01571nas a2200265   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653001000052653007100062653000800133653001500141653000900156653005100165653003000216653002000246653000800266100002200274700002500296700001800321245009400339300001000433490000700443520085500450       2003                            d  c200310aEDRIM10aEmergency Notification and Alert System for the Danube River Basin10aGIS10aINMARSAT-C10aISDN10aNational Automated Radiation Monitoring System10aNational Situation Center10aRisk Assessment10aSAR1 aSvetoslav Andonov1 aKaterina Kostadinova1 aEmil Simeonov00aModern Information Technologies and General Public Protection in the Republic of Bulgaria  a43-550 v103 a<p>This article presents the Information System used by the State Agency for Civil Protection of the Republic of Bulgaria (IS-CPRB). The IS-CPRB is designed for collecting, processing and distributing up-to-date analyses, assessments and information on chemical, biological and hydro-meteorological emergencies as well as emergencies related to radiation, traffic or fire, including natural disasters, technological incidents and traffic accidents. EDRIM (Electronic Discussion Group for Risk Management), the National Automated Radiation Monitoring System (RAMO) and the International Alert System for the Danube River are reviewed as useful support tools for the IS-CPRB. The agreement for developing another framework for regional cooperation—the Civil-Military Emergency Planning Council for Southeastern Europe—is presented in the annex.</p>