civil protection

Climate risks around the world: extreme tornadoes that struck the United States over Christmas, freak snowfalls in Mexico and heavy flooding in South America and the United Kingdom, Ms Margareta Wahlström, head of the UN Office for Disaster…

The 751 Squadron "Pumas" (Esquadra 751) is a helicopter squadron of the Portuguese Air Force. It is part of Grupo Operacional 61 and it is located in Air Force Base No. 6 (Portuguese: Base Aérea Nº 6, BA6), Montijo, south of Lisbon. It…

Climate change is having a profound impact on animal habitats, but what disease risk does this pose for humans?

Terrorism is a complex phenomenon, it constantly evolves in its organization, its motivations and objectives as well as by its methods and means.

Paris, 28 October 2015 – Major risks are one of the five major topics of the 19th edition of Milipol Paris. Ever since 2009 a distinctive area at the heart of the exhibition is dedicated to this particularly sensitive issue of Internal…

Founded in 1975, MAF - or Mariani Alfredo & Figlio - collects production experience since the second half of 1900. In this time the company has been able to impose its products on the market of sanitary fittings. Mariani Alfredo &…

Viet Nam Red Cross Society celebrates International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and launches the World Disasters Report 2015 By Ly Nguyen, IFRC It was a Tuesday morning. Normally Truong Thanh Truat, from the Hoang Tin commune in Hoang…

Nokia Networks has been working with various government agencies to understand their requirements for a reliable public safety system.

London Air Ambulance has acquired a second emergency medical helicopter, a MD902 Explorer. It has been registered G-LNDN and is expected to be operational early 2016 The fundraising total to date of our ‘Your London, Your Helicopter’  …

THE GUARDIAN -  During a crash at Mina at least 100 people die, Civil Defense of Saudi Arabia say. Mina is near the holy city of Mecca, where two million people are performing the annual hajj pilgrimage. National TV channel also cited civil…