Coronavirus outbreak: Best practices, guidelines from European countries and Fire and Rescue services (+ more)

Compilation of English content on guidelines and recommendations: 

• Rapid risk assessment: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: increased transmission in the EU/EEA and the UK – sixth update (file): here
• Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19 by World Health Organization (file)
• Q&A on infection prevention and control for health care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed 2019-nCoV (webpage): here
• Global Recommendations for Emergency Services Organisations to manage the outbreak of COVID-19
• In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, another H2020 funded project, MEDEA has resolved to provide reliable and consistent information updates that would be useful to all network practitioners, visit their specific COVID-19 information page
• From EENA, the European Emergency Number Association:COVID-19: GLOBAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES
• First responders Mental Health: 5 ways first responders can focus on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Live updates COVID-19: European cities respond to the coronavirus crisis

EU emergency response links:

• https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_535
• https://ec.europa.eu/echo/news/covid-19-commission-creates-first-ever-resceu-stockpile-medical-equipment_en
• https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response/european-commissions-action-coronavirus_en
• https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation_en
• https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china/sources-updated
• https://ec.europa.eu/echo/news/coronavirus-eu-medical-teams-deployed-italy_en.
• Joint European Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 containment measures

Online courses - in different languages: 

• Organised by the World Health Organization; Online real time training courses for the corona virus outbreak 
• The COVID-19 Learning Pathway by Humanitarian leadership academy: to enable humanitarians, including local responders, to be best equipped to respond to the global pandemic COVID-19 

Maps & infographics:

• Current maps with polish fire state services related to COVID-19
• Real time map from channel news asia worldwide coronavirus maps
• Real time Map from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

GUIDANCE FOR POLICE AND GENDARMERIE OFFICERS HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF IN CORONAVIRUS RISKY ENVIRONMENTS:

This guidance 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.  This Guidance can be freely distributed to any law enforcement agency. Each police agency can use this framework of guidelines and adapt it to its national or regional situation and legislation.
Not to be distributed to public! UNCLASSIFIED, BUT LEA restricted because of sensitive information included in the document! Interested LEAs can request the guide for free on this address: info@isemi.sk (www.isemi.sk)

Resources, best practices and recommandations from European fire and rescue partners

Czech Republic best practices: 

• From Czech Ministry of Interior (coordinating body in state of emergency): english content
• From Government of Czech republic: Measures adopted by the Czech Government against coronavirus

French best practices:

• Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours de Meurthe & Moselle: Prise en charge détresse respiratoire en contexte COVID -19 (file)
• Dr Sylvie Molenda, Centre National de Ressources et de Résilience, France, Covid-19 : Renforçons notre résilience
• Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours de Meurthe & Moselle SDIS54: Guide opérationnel, guidelines, risque biologique, bio, GDR
• Ministère de la cohésion des territoires et des relations avec les collectivités territoriales : Continuité des services publics locaux dans le cadre de l’état d’urgence sanitaire
• From French Red Cross, La Croix-Rouge: Gérer le stress durant covid-19 (file)
• Région Grand-Est, Télétravail et Covid-19 : GUIDE DU MANAGEMENT A DISTANCE EN SITUATION EXCEPTIONNELLE
• Outils RETEX du centre de secours de Lorient : Tableau de bord du RETEX pour le suivi d'activité de la situation de crise COVID 19
• Lancement d'une plateforme numérique d'urgence de partages d'expériences pour les acteurs du milieu pré-hospitalier et hospitalier : ENTRAIDE 
• From the International Relations General Delegation (Délégation Générale aux Relations Internationales), english content: Paris, Measures to contain the spreading pandemic of COVID-19 

German best practices:

• From the Federal Centre for Health Education: Infektionen vorbeugen: Die 10 wichtigsten Hygienetipps (image)
• Hinweise zum ambulanten Management von COVID-19-Verdachtsfällen und leicht erkrankten bestätigten COVID-19-Patienten (webpage) 
• Erklärung der Funktion von COVID-19 und Verhaltensregeln (YouTube-Video) 
• Wie richte ich mein Home Office effizient ein (YouTube-Video)
• Most common ground rules, to keep distance, wash your hands etc, addressed to the population that uses sign language
• Here you will find manuals, guidelines, ordinances and laws that were provided by administrations and institutions in the wake of the corona pandemic.

Greek recommendations and best practices:

• Guidelines and FAQs for the public, travellers, first responders, hotels, health centres and health personnel (webpage)
• What to do to delay the spread of coronavirus / Τι πρέπει να κάνουμε για να καθυστερήσουμε τη διασπορά του κορωνοϊού (video)
• Informative material regarding travel to China: here
• The Health monitoring manual issued by the Region of Attica (Athens) and the Medical Association of Athens
• Guidelines for self-protection from the General Secretariat for Civil Protection in several languages (link or at the very bottom in pdf)
• 3TV spot by famous actor for the "stay-home" campaign, also in sign language (video)
• Video for Guidelines on how to delay virus spreading, by the Greek Government, also in sign language (video)
• 28th April 2020, by the Greek Government: Plan for the gradual easing of COVID-19 restrictive measures

Italian best practices:

• EMERGENZA COVID19 – PROCEDURA PER IGIENIZZAZIONE LUOGHI ESTERNI (video) - Video demonstratio for EMERGENCY COVID19 - PROCEDURE FOR SANITIZING EXTERNAL PLACES
• ITALIAN GUIDELINES - OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT : COVID-19
• GUIDE FOR CORONAVIRUS PLANNING & RESPONSE IAFC Coronavirus Task Force
• Italy's Ministries for economic development and of technology innovation and digitalisation invite all interested to present their research projects related to devices and methods for the prevention, diagnostics and the monitoring against the spread of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). 
• In english : COVID-19 pandemic - A provisional summary of the measures adopted by the Italian National Fire and Rescue Service to guarantee the continuity of the technical emergency  service.
• By Corpo nazionale dei vigili del fuoco (« CNVVF », National fire department ):Sanitization techniques of emergency vehicles with ozone  and Dressing and undressing of PPE 
• How EU Funded Research Projects have improved Covid19 Resilience of Rescue and Emergency Control Rooms

Polish best practices:

From Poland National Headquarters of the State Fire Service: 

• Instructional videos on how to use personal protective equipment and decontamination
• ECDC recommendations on putting on and taking off personal protective equipment during the care of patients with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)
• Procedure to be followed in relation to a person suspected of COVID-19 or confirmed diagnosis of 13 March 2020
• Appeal: „Do not lie to a lifeguard"
• Current maps with polish fire state services related to COVID-19

From the Polish Ministry of Health: Main information to download (some of them also in other languages)

Portuguese best practices:

• From Portuguese National health service: https://www.sns24.gov.pt/tema/doencas-infecciosas/covid-19/
• From National Emergency Authority and Civil Protection (ANEPC)- Autoridade Nacional de Emergênciae Proteção Civil (ANEPC): MEDIDAS ORIENTADORAS PARA BOMBEIROS AO NÍVEL DAS PRÁTICAS DE REDUÇÃO DE CONTAMINAÇÃO
• Covid19 psychosocial helpline for fire brigades: linha de apoio psicossocial covid19 para corpos de bombeiros
• ZCAP Guidelines COVID_19: Guidelines for the installation and technical management ofAreas of Concentration and Support to the Population from COVID_19
• COVID19 resources and information (in different languages): https://covid19.min-saude.pt
• Videos from National Service of Health: serviço national de saude
• From National Emergency Authority and Civil Protection (ANEPC): GUIDING MEASURES FOR FIRE FIGHTERS IN CASE OF PROPHYLATIC HOUSEHOLD INSULATION (QUARANTINE FOR SYMPTOM SURVEILLANCE) 

Spanish best practices:

From the Spanish Ministry of Health

• More tan 20 technical documents for health and first responders professionals : Documentos técnicos para profesionales Covid-19 (web)
• Documents and videos to explain how to prevent Covid-19 for the general population and kids : Información para la ciudadanía, vídeos y documentos para la población en general y la población infantil (web)
• Prevention measures for first responders: Procedimiento de actuación frente a enfermedad por SARS-CoV-2 (file)
• Procedure to be followed in relation to a person infected of COVID-19: Prevención y control de la infección en el manejo de pacientes con COVID-19 (file)
• Scientific and technical information about Covid-19: Información científico-técnica, enfermedad por coronavirus, COVID-19 (file)
• COVID-19 situation in Catalonia (statistics, protocols, apps...): in 4 languages (catalan, spanish, french and english).

Civil Protection System, Campaign for the general public to stop Covid-19 spread and to protect vulnerable population : Campaña de colaboración ciudadana #YoHagoPorTi (web)

Worldwide 

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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