Joint protection of people and environment through the creation of Ukrainian-Polish system of disasters prevention and response in the Carpathian Euroregion
Crossborder Ukrainian-Polish Carpathian region needs common solutions regarding addressing security challenges due to low level of accessibility within the region, long response time to emergencies, pure technical condition of used fire equipment and vehicles in Ukraine. This needs can be addressed by means of creation and implementation of Ukrainian- Polish system of disasters prevention and response in the Carpathian Euroregion. The project aims at increasing the security level in cross-border region by means of strengthening capacities of regional fire and emergency institutions to adress common security challanges that will contribute to reduction response time in case of disasters in mountanious areas. The project is directed towards the following target groups: (1) residents of local mountainous communities where the purchased within the project fire trucks will be based; (2) fire and rescue services representatives from 3 Ukrainian and 1 Polish region that will receive the opportunity to increase their professional level in the cause of the trainings in the built smoke chamber. Implementation of the project will reach 1.825 million inhabitants from the program area. The project will also set up a unique in the scale of Ukrainian-Polish border region system of cooperation 4 regional fire services not only due to the implementation of joint activities of investment and infrastructure character, but also joint planning of mechanisms and procedures for the prevention of natural and man-made disasters in the Carpathian region. The project area situated in one ecosystem requires common approaches to governance, including in the field of addressingcommon security challenges.
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