Romanian-US cooperation agreement in emergency situations field

Romanian Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) and the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have signed a collaboration protocol that stipulates, among other things, an increased resilience in responding to emergency situations and training sessions focusing on disaster management.

The protocol has been signed by the head of the Department for Emergency Situations, Dr. Raed Arafat, and the deputy manager for protection and national training from FEMA, Prof. Dr. Daniel Kaniweski, at the headquarters of the US Permanent Representation to NATO in Brussels.

The protocol is meant to increase the level of resilience and reduce the risk of disasters both in Romania and the United States of America, by facilitating cooperation in case of disasters and making an exchange of experience in the emergency situations field. In order to apply this protocol, DSU and FEMA will create a contact point that will allow the exchange of information at all times and facilitate steering. Moreover, the two institutions will make an exchange of experience based on the emergency situations that they will have to manage and they are going to organize seminaries and conferences to train the personnel from the emergency situations", specified the abovementioned source.

The agreement signed by DSU and FEMA will be concluded for five years, with the possibility to prolong it.

Source:RRA.Translated by Miruna Matei