPP National protection and rescue Directorate Fire Service 5. Develop and adopt procedures of notifying and calling of fire-fighting forces; and state border crossing develop standardized forms exchange services telephone numbers, etc. THE END Prepared by: Mladen Vinkovi Sinia Klear