Mesto získava najmodernejšie polmiliónové vybavenie pre núdzové situácie

The latest equipment  for emergency situations was delivered to the Mayor of Zrenjanin , Čedomir Janjić today. The  equipment was purchased through  the project “Joint Flood Risk Management”  of IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Romania – Republic of Serbia. The total value of this equipment  designed for prompt and qualitative  emergency actions is 500.000 EUR.

 

 

The Leading Partner is the  Regional Agency for Social-Economic Development ”Banat”, and the partner is  Intermuniciapl Devleopment Agency for Emergency  Management - ADIVEST from Temisoara. The total value of the project is 828,000.00 EUR. It  was fully supported by the City of Zrenjanin and Emergency  Management Sector of the Ministry of Interior Affairs.

 

 

As the Director of RAD Banat , Irena Živković, says the project objective is to upgrade the security of Banat population in the cross- border region between Romania and Serbia, i.e. the development of cross-border system for flood prevention and management, including the upgrading of  the local governments in the region of Banat and Timis. As she says the project started in April and it will  have been finished by the end of the year, and it includes both purchase of vehicles and equipment  but emergency trainings too. 

 

- Up to now 4  terrain vehicles, and this equipment which is delivered today includes 2 multi-function emergency vehicles, 3 combined dredgers  , 6 motor rescue boats, 4 mobile aggregates, 6 mobile pumps, 10 sewage sludge pumps, 1400 m of sucction pipes, 50 tents, as well as 80 sets of personal equipment – explained Ms Živković. 

 

 

The Mayor Čedomir Janjić says that this valuable contemporary equipment  makes Zrenjanin and the region of Banat in the best equipped region in Serbia regarding emergency management but that it will be used  for other purposes too.

 

- We have done much regarding the upgrading of the work of our Emergency Department and  furthermore we are going to  establish a civil protection unit. The equipment will be used for prevention actions, first of all, dredgers which   will be available to public utility services. Certainly we are  going to cooperate with other municipalities of  our district    this equipment will enable us to manage  emergency situations in a prompt and efficient way- said the Mayor.

 

 

The equipment will be stored in a special storage and  City Administration will be responsible  for its storage and maintenance.- added Janjić.