A common challenge of the Ukrainian and Polish side of the cross-border area is to improve fire safety and broadly understood rescue work as well as to develop preventive measures in the cross-border area. The project's partners respond to current threats such as ASF, bird flu, as well as to threats with a high risk of occurrence due to the nature of the area (high forestation, the largest unregulated river in Europe, the Bug, transport routes), including: chemical contamination, large-area fires, floods. To ensure a comprehensive approach to diagnosed problems, the partners plan soft and investment actions. Investment actions will be taken first (purchase of vehicles, specialized equipment and protective clothing as well as creation of the proper infrastructure, training complex, equipment preparation base and regional stockpile of extinguishing agents, modernization of control station). Next, a series of actions integrating rescue workers from Poland and Ukraine will begin on the basis of completed investments. Specialized training for firefighters, exercises, sports and firefighting competitions will be conducted jointly in combination with a cycle of preventive meetings being part of the local events that make it possible for the Partners to exchange experience.