7. May 2025 | Civil Protection in Germany, General
On May 6, 2025, a nationwide outage of the BOS digital radio system (Public Safety Authorities and Organizations (known in German as BOS – Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben)) affected police, fire services, and emergency medical responders across...
2. May 2025 | General, Vegetation Fires
The book “Scientific Perspectives on Wildfire Risk Management at the WUI Property Scale” coordinated by Miguel Almeida, a senior researcher at CEIF/ADAI, University of Coimbra, Portugal, has been published. It contains contributions from 34 leading researchers from 10...
29. Apr 2025 | Civil Protection in Germany, General
The exploratory study, conducted by Team HF PartG on behalf of the BBK as part of the EU-funded ISF project “Warning the Population,” examines the practical experiences, challenges, and potentials of Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme; in short Kat-Leuchttürme...
25. Apr 2025 | Civil Protection in Germany, General
In Germany, a Koalitionsvertrag (coalition agreement) is a formal policy document negotiated between political parties forming a government. It outlines the legislative and political priorities for the upcoming term. These agreements are particularly relevant in...
24. Apr 2025 | Earthquakes, General
On April 23, 2025, at 12:49 p.m. local time (9:49 UTC), an earthquake of magnitude Mw 6.2 struck the central Marmara Sea, approximately 60 km west of Istanbul. Just 13 minutes later, a second quake with a magnitude of Mw 5.3 occurred south of the city. The hypocenter...
23. Apr 2025 | drought, General
Germany is experiencing an unprecedented rainfall deficit in spring 2025: The extremely dry weather conditions during the approximately ten weeks leading up to Easter resulted in the lowest precipitation levels ever recorded nationwide for the period from early...
