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German Committee for Disaster Reduction e.V. (ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Launch of the GAR Special Report 2024 ‘Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from past disasters’
Yesterday, the UNDRR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) presented the GAR Special Report 2024 online, which focuses on forensic insights from past disasters to improve future resilience. The report analyses recent catastrophic events such as Cyclone...
Call for participation: Test the new FloReST Smart App
As part of the FloReST research project, measures are being developed to improve the resilience of urban infrastructures to heavy rainfall events. The new FloReST smart app enables citizens to independently record and report problem areas in connection with flooding...
FLORIAN 2024 in less than four weeks
FLORIAN 2024, which takes place in Dresden from 10 to 12 October, begins in less than four weeks. Saxony's Minister of the Interior Armin Schuster will open the trade fair for fire services, civil defence and disaster control, where 350 exhibitors from 15 countries...
Preliminary results of the survey: Nationwide Warning Day 2024 reached 95 per cent of the population
At the nationwide Warning Day 2024, which took place on 12 September, 95 percent of the 112,822 respondents were successfully reached by the warning systems. Cell broadcast, which was used by 76 per cent of participants, once again proved to be the most effective...
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What is disaster risk reduction?
Storms, natural hazards and extreme events can quickly become a danger to people and the environment. But climate change, extreme urbanization, power outages and fires also offer potential hazards.
A disaster occurs when the functioning of a community or society is impaired or interrupted and, as a result, high human, material, economic and ecological losses occur that cannot be managed alone.
Precautionary measures can help to reduce the consequences and impact of the disaster. Depending on the hazard and personal circumstances, the precautionary measures to be taken may vary.
Find out more about potential hazards and individual precautionary measures on our topic pages.