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.
On 16 November 2022, as part of the Nicosia Risk Forum 2022, 6 EU-funded projects participated to a clustering session on new technologies for first responders at the initiative of the RESPOND-A Project Powered By EmbedPress
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
Being first and foremost a research project, contributing to scientific literature is a key component of the SnR dissemination strategy. On 17 June, a paper titled “A Proposed Methodological Approach for Considering Community Resilience in Technology Development and Disaster Management Pilot Testing” co-written by partners of the SnR consortium (CERTH, Read more