emergency

This European policy brief is an output of RISC-KIT (Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts- Toolkit) and PEARL (Preparing for Extreme And Rare events in coastaL regions). It provides some key messages about the development of national…

On 23rd August 2013 a helicopter in service between oil platforms and the Scottish mainland fell into the sea just 3 miles from Sumburgh airport, killing 4 of its 18 passengers. Air accident investigators trying to establish the causes of…

The death toll of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday. The quake took place on Tuesday, injuring 291 people and frightening many who were celebrating religious festivals. Tuesday in fact marked the start…

A passenger with absolutely no previous flying experience safely lands an aircraft after the pilot falls unconscious and collapses on the controls. This news story from the English skies reminds us of Airport '77 the US forerunner of the…

US gas and electricity distributor National Grid launches Emergency Preparedness Month. An awareness campaign directed at its customers providing practical information to deal more effectively and more safely with the type of unprecedented…

The dream of a tour aboard the world’s most cutting-edge fireboat could come true for a firefighting team. IVECO MAGIRUS is on the look-out for the best firefighting squad in the world for the Conrad Dietrich Magirus Award: all…

60 casualties, 130 vehicles involved. A huge series of crashes caused disruption to the Isle of Sheppey, off the coast of Kent, in the east of England. Since 2006 the island has been connected to the mainland by a bridge 1.25 kilometres…

WERNERSVILLE, Pennsylvania. – During the early hours of Saturday morning, a drunken man fromWernersville jumped out of the back of an ambulance in the Upper Macungie district. Michael Fair was being taken by Kutztown EMS from Kutztown…

This video will allow you to live firsthand the drama of the rescue operation undertaken at the scene of the plane crash in San Francisco last 6th July. The images of the film taken by the Californian firefighters show the difficult…

A tragic accident involving a tourist bus in Malaysia has caused 37 deaths. The disaster brings back memories of the dreadful crash in Monteforte Irpino in July this year, which it resembles in terms of the number of victims and the…