Old technique or lack of equipment and not coordinated joint actions were a main barrier not to respond quickly and operatively to the rescue calls from border residents and to perform fire fighting and rescue actions.

Facing the same problems two project partners - Panevėžys County Fire Fighting Rescue board and State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia Bauska District - prepared a joint project that aims to create a joint fire fighting rescue service response system in Panevėžys and Bauska regions seeking to operatively accumulate fire fighting rescue forces responding to incidents and extreme situations. It is planned to prepare joint plan for extreme situation liquidation and fire fighting rescue force accumulation responding to the incidents and extreme situations; to purchase special equipment; to arrange joint theoretical – tactical and practical fire fighting seminars that fire fighting rescue service officers would share best practices.

Old technique or lack of equipment and not coordinated joint actions were a main barrier not to respond quickly and operatively to the rescue calls from border residents and to perform fire fighting and rescue actions.

Facing the same problems two project partners - Panevėžys County Fire Fighting Rescue board and State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia Bauska District - prepared a joint project that aims to create a joint fire fighting rescue service response system in Panevėžys and Bauska regions seeking to operatively accumulate fire fighting rescue forces responding to incidents and extreme situations. It is planned to prepare joint plan for extreme situation liquidation and fire fighting rescue force accumulation responding to the incidents and extreme situations; to purchase special equipment; to arrange joint theoretical – tactical and practical fire fighting seminars that fire fighting rescue service officers would share best practices.

• There was formed Project Management Group which members are representatives fromboth institutions. 7 meetings of this Group were organized for the smooth implementation of the project in Lithuania or in Latvia.
• Two introductory seminars were organised in Latvia and Lithuania. Participants from Lithuania and Latvia - the leading officers of fire rescue services which were directly responsible for joint fire and rescue forces actions responding to the fires in the border regions - attended the seminar. During these seminars it was discussed characteristics of border region, risk objects and other potential sources of danger; mobilization of fire fighting recue institutions on both sides of border, their structure, equipment, stand-by units; objectives, sub-objectives and justification of the project; arrangement of joint practical training of effective cross-border co-operation in emergency situations, discussions and decisions on joint action plan and etc.
• The joint fire fighting and rescue force actions plan responding to the extreme situations on border region was being developed. The technical specifications of the equipment purchase were developed, public procurement tender executed and contracts signed in Lithuania (1 hydraulic lifter, 2 auto cicterns, 1 operative management (headquarter) car, 1 transport vehicle) and in Latvia (1 vehicle ladder and 1 auto cistern).
• Two press conference were organised for the purpose to disseminate project's aims and planned results.

More information about the Project:

• News about the Project on the website.
  
• Website of Pavenezys County Fire Fighting and Rescure Board
• Website of State Fire and Rescure Service in Latvia