10.03.2009
Volunteers Assisted Victims of Terrorist Attack
The National Palace of Children (NPC) was under “terrorist siege” with hostages.
Kircho Atanasov – vice-minister of education, Stefko Burdjiev – general director of the National Civil Protection Service and Pavlin Dimitrov – chief commissar of the National Police Service took the leadership of the operation. After holding long negotiations, the terrorist agreed to let the children be evacuated. The Youth Emergency Team of the BRC - Sofia gave first psychological aid to the freed “hostages”. The objective of the simulation was to raise the readiness of the NPC’s staff to act in crisis situations.