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In the frame of the project PREVENT/ CB005.1.11.165 which is implementing under the European Union Funded Interreg-IPA Bulgaria - Turkey Cross-Border Cooperation Program coordinated in Turkey by its National Authority – Ministry of European Union Affairs in Uzunkopru and Dimitrovgrad were successfully introduced early warning systems in operation.
After realization of the project Uzunkopru Municipality introduced in operation a Flood Prevention Information System. The system includes four water level measuring stations and one control centre where up-to-date information on the level of the Krkkakak River water is obtained, is being installed in the Ataturk Cultural Centre of Uzunkopu Municipality. The system allows 48 hours before the disaster to alert the appropriate authorities and instances to take the necessary precautions.
At the same time, a Fire Observation and Early Warning System was set up in Dimitrovgrad. The system consists of a thermal camera located in an automatic control tower and a control center. The tower is located near the village of Krepost and sends video images to the control center built in the building of Dimitrovgrad municipality. Thanks to the thermal camera, it is ensured that the fires are detected at a very early stage and by signalization send to the control center is ensured warning the relevant instances on time.
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Two project partners prepared a Joint Strategy for Preventing and Mitigating the Consequences of Natural and Man-made Disasters . For the Strategy document please click STRATEGY
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Realized opening ceremony in Uzunkopru under the European Union Funded Project "PREVENT";
The project PREVENT/ CB005.1.11.165 which is implementing under the European Union Funded Interreg-IPA Bulgaria - Turkey Cross-Border Cooperation Program coordinated in Turkey by its National Authority – Ministry of European Union Affairs is in its final stage of
implementation.
In this context, on May 31 was realized the official opening ceremony of the installed system for Early Warning System of Flood situations, which was established on the Ergene River and Kırkavak river by Uzunköprü Municipality.
The opening ceremony of the flood early warning system, which is of great importance for the Uzunkopru Municipality, was attended by the Mayor of the municipality Av. Enis ISBILEN,Vice-President of Dimitrivgrad Municipality and representatives of other relevant institutions
and project team members. In addition, the Ministry of the EU Affairs and program expertwas attended to the opening.
In his opening speech, Mayor Av. Enis İŞBİLEN explained the importance of the flood warning system for the Uzunkopru, which automatically measures several times per minute at 4 different water level measuring stations located on the river and sends information to the monitoring center established in the municipality and warns the authorities 48 hours before the event.
In his opening speech, Yaşo Minkov - Deputy Mayor of the Bulgarian Partner Dimitrovgrad Municipality who participated in the opening meeting, presented information on the Forest Fires Automatic Surveillance Tower that is already established on the Bulgarian side.
In addition to the automation warning systems that were established in both countries, it was announced that an online common platform was established to enable the related Bulgarian and Turkish institutions to act more quickly and coordinately in a joint network.
The meeting ended with the wishes of continuing friendship and partnership work among the partners.
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PREVENT
The process of establishment of early warning system of floods in Uzunkopru is continues under the project PREVENT / CB005.1.11.165 funded under Interreg-IPA CBC Bulgaria-Turkey programme, and implemented under the coordination of the National Authority of the programme - Ministry of European Affairs in Turkey.
The software of the early warning system of floods will be integrated with the warning systems used by the Ministry of Forests and Water in Turkey and with the system of General Directorate of the national water resources. This software will transmit information to the flood control center that will be established in the municipality’s building of Uzunkopru Municipality.
The flood warning system will provide information on the river level in a matter of seconds and the flood warning will be announced 36-48 hours before the flood.
The installation of 4 water level monitoring stations and one meteorological monitoring station that are part of this system was approved by the municipal authorities on 19.12.2017.
These modern radar measuring stations in every 15 minutes will provide information on the water flow and rain falls to the observation center that will be built in the municipality.
The places where the monitoring stations were installed were determined with the support of the experts from General directorate of hydraulic works in Edirne.
The flood warning system is planned to be installed by the end of March 2018 within the framework of the PREVENT project, implemented by the municipality of Uzunkopru in partnership with the municipality of Dimitrovgrad.
All these activities are realizing in the scope of 15th monthly Prevent project, co-funded by the European union through Interreg-IPA CBC Bulgaria-Turkey programme.
The total value of the grant is 581 483,41 Eur and the expected fund for Uzunkopru municipality is 316,515.68 Euro.
