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2nd Annual Practitioner Forum training edition

Hosted by DAREnet and EUSDR PA5 DMWG Dates: 24.11.2020 & 02.12.2020

An event flyer can be downloaded here

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

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This years Practitioner Forum will focus on the subject of "Training". The forum will introduce selected innovative approaches from practitioner organisations from the Danube Region with the aims to facilitate discussions about solutions, challenges and needs between experts and stakeholders, also to generate project ideas.

Two subjects will be tackled in 40 minutes long break-out sessions:

Session 1: Training of spontaneous volunteers and professional responders

Objectives of Session 1:

  • trigger discussion between different organisations about their approaches towards the training of volunteer and professional responders
  • identify good practices and training methods to improve training efficiency for spontaneous / trained responders
  • share practices regarding the different training systems for volunteers and professional responders of the Danube countries

Session 2: National, regional and international trainings

Objectives of Session 2:

  • share practices and experience regarding the different training approaches at national, regional, international level;
  • trigger discussion about regional level disaster preparedness and response activities, compared to national and international systems
  • identify good practices at national and international trainings which can be implemented at regional level
  • exchange ideas about potential standardized training requirements at regional level

2019 report of the H2020 PASAG on Optimising access to dual-use R&T and R&D results for security

The Commission has made public the 2019 report of the H2020 PASAG on Optimising access to dual-use R&T and R&D results for security.

This report brings very timely insights on the challenges and opportunities for the exploitation of synergies between civil security and defence research and technology development in view of the funding programmes foreseen for the next Multi-annual Financial Framework.

European Fire Safety Community Digital Summit 2020

“European Fire Safety Community Digital Summit 2020: Envisaging a Fire Safety Rating Scheme” will take place on Thursday 29th October,14:00-17:00 CET
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Researchers create a contagion model to predict flooding in urban areasle

by Alyson Chapman, Texas A&M University

Inspired by the same modeling and mathematical laws used to predict the spread of pandemics, researchers at Texas A&M University have created a model to accurately forecast the spread and recession process of floodwaters in urban road networks. With this new approach, researchers have created a simple and powerful mathematical approach to a complex problem.

REPLAY JUST-IN-TIME TRAINING: A JOINT LIVE WEBINAR ON BEST PRACTICES AND METHODOLOGIES IN THE MEDICAL, FLOOD RESPONSE AND CBRN FIELDS

A DEDICATED EVENT BY PRACTITIONERS FOR PRACTITIONERS

In the field of civil protection, just-in-time training is delivered to practitioners to allow for the rapid acquisition of specific skills or knowledge when the need arises. Drawing from the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the demand for immediate training of medical staff and other first responders in different aspects of infectious disease management, the webinar will expand on the current and potential applications of this concept response organisations with best practices and methodologies.

 

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Free Webinar Series – Every Wednesday | 3 June – 22 July

Fire is a natural process and as such, humans have been living with fire for a long time. However, recent wildfires in traditionally fire prone areas of Southern Europe have shown that fire behaviour has changed beyond what is currently understood. This shows the need for a better approach to prevention and adaptation. In Northwest Europe, traditionally seen as less fire prone, people on the ground are seeing the increased dangers of fire to their communities; yet awareness of their institutions and populations remains low.