„Interaction, capacities strengthening and joint risk mitigation of Latvian and Lithuanian medical and rescuers crews during liquidation of collapsed buildings''

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The common challenge in Programme area due to sparsely populated areas in cross-border region is efficient and timely provision of civil security services. Therefore the effectiveness and accessibility of crucial public services are the utmost importance to Latgale and Utena regions. Overall objective of the project ResCo is to improve efficiency of four public institutions providing civil security services in cross-border area (Utena and Daugavpils regions) by strengthening capacities and improving cooperation between participating institutions and also to inform society about safe actions in case of an emergency. By project ResCo the capacity of four public institutions will be strengthened and cooperation improved allowing joint tackling of the problems raised in large scale disasters, events with many injured persons and on daily emergencies occurring in cross-border area. Project main outputs are recommendations on cooperation, legislation, training, management and organization of emergency medical and fire / recue crews in case of large scale disasters or events with many injured persons and training video (case of collapsed building liquidation with injured persons inside) to be used for further education purposes of aid providers in Latvia and Lithuania. The activities foreseen in the project are aimed to increase capacity and strengthened cooperation between SEMS, SFRS, PHCC and CFRB through common field training to identify gaps in cooperation, through developed recommendations and training material and also by informing society about safe actions in emergency situations. Accessibility and efficiency issues of civil security provision are evident in cross-border area because recommendations on real life cooperation between project partners does not exist and training has not been organized therefore cross-border approach is needed to exchange practices and develop common recommendations to jointly tackle issues rising in cross-border emergencies when the scarse of resources is evident.

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