The overall objective of the project is to establish an efficient and coordinated information system among the volunteer emergency services in Bihor County,

To enhance the skills and knowledge of volunteer firefighters in order to improve disaster management in the county.

The project will initiate cooperation among the volunteer emergency response units in the 14 municipalities/cities with which APPAR has signed a partnership agreement for local development,

Establishing and maintaining a mechanism for cooperation between SVSU and the volunteer firefighters in Bihor County

To increase visibility and raise awareness of emergency response efforts and to restore the prestige of this noble calling.

To build the capacity of ROVE members (partners—14 local administrative units) by improving their skills in risk management and first aid

Expected results:

• An efficient and coordinated information system among the volunteer emergency response services in the 14 municipalities/cities with which ROVE has signed partnerships for local development, involving staff from public and local authorities and institutions (management and operational staff); local elected officials, volunteer firefighters, citizens, and NGOs.
• Training of 200 people—members of the ROVE association and residents of 14 partner local administrative units—for the occupation of firefighter (COR code 541104) and first aid
• Organizing a joint exercise involving several volunteers from the 14 municipalities/cities targeted by the project, with the aim of promoting development at the county level and facilitating the exchange of best practices among local authorities.
• Reducing bureaucratic barriers in the development of volunteer emergency services and in updating their operational documents, by providing support and guidance to the 14 local authorities in these processes.

The project’s target group is composed as follows:

• 100 people, members of the Association for the Promotion of Business in Romania, who work in the field of volunteer emergency services within local public authorities in the 14 administrative-territorial units
• 42 local elected officials, including 14 mayors, 28 local council members—14 people—and the head of the volunteer emergency services department
• 44 citizens—from the 14 local administrative units

The 200 members of the target group will participate in firefighter or first aid training courses, depending on each participant’s needs.

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Project co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Operational Program for Administrative Capacity 2014–2020