kick off meeting

12 October 2020
3 WATCH OUT, Table-top exercise on seismic risk organized in Puglia
Overview

On 12 October 2020, at the premises of the Prefecture of Bari, the Civil Protection week kicks off with the preparatory briefing for the table-top exercise, which will be held on 16 October 2020, within the cross-border project 3 WATCH OUT "Trilateral model of civil protection: WAys, Tools and CHallenges for OUr safeTy ”, funded for 979,400.00 euro by the Interreg Italy-Albania-Montenegro 2014-2020 Programme, Axis 3.

The exercise, organized with a common methodology among project partners, will simulate a seismic event, and will take place with the collaboration of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).

The main objective of the exercise will be testing the communication flows between the Regional Civil Protection Department, the Prefecture, the Fire Fighters, Volunteers, territorial operational room for healthcare and local Municipalities (in details, Altamura and Santeramo), in order to make the system of civil protection of Puglia Region more efficient in a national, European and cross-border context.