Digital revolution: New Lea app for all fire brigades in Lower Austria!

Digital revolution: New Lea app for all fire brigades in Lower Austria!

St. Pölten, Österreich - The new information app for emergency services in Lower Austria was officially presented today on March 31, 2025. This happened in St. Pölten as part of an event with LH deputy Stephan Pernkopf, state fire department commander Dietmar Fahrafellner and Josef Schmoll, Managing Director of Notruf Niederösterreich. The LEA app aims to supplement the standard alarm by siren and pager with expanded information that is of crucial importance for operations manager and fire brigade members.

The app enables members to give feedback and to communicate in a standardized manner. In this way you can signal your team strength and arrival times. In addition, LEA offers navigation to the site and access to relevant information, which significantly increases efficiency in operations.

functions and support in everyday fire brigade

In addition to the functions specially tailored to missions, the LEA app also supports everyday fire brigade, for example in organizing invitations and appointments. An integrated information rail enables mayors and mayors to be informed about current fire brigade operations. The annual cost of 1.8 million euros for the previous systems is eliminated; Instead, the state of Lower Austria takes over the 250,000 euros for the development and introduction of the app.

The development took place in cooperation with Notruf Lower Austria and the IT department of the Lower Austrian State Fire Brigade Association. The maintenance of the app is facilitated by central administrative software, which automatically transmits the accessibility of the members. In addition, the Lower Austrian State Fire Brigade Association provides a portal to manage the authorizations.

Digitization in disaster protection

The introduction of the LEA app is part of a larger trend in which digitization plays a central role in disaster protection. Fire brigades and rescue workers are increasingly facing complex challenges from natural disasters, with the requirements for speed and precision increase in operations. Digitization has become an indispensable tool. As fireworld.at reports, modern technologies such as drones, mobile apps and geographic information systems enable more efficient planning and implementation of Missions.

digital tools shorten the reaction times and minimize human errors, which is of enormous importance in critical situations. Platforms in E-Commerce and gambling sectors serve as a model for the preparation of data in disaster protection. However, digitization also has challenges, such as the dependence on stable networks that can be shaky, especially in disaster areas, and the need for data security measures to prevent cyber attacks.

The LEA app is therefore an important step into the digital future of disaster protection in Lower Austria and will replace the existing ESAPP for emergency services and special operations.