REGISTER HERE This webinar will address societal considerations in SAR operations and how to use local communities to enhance crisis response and make society more resilient. Societal considerations are a key topic in the Search and Rescue project which has identified two specific challenges that will be the main topics Read more…
In the face of natural or man-made disasters, search and rescue teams and other first responders like police, medical units, civil protection or volunteers, race against the clock to locate survivors within the critical 72-hour timeframe (Golden Hours), facing challenges such as instable structures or hazardous environments but also insufficient Read more…
Search & Rescue: A European project tests innovative technologies for search and rescue operations Madrid, 08:45: a 5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes the whole city, having a special incidence in a residential building area, near a hospital. As a consequence of this event, a chemical hazard incident occurred, in addition Read more…
Glad to announce that our partners CERTH & UHASSELT submitted the paper “Building community resilience in disaster management” at the XVI World Winter Service and Road Resilience Congress where they presented results from the S&R project (T1.3) and are available at the Congress’ proceedings page.
Madrid, 08:45: a 5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes the whole city, having a special incidence in a residential building area, near a hospital. As a consequence of this event, a chemical hazard incident occurred, in addition to the damage to several buildings. The exercise has been organized at the local level Read more…
Each year, wildfires result in high mortality rates and property losses, especially in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), affecting millions of people and having devastating global consequences on biodiversity and ecosystems. The pilot will take place in an urban area mixed with the forest situated near an industrial zone. It has Read more…
“The SnR Use Case 2 took place near Thessaloniki, on November 12th 2022. The scenario featured a forced landing of a passenger propeller aircraft due to mechanical problems upon approaching the airport of Thessaloniki. Despite the efforts of the pilot, the aircraft crashed in a remote location of the mountainous area around Read more…
Glad to announce that our partners from the University of Florence and the University of Cagliari participating at the Maker Faire Rome- The European Edition presenting the Smart Protective Uniform as part of the H2020 Search and Rescue Project. You can find more about the exhibition here.
The Use Case is organized by an Austrian medical first responder organization (Johanniter) including its disaster relief unit, and supported by local practitioners, volunteers from civil protection organizations, and Johanniter from Germany.” It was organized as a field exercise focusing on the response phase of the disaster risk management cycle. The Read more…
The pilot took place at the Regional Air Services (International Airport Tuzla), located near the Black Sea at about 300 km from Bucharest. The pilot consisted of a practical simulation exercise at the airport, with the operators CBRN team belonging to International Airport Tuzla and the medical staff belonging to Read more…