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CoronaVirus: worldwide best pratices

New documents for Police, Gendarmerie and Fire Fighters

 

The GUIDANCE FOR POLICE AND GENDARMERIE OFFICERS

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF IN CORONAVIRUS RISKY ENVIRONMENTS has been developed by ISEM Institute experts to cover the need of police and gendarmerie officers in terms of personal protection during their duties in COVID-19 risky environments.
Various research, private, official EU and governmental sources were used to provide as much relevant information as possible for various police units and are all listed at the end of this document. 
 

Argentians Best Practices

From the Federación de Bomberos Voluntarios de la Provincia de Córdoba: Material sanitario para cuidado sanitario y bioseguridad; Vídeos y documentos en tiempos de coronavirus.

USA Best Practices 

From Fire Ecology Website: COVID-19 documents, articles, and other resources or links that are relevant to the wildland fire community.

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pan-European hackathon to connect civil society, innovators, partners and buyers across Europe

Now is your chance to help tackle coronavirus!

When? 24, 25 and 26 April

Challenges to be hacked, and the opening of registration to hack the challenges, will be announced soon. 
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Coronavirus: EU Medical Teams deployed to Italy

EU solidarity with Italy through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism: doctors and nurses on their way to help the coronavirus medical response in the country © European Union, 2020

A team of European doctors and nurses from Romania and Norway, deployed through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, is being immediately dispatched to Milan and Bergamo to help Italian medical staff battling coronavirus. Austria has also offered over 3,000 litres of disinfectant to Italy via the Mechanism. The Commission will coordinate and co-finance this European assistance.

President Ursula von der Leyen said: “These nurses and doctors, who left their homes to help their colleagues in other Member States are the true faces of European solidarity. The whole of Europe is proud of you. The Commission is doing everything it can to help Italy and all our Member States at this time of great need.”
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COVID-19: Commission creates first ever rescEU stockpile of medical equipment

Today, the European Commission has decided to create a strategic rescEU stockpile of medical equipment such as ventilators and protective masks to help EU countries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Ursula von der Leyen said: “With the first ever common European reserve of emergency medical equipment we put EU solidarity into action. It will benefit all our Member States and all our citizens. Helping one another is the only way forward.”

EU leaders' video conference on COVID-19

European Commission : latest measures to address the Coronavirus

Statement by European Commission leaders

Corona virus latest documentation

COVID-19 : Italy - Guidelines

Download the italians guidelines regarding operational risk management connected to the COVID-19 emergency.

Italian content