Firefighter’s and volunteer’s trainings continues in the South-East Region

Successfully completed the three two-day trainings in the Republic of Bulgaria, provided in the activities of the project “Cross-Border Cooperation in Forest Fire Fighting” financed by the European Union through the Interreg IPA Program for cross-border cooperation between R. Bulgaria and R. N.Macedonia 2014-2020, a project that the Centre for Development of the South-East Planning Region is implementing in partnership with the Association of South Western Municipalities, Blagovegrad, Republic of Bulgaria.

In the next period, the remaining three two-day specialized trainings will be held in the Republic of N.Macedonia, with a schedule of implementation:

Ø November 10-11, 2022 (fourth specialized training);

Ø November 24-25, 2022 (fifth specialized training);

Ø November 28-29, 2022 (sixth – final specialized training).

Firefighters and volunteers from the southwestern Bulgaria will have the opportunity together with their colleagues from the region to measure their strength through practical exercises on Mount Ograzhden, in a rescue operation in the building of the former Kasarna in Strumica, as well as a final competition and a final conference at which participants will be awarded certificates for participating in the six trainings.

The stories from the field and the exchange of experiences continue with increasing intensity

Part of the representatives of the volunteer and professional firefighters from the southeast of R.N Macedonia and the Southwestern of R. Bulgaria, on October 13 and 14, 2022, attended the second specialized training in Bansko, Republic of Bulgaria, which is one of six two-day specialized trainings planned as part of the activities of the project “Cross-Border Cooperation in Forest Fire Fighting”.

The first aid as a crucial moment in accidents is the topic that aroused the greatest interest on the participants who followed closely and attentively to renew their knowledge, but also to learn many new ones. The training was conducted by paramedic Mr. Vladimir Filkov, a member of the voluntary firefighting society from Blagoevgrad.


The firefighters spent the second day in the field with practical exercises and examples from the second thematic unit, which was conducted by Mr. Plamen Todorov, an inspector from the National Association of Volunteers in the Republic of Bulgaria. Firefighters and volunteers had the opportunity to work with the equipment which the territorial firefighting unit of Bansko works and disposes. The stories from the field and the exchange of experiences continue this time with increased intensity and interest from the participants in the training.


The trainings are part of the implementation of the project for “Cross-Border Cooperation in Forest Fire Fighting” financed by the European Union through the Interreg IPA Program for cross-border cooperation between R. Bulgaria and R. North Macedonia 2014-2020, a project that the Centre for the Development of the South-East Planning Region is implementing in partnership with the Association of Southwestern Municipalities, Blagovegrad, Republic of Bulgaria.