Split- Dalmatia County, Imotski (Blue Lake), 25th of April 2015

Split-Dalmatia County is a tourist destination where number of tourists visiting the coast with cruise ships each year is growing, as well as the number of vessels that ply our sea and therefore their safety is particularly important. Therefore, on the 25th of April 2015 at the Modro Jezero (Blue Lake), Imotski  workshop for special units for civil protection from Split-Dalmatia County to stimulate rescue from the water and a special course for the use of dry diving suits and equipment was organized by Split-Dalmatia County, in the framework of the project Holistic, as one of the activities for educating and raising awareness of the target groups about the importance of civil protection and rescue in case of accident, disaster or fire on water.

On the 22th of April 2015, the Municipality of Ajdovščina (FB13) held an educational and awareness seminar for hunters and forest owners in the town of Ajdovščina. The seminar discussed the role of hunters and forest owners in early fire detection, fire prevention and emphasized their valuable contribution in firefighting interventions.

On the 22nd of April 2015, in elementary school "Ivan Mažuranić" in Han, Obrovac Sinjski educational workshop and fire exercise was organized by Split Dalmatia County. That was  only one of a series of educational activities that will happen in  organization by the Split and Dalmatia County regarding to the project HOLISTIC.

In the organization of the Dubrovnik and Neretva Region and as part of activities of the project HOLISTIC, in Dubrovnik was organized training of members of volunteer and professional fire brigades that are an integral part of the system of civil protection in our area.

Training was held in collaboration with the Fire fighting Association of Dubrovnik Neretva Region, whereby was also decorated a space of the former hospital.

In Opuzen, Dubrovnik and Neretva Region, the fourth agrometeorological workshop entitled "Environmental protection, vegetation fires and agriculture" was held within the program Agrometeorology in the service to the users of Croatian Agrometeorological Society. The Dubrovnik and Neretva Region, in the framework of the EU IPA Adriatic project HOLISTIC, participated in the organization of the workshop as an equal partner to the HAgMD.

As part of the implementation activities of the project HOLISTIC in Dubrovnik area, measurement of seismic activity of buildings of public interest began. Measurements will include approximately thirty buildings from the area of Dubrovnik Neretva Region in accommodating emergency services or services whose occupation would be necessary in case of a major earthquake in our area.

Measurements are conducted by a team of experts from Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science in Zagreb. Each building vibrates continuously by specified frequency, and these are vibrations that we cannot feel.