BULGARISK:
Integration of satellite imagery in the operational procedures of hazard management in Bulgaria

 

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Bulgaria is highly exposed to natural and man-made hazards, as evidenced by repeated flooding and pollution in the Danube river basin, earthquakes, fires, and pollution in the Black Sea.

As Europe is working to organize the security and defence of its populations and monitor the environment through the GMES programme, the increasingly frequent disasters that Bulgaria is experiencing, and their human and economic costs, are motivating a concerted drive within the country to improve hazard management. Government decisions, legislation, Bulgaria’s international presence and the allocation of funding to support crisis management and reconstruction are all part of this effort. 
 

 
BULGARISK project main objectives
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  • Compile a status report and analyse geoinformation needs for managing hazards in Bulgaria, before, during and after the event.
  • Show decision-makers and stakeholders the value of satellite data as a source of information on natural disasters and as a hazard management tool, providing a panorama of the state of the art and compiling 3 prototype databases on 3 pilot regions for 3 types of hazard (floods, forest fires and pollution).
  • Draw up a list of recommendations for setting up a hazard management information centre in Bulgaria and more particularly for integrating satellite imagery and NICTs in the compilation of national hazard management databases (database content, human and material resources required to build and maintain them).

The BULGARISK project will run for 12 months.
 

 
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Spot Image is leading the BULGARISK project, with support from the French ministry of the economy, finance and industry
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Besides coordinating BULGARISK partners and overseeing the project, Spot Image’s chief missions are to supply SPOT, FORMOSAT-2, Envisat and KOMPSAT-2 imagery and to provide expertise, i.e.: 

  • review user requirements 
  • organize training in the use of satellite imagery for natural hazard management 
  • promote and communicate project results among the user community

 
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Project partners
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SERTIT (Regional Service of Image treatment and remote sensing): technical coordinator, DDSC (Direction of Defence and Civil Security), Infoterra, Boost Technologie and ReSAC (Remote Sensing Application Center). 
 
Main project beneficiaries
- ASDE (State Agency for Information Technology and Communication)
- SAITC (Agency for Sustainable Development and Eurointegration – ECOREGIONS) 

Other beneficiaries
- Alliance for Environment
- National Civil Protection Service (Ministry of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents)
- National Fire Safety and Civil Protection Service (Ministry of Interior)
- National forestry board, National Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology
- Association of municipalities in Bulgaria
- Water agencies & Executive Environmental Agency (Ministry of Environment and Water) 
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SPOT IMAGERY OF FOREST FIRES IN THE STARA ZAGORA REGION OF BULGARIA (pre- and post-fire imagery)

 
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- pre-fire imagery (23/07/2007) - © CNES/distribution Spot Image -
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pre-fire imagery (23/07/2007) - © CNES/distribution Spot Image

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- post-fire imagery (28/07/2007) - © CNES/distribution Spot Image -
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post-fire imagery (28/07/2007) - © CNES/distribution Spot Image

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Key project milestones
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13 June 2007
Bulgarisk project kick-off meeting in France at DDSC, attended by the French project partners: Spot Image, SERTIT, DDSC, Infoterra and Boost Technologie.

July 2007
Bulgarisk project kick-off meeting in Bulgaria at SAITC in Sofia, attended by Spot Image, SERTIT, Infoterra, ReSAC, Alliance for Environment, ASDE, NIMH, SAITC and NFSCPS.

September 2007
SERTIT and Spot Image took part in 2 events:
- FIRE 2007 observers exercise, from 24-26 September, in Ruse, Bulgaria.
- International Conference on fire safety of water transport and oil harbour, from 26-27 September, in Varna, Bulgaria.

26 November 2007
Organisation of the seminar on “State of the art in satellite imagery for hazard management” in Sofia. 

27 to 30 November 2007
Canvassing of user requirements by interviewing a representative panel of stakeholders in hazard management to identify:
- their degree of knowledge and use of geospatial information;
- their requirements for hazard mapping and distribution/sharing of data.


Visit our news pages to keep track of the project’s progress and major milestones. 
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The Bulgarisk project is featured on a number of websites

- ESA
http://news.eoportal.org/policy/071113_pol2.html 
- The Sofia Echo.com :
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/french-bulgarian-initiative-for-pilot-projects-on-natural-disaster-management-to-start/id_27241/catid_64?bulletinstat=1
- MediaTerre 
http://www.mediaterre.org/femmes/actu,20080121151838.html 
- SAITC (in Bulgarian)
http://www.daits.government.bg/?t=novina&id=75  
- Computer World (in Bulgarian)
http://www.computerworld.bg/?call=USE~home;&page=paper&n=18778

 
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