28. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Erdbeben
This morning at 06:21 GMT, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 (United States Geological Survey USGS) or 7.8 (Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences GFZ) struck Myanmar, with its epicenter located near Mandalay in the central part of the country (The Guardian, 2025). The tremor...
28. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Fachtagung
As part of the Disaster Risk Reduction Conference, a session titled “Child- and youth-specific risk communication on climate-related natural hazards” took place yesterday. This session focused on the specific requirements for risk communication aimed at children and...
27. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Young Professionals
On Monday, March 17, 2025, our Young Professional member Maximilian Zipplies shared his valuable experiences in disaster management on the television show “Wir in Bayern.” The trained rescue engineer had worked for several months with the professional fire...
27. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Fachtagung
The first session of the DKKV at the symposium on disaster risk reduction entitled “Extreme weather events – Harnessing synergies to foster disaster preparedness through a network of networks” took place yesterday and focused on the concept of “Network of...
26. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Frühwarnung
Technical problems occurred during the most recent Bavaria-wide warning day. In the districts of Coburg, Lichtenfels and Kronach, the all-clear sirens did not work correctly – they continued to wail until they were switched off manually. According to the...
25. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Resilienz
Raising the population’s awareness of resilience is a challenge – especially with traditional top-down approaches in civil protection. Frank Plamboeck from the Augsburg Office for Fire and Disaster Protection advocates a participatory approach that relies...
