IMAA is a Competence Centre for the Department of Civil Protection (D.M. n. 252/06) and member of “Grandi Rischi” national commission  (D.M. 5-12-2017). During the 2019, the institute has continued to support the Department of Civil Protection for the activities related to seismic microzonation and the geospatial data managing and interoperability. In particular, IMAA supported the Civil Protection for managing the emergency of the Pomarico landslide planning an integrated geophysical field survey.

In 2019 IMAA continued to support the Basilicata Regional Authority for the development of innovative methodologies for the prevention of fires, the study of hydrogeological risk and the seismic microzonation. The Lab. of the Medical and Environmental Geology was involved in activities to evaluate the presence of asbestos materials in the indoor environment.  Finally, IMAA has continued to support the Environmental and Biomedical Foundations of the Basilicata region for studying the environmental impact of the anthropic activities.