On 6 May 2026, the Crisis Information Centre CBK PAN, as part of the Civil Security Hub Poland, was asked to provide information support during the firefighting efforts in the Solska Forest in the Lubelskie Province. Since yesterday, we have been providing information based on satellite data about the area affected by the fire directly to the State Fire Service.

New in the "Geoinformation Guide" series: we present the capabilities of the Copernicus Browser web application.

On March 25, 2026, an expert meeting dedicated to the OVERWATCH project was held in Warsaw. The event, organized by the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN), brought together representatives of the scientific community, emergency services, and international partners working in the fields of security and advanced technologies.

On March 5, 2026, a press conference was held in Warsaw to announce the start of operational activities of the Civil Security Hub Poland and to present the results of its preparatory phase. CS Hub PL is the first civil security entity of its kind in Europe and forms part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) new initiative, Space Resilience Nodes. The event brought together representatives of the companies and institutions co-creating the Hub, special guests - users benefiting from its support - as well as members of the media.

The first of two pilot demonstrations of the Overwatch project took place in Portugal on 28-30 October 2025. The exercise was conducted at the Santa Margarita Military Camp and the Emergency Military Support Unit in Abrantes, simulating response actions to a large-scale wildfire.

The two-day dedicated decision-making game, organised by the Fire Academy and the Crisis Information Centre CBK PAN in cooperation with the Department of Security and Crisis Management of the Lubuskie Province Office (LUW), took place on 9-10 October 2025 at the LUW headquarters in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. The game was one of the key activities of the Localience project.