National Statistical Institute

Regional Statistics and Monitoring Indicators Department

Ralitsa Stefanova

Arslan Ahmedov

Chief expert

Head of department

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

[email protected]

[email protected]

+359 02 9857 531

+359 02 9857 751

The survey provides data on occurred crisis events by types on the country territory, determined damages (loss of tangible assets), supplemental funds for recovery grouped by their sources as well as expenditures on rescue and emergency work (REW).

The data for loss of tangible assets (in thousands of BGN) in the report refer to losses due to occurrence of crisis events on the territories of the municipalities, which are recorded in the relevant manner by the members of the committees appointed by order of the mayor.

• Crisis events (nomenclature of the survey).
• Sources of the funds (nomenclature of the survey).
• Unified Classification of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units in Bulgaria (ЕККАТЕ).

Exhaustive survey among the municipal administrations with a deadline for data submission by March 31 of each year. The scope of the survey does not include damages from emerging crisis events in sites owned by ministries and agencies, commercial companies and sole traders.

The survey includes the following crisis events – fires, landslides, earthquakes, droughts, floods  , storms, tornado, windspout, whirlwind, hailstorms, snowstorms, icings, frosts, accidents, accidents with vehicles, pollutions (with chemical materials, dangerous waste, municipal waste and other), epidemic human and animal diseases, calamity, other crisis, natural disasters and events.

Groups of sources of the supplemental funds for recovery – from insurance compensations, from governmental commission, from EU and from other sources.   

Crisis event is a sudden or anticipated change caused by human activities or natural phenomenon in which the lives, health and property of large groups of people, territory, the environment, the cultural and the material values of the country are disturbed or threatened.

Crisis event.  

Crisis events occurred on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The whole territory of Republic of Bulgaria.

2010 – 2020

Not applied.

numbers; thousands BGN

Calendar year

• Law on Statistics; - http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/218
• National Statistical Programme. - http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/15882

Not applied.

Law on Statistics.

In accordance with Article 25 of the Law on Statistics Individual data are not published. Dissemination of individual data is possible only in accordance with Article 26 of the Law on Statistics.

Data are published according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data are disseminated on the NSI website, section Crisis events occurred, in accordance with the Law on Statistics and European Statistics Code of Practice respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably.

Yearly

Not applied.

Not applied.

Detailed annual results are available to all users on the NSI website under the heading Crisis Events: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/13266

Individual anonymous micro-data could be provided for the scientific and research purposes by individual request according to the Regulation of submission of anonymous individual data for scientific and research purposes. http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/12152/

An information service could be provided by request, according to the NSI Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Information Products and Services.

Instructions on filling the statistical form by the respondents.

Not available.

Not applied.

Not applied.

The main users of Crisis Events statistical data are:

Directorate General “Fire Safety and Civil Protection”; Non-governmental organisations, research institutions and others.

No user satisfaction survey has been applied.

Not applicable.

Statistical data are of good accuracy and reliability. Main sources of errors are observed during reporting (data entry) process performed by the respondents.

Not applicable. Exhaustive survey. 

A logical review of the data submitted by the municipal administrations is performed. The identified inaccuracies by the NSI are communicated with the respondents, who are able to adjust their submitted reports in Information system Business Statistics.

Data are published according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

Deadlines for dissemination of the data, provided in the Release Calendar of NSI are respected.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Not applicable.

Not applied.

Revision of regular data characterized by the availability of new and updated statistical information on the basis of official notification by the respondents.

Preliminary annual data after the reporting deadline. Final data after revision of received by the respondents updated information.

Exhaustive survey part of annual statistical reports on the activity of the budget enterprises.

Yearly

Statistical form "Report on losses from crisis events" in paper form and / or on-line data entry of the information in Information system “Business statistics”.

Validation checks are performed during the data entry by arithmetic and logical control of the input data and with comparison of the output data with the results of the surveys from previous years.

Data are compiled in Information system “Business statistics” and aggregated to the appropriate geographical level for dissemination.  

Not applied.