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Civil Protection and Civil Defence are the central pillar against natural disasters, catastrophes and emergencies. Volunteers and professionals involved in the resiliency systems need the information to perform better in big emergencies.
Disaster psychology: meaning, areas, applications, training
Disaster psychology refers to the area of psychology that deals with clinical and social interventions in situations of calamity, disaster and emergency/urgency
Difference between wave and shaking earthquake. Which does more damage?
An earthquake can be felt jerkily or undulatory. But do these two types of movements really exist?
Turkey and Syria, new earthquake tremors. The death toll worsens: over 5,000 dead
Earthquake emergency: the seismic swarm continues after the 7.9 magnitude tremor that struck Turkey and Syria, causing thousands of deaths
Civil Protection mobile column in Italy: what it is and when it is activated
In the event of major disasters, the expression 'mobile civil protection column' is again used in the Italian media, and perhaps it is appropriate to briefly explain what it is
Search and Rescue: in Cyprus the 2022 edition of the UN INSARAG exercise
From December 7 to 11, the INSARAG (International Search and Rescue Advisory Group) classification exercise of the Light USAR Cyprus Civil Defense CYP-01 rescue team was held in Larnaca, on the island of Cyprus
Drones and maxi-emergencies: the MEM 2022 Civil Protection exercise "Mari e Monti"
Drones in Civil Protection: on 26 and 27 November in the Municipalities of Manfredonia and Mattinata the MEM 2022 "Mari e Monti" Civil Protection exercise took place, organized by Rescue Drones Network OdV (RDN OdV), the first structured…
Germany, Civil Protection will be taught to children in schools
In Germany, Civil Protection will be taught in schools in Baden-Württemberg from the school year 2023/2024, and an annual action day will be dedicated to it
Italy / Ischia, bodies of deceased found rise to 6, there is a baby. Six missing
Ischia (Italy) / The number of confirmed victims of the bad weather in Casamicciola rises to two: the body of a six-year-old girl has been found, as well as that of 31-year-old Eleonora Sirabella
Landslide and rivers of mud in Ischia, people missing: rescuers at work
The bad weather has violently hit the island of Ischia: in Casamicciola there are missing people, including a family consisting of husband, wife and an infant
Earthquake in Indonesia, 5.6 magnitude tremor: over 50 confirmed dead and 300 injured
Indonesia, the earthquake damaged several buildings, even shaking skyscrapers in the capital Jakarta, which is 100 km away