The Center for Development of the South-East Planning Region in the implementation of the project project “Early Fire Detection and Ranging for disaster prevention and management – eFIDAR”, procured two fire fighting vehicles for TPPE Valandovo and TPPE Gevgelija worth over 200,000 euros.
The small rescue truck will be for the use of TPPE – Gevgelija, and the vehicle or the first response pickup will be for the use of TPPE Valandovo.
In the meantime, a modification of the project was made, with which the Center received additional funds, and the procurement of a third firefighting vehicle, which will be intended for the TPPE – Strumica, is already in the process.
Such procurement of specialized vehicles will facilitate interventions on the ground, especially in dealing with forest fires, and will also increase the efficiency of all territorial firefighting units from the Southeast planning region.
With the new modification, three drones with sensor cameras will also be procured, which will be used for early detection and marking of fires in hard-to-reach places.
The project is financed by the European Union through the Interreg IPA Program for cross-border cooperation between Greece – R. N. Macedonia.