REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEARCH AND RESCUE

BULGARIAN AERONAUtICAL SAR SyStEm

BELGRADE

09-10 FEBRUARy 2016 PRESENtED By

HRIStO GUNCHEv – SENIOR INSPECtOR ANS DPt., BG DG CAA

CONtENtS

1.LEGAL FRAmEwORk

2.AERONAUtICAL SAR ORGANIzAtION AND StRUCtURE

3.SAR UNItS CAPABILIty

4.CHALLENGES AND wAy AHEAD

1. LEGAL FRAmEwORk

tHE mAIN DOCUmENtS IN tERmS OF BULGARIAN AERONAUtICAL SAR ARE:

- BULGARIAN CIvIL AvIAtION ACt/ ANNEx 12

- NAtIONAL AERONAUtICAL SEARCH AND RESCUE PLAN

- ICAO ANNEx 12

- IAmSAR mANUAL, vOLUmES I, II AND III

2. AERONAUtICAL SAR ORGANIzAtION AND StRUCtURE

tHE NAtIONAL AERONAUtICAL SEARCH AND RESCUE PLAN INvOLvES GOvERNmENt AND NON-GOvERNmENt ORGANIzAtIONS wItH CAPABILItIES tO PARtICIPAtE IN AERONAUtICAL SAR OPERAtION. tHE kEy PLAyERS ARE:

1. mINIStRy OF tRANSPORtAtION, INFORmAtION tECHNOLOGIES AND COmmUNICAtION AtS UNItS/BULAtSA SAR COORDINAtION CENtER/DG CAA mARItImE RESCUE COORDINAtION CENtER (mRCC)/mARAD

2. mINIStRy OF DEFENSE AIR FORCE, NAvy, mILItARy COmmAND CENtER, mILItARy mEDICAL

ACADEmy

3. mINIStRy OF HEALtH EmERGENCy mEDICAL UNItS, mEDICAL COORDINAtION CENtER

2. AERONAUtICAL SAR ORGANIzAtION AND StRUCtURE

4. mINIStRy OF INtERIOR AFFAIRS FIRE AND CIvIL PROtECtION DIRECtORAtE, NAtIONAL POLICE, EmERGENCy

CALL CENtER – 112, BORDER POLICE, mUNICIPALIty POLICE 5. BULGARIAN RED CROSS

mOUNtAIN RESCUE SERvICE SwEEt wAtERS RESCUE SERvICE

AERONAUtICAL SAR SyStEm ORGANIGRAm

kEy UNItS SAR CAPABILIty 3.1. SAR COORDINAtION CENtER (It AND COmmUNICAtIONS)

► GMDSS standard equipment Sea Area 1;

► Capability to send e-mails to/from INMARSAT-C terminals;

► Inmarsat – C terminal;

► Telephones, fax, e-mail;

► COSPAS-SARSAT alerts are received via e-mail from MCC Moscow;

► VTExplorer 6.14 to control ships with AIS;

► Weather forecast received from Varna Radio Station;

► SAR PC – Search planning program ;

► Terminal for the European Emergency Alert System with Telephone 112;

►VTMIS – terminal (coastal type).

►VSCC – communication with ATS units

►OARS- Radar data display

3.2 BG AIR FORCE

• C-27J Spartan

AS-532AL„Coogar”

MI-17

Bell-206

• An-30

PC-12

An-2T

3.3. BG NAvy

Frigates – 3 units Corvettes – 2 units Rescue boat – 1 unit Fire boat – 1 unit Helicopter - AS 565MB „Panther”

3.4.mARAD

PARKER 1400 type SPASITEL (2 units ) PARKER 900 type SPASITEL (4 units )

BP Ships project Р-157 BP Ship project Stan Patrol 4207

3.4. BORDER POLICE

BP Ship project FPB 28

BP Ships project Class PATROL 130 BP Ships-project Class 500

4. wAy AHEAD AND CHALLENGES

wAy AHEAD

FURtHER DEvELOPmENt OF tHE SAR COORDINAtION CENtER

ASSESSmENt AND ImPROvEmENt OF tHE SAR SyStEm IN BULGARIA

COORDINAtION AND COOPERAtION wItH NEIGHBORING COUNtRIES

INtEROPERABILIty OF tHE SAR UNItS

ExCHANGE OF ExPERIENCE AND BESt PRACtICES IN jOINt ExERCISES, SEmINARS, EtC.

CHALLENGES

CROSS-BORDER SAR ACtIvItIES wItH mILItARy AND StAtE AIRCRAFt AND vESSELS

mORE INvOLvEmENt OF tHE PRIvAtE SECtOR AND vOLUNtARy ORGANIzAtIONS

tHANk yOU FOR yOUR AttENtION!