Natural disasters within Europe are more often a recurring emergency, with a significant cost in terms damage to the environment, infrastructure, the economy and sadly sometimes claiming human lives. Last year started new crisis - COVID-19 became most important disaster what still needs to be managed and controlled, and be prepared for next stage. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a global toll, cross border institutions looks at the firefighters, paramedics and other first responders who have fought, some lost their lives while providing the front line defense against virus. Firefighters are trained and equipped to handle anything thrown at cross border community, but COVID-19 has presented many new challenges to borderland emergency responders in the field. Lazdijai district municipality firefighters office and Tykocin municipality initiates joint project aimed to establish firefighters volunteer training center on borderland in Lazdijai, prepare premises, train volunteers, equip fire brigades, organize large scale cross border training for managing extreme crisis situation and prepare Joint guide for managing pandemic and extreme situation service. The project "Protection and support for cross border communities" aim is to increase cross border cooperation of the two cross border institutions in order to develop more integrated and better quality public services for fighting natural diseases, pandemic. The main project's expected results: joint trainings, Joint guide for managing pandemic and extreme situation services, equipment for protection and support for volunteers' training center and protection, firefighters cars etc.