civil protection

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee has published an interesting guidelines for volunteers and rescuers, workers in humanitarians NGOs and communities affected by armed conflict.

New Orleans is becoming a global leader in resilience. City of New Orleans start a new project for the future, moving beyond the recovery phase, focusing on the strategy outlines to prevent disaster, increase safety during hurricanes and…

The 2015 Interschutz exhibition in Hannover, Germany, was the stage for a powerful demonstration that leading fire suit manufacturer VIKING Life-Saving Equipment (VIKING) is able to listen closely and respond quickly to key firefighter…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or “drones”) and Body Worn Video (BWV) will be key talking points at this year’s free-to-attend Emergency Services Show, which takes place the NEC in Birmingham on 23 and 24 September. Very much under the…

World Food Programme project engages 1,800 ultra-poor individuals under a two-year resilience programme where participants, mostly women, take part in food-and-assets for work-and-training activities aimed at disaster risk reduction.

The increase in the number of children who will be identified as suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) under the new WHO standards means that organizations involved face a shortfall of nutrition supplies in 2015.

Paris, 5 May 2015 - From 17 to 20 November 2015, Milipol Paris will welcome decision makers, buyers, suppliers and experts in internal State security at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.

Community-based approach treats school construction as a community learning opportunity to better understand risks, collectively commit to safety, and to learn and apply strategies for safer construction. All children deserve safe,…

RELIEFWEB.INT - Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country: World By Jonathan Fowler YAOUNDE, 20 July 2015 – Africa this week launches a global drive to apply the new Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a…

RELIEFWEB.INT - Source: IRIN Country: World By Jessica Alexander GENEVA, 20 July 2015 (IRIN) - International aid agencies have historically been criticized for failing to seek the views of those they are trying to help, providing them…