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Prioritisation systems for mass casualty incidents
In the event of a mass casualty incident (MAN-V, MAN-I, MAN-E, etc.), the care of patients must be prioritised, as the number of people requiring care in this case exceeds the immediate treatment capacity of the rescue systems. For this reason, there are numerous national and international triage and precaution algorithms, for which, however, there […]
DKKV at the Summer School Disaster Risk Reduction
Last week, the Summer School “Disaster Risk Reduction” took place at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, organised with the support of DKKV. International students from a wide range of scientific disciplines met for six days to learn more about the basics of disaster risk reduction and disaster management. The programme was oriented at the disaster management […]
2nd anniversary of the flood disaster in the Ahr valley
In the night of 14 to 15 July 2021, an extremely heavy rain event occurred in western Germany, in the course of which large parts of the Ahr valley were also destroyed. The flood disaster led to the death of 190 people and caused property damage of about 33 billion euros. On the second anniversary, […]
Approval at first reading of the EU Nature Restoration Bill
In 2020, the European Environment Agency published a report stating that 81% of EU-wide habitats are in unfavourable to poor condition. In response, the European Commission introduced a Nature Restoration Law (pp.48 ff.) about a year ago, which was voted on yesterday in the EU Parliament at first reading. After the majority in the Parliament […]
Special UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk
“Mapping Resilience for the Sustainable Development Goals” is the topic of the Special Report of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2023) highlights how resilience can be strengthened to withstand and respond to shocks. The report looks at the climate polycrisis with the […]
Medical-Meteorological Hazard Indices of the DWD
The heat warning system of the German Meteorological Service (DWD) is a well-known means of knowing when the heat is posing a danger to health. For today, for example, the Black Forest region is under a warning for extreme heat stress and the entire southwest of Germany is expecting severe heat stress. However, apart from […]
Workshop “Extreme Flooding – Transition to Disaster – Exchange of Experiences and Perspectives”
The Flood Emergency Community Rhine e.V. (HWNG), the Information and Advisory Centre for Flood Prevention (IBH) Rhineland-Palatinate, the German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V. (DKKV), the Flood Competence Center Cologne e.V. (HKC) and the Cologne Municipal Drainage Works (StEB) are jointly organising the workshop “Extreme Floods – Transition to Disaster – Exchange of Experience […]
Evaluation of the Warning Day 2022
On 14 June, the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) published the positive evaluation of the nationwide warning day of December 2022. According to this evaluation, more than 90% of the population was reached by at least one warning means, which primarily included cell broadcast, warning apps (e.g. NINA), and sirens. Cell […]
Sabine Lackner appointed new president of the Federal Agency for technical Relief (THW)
After the retirement of Gerd Friedsam as President of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) on 30 June, Sabine Lackner was appointed President by Interior Minister Nancy Faeser on 1 July. With 22 years of experience with THW, she thus takes over the federal agency with 85,000 volunteers, about 2,000 full-time staff and around […]