BORIS2 Pilot Activities & EMS Data Collection

The methodology developed within the BORIS2 project is now being applied in multi-country and cross-border pilot applications to be demonstrated via the web-platform. This will allow to evaluate alternative seismic, flood or multi-risk scenarios and to visualize maps for dissemination of results. For these pilot activities, EMS (Emergency Management System) data has been collected to learn what kind of data the municipalities have when it comes to civil protection. Several lists of EMS units are now being prepared for the pilot areas:

✅ Pilot 1 – Italy-Slovenia border (Gorizia/Nova Gorica):
In Italy, OGS was in touch with the Civil Protection Department of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. In Slovenia, the University of Ljubljana (UL) has been in contact with representatives for civil protection from Nova Gorica. The representatives helped with obtaining the data that are not publicly available, such as where the gathering areas in the municipalities are, and how many fire and rescue vehicles are available for rescue, etc.

✅ Pilot 2 – Austria-Slovenia border (Bad Radkersburg/Gornja Radgona):
Like for Pilot 1, UL is currently preparing the list of EMS units in Gornja Radgona. In Austria, Disaster Competence Network Austria has been in touch with representatives from the municipality of Bad Radkersburg. In an online meeting (pictured below), the BORIS2 project and its pilot activities were presented, and the group took a closer look on the EMS units data that is available in the municipality and how different datasets could be merged.

✅ Pilot 3 – Montenegro:
For Pilot 3, the University of Montenegro conducted field visits to Berane. During the first visit, key infrastructure buildings part of the local EMS were mapped. The team visited selected buildings to verify their location and condition (e.g., a football stadium & a sports hall – pictured below), collected GPS coordinates and basic descriptive data, and developed a geospatial dataset.
The second visit involved a meeting at the municipality of Berane where BORIS2 and its objectives were presented. The municipality team committed to assisting in the completion of the EMS dataset and facilitating access to available documentation.

Thanks to Aldo Primiero, Gabriele Peressi, Andrej Biaggio, Vesna Susič, Janja Osojnik, Daniela Leopold-Sommer, Bettina Wallner, Philipp Drexler, Rebekka Holler, Maja Djurisic, Milutin Micovic and Miljan Ralevic for your support!