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On 10th October 2024, the 26th symposium on municipal water departments will take place as part of FLORIAN 2024. The event offers a comprehensive platform for experts from the fire service and disaster control sector to find out about current developments and challenges. The symposium begins at 09:00 with the opening and welcoming speeches. The […]

Red Cross nurses from the DRK sisterhoods ‘Bonn’ e.V. and ‘Württemberg’ e.V. were honoured by Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser with the ‘Flood Relief 2021’ medal for their efforts during the flood disaster in the Ahr valley. This honour recognises their self-sacrificing help in saving lives and repairing damage. The deployment in the […]

Development cooperation and humanitarian aid make a decisive contribution to human security, peace and democracy worldwide. This is why VENRO (Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs) is campaigning to prevent planned radical cuts by the German government to development cooperation and humanitarian aid in order to preserve solidarity and cooperation. After all, international […]

Die GRÜNEN parliamentary group invites you to the event ‘Bonn adapts!’ on strategies and measures for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Bonn. The event will take place on 23 August 2024 from 18:30 in the Stadthalle Bad Godesberg. Experts, including the Mayor of Bonn and specialists in climate, urban geography and disaster prevention, […]

The nationwide warning day is a joint initiative of the federal, state and local governments and is held every year on the second Thursday in September. In 2024, this day falls on 12th September. From 11:00 a.m., a test warning is sent via the federal government’s Modular Warning System (MoWaS) to various warning multipliers, such […]

DKKV member Manuel Atug, founder of the Critical Infrastructures Working Group (AG KRITIS), criticised Germany’s inadequate security measures against potential attacks on critical infrastructures in an article on NDR Info. Despite planned improvements, existing measures remain inadequate. Atug emphasised the need to strengthen both physical and digital security strategies to ensure the resilience of infrastructures […]

The FirEUrisk project has developed a science-based forest fire risk management strategy that has already been validated in five regions across Europe. On 16th September 2024, the FirEUrisk project together with the University of Alcalá de Henares will host a hybrid demonstration at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) in the city of Milan in […]

On 15 October 2024, the Brandenburg Society for Culture and History invites you to the “Municipalities Save the Climate” conference in Potsdam. This important event is aimed at experts and decision-makers who are dealing with the challenges and opportunities of municipal climate protection. The diverse programme offers a series of presentations and discussion panels focusing […]

The BBK (Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance) has published four new announcements relating to various areas of civil protection: Further information and details on the calls for proposals can be found here. On the BBK website you will find current announcements https://www.bbk.bund.de/DE/Themen/Forschung/Forschungsfoerderung/Aktuelle-Bekanntmachungen/aktuelle-bekanntmachungen_node.html on research projects in the field of civil protection and […]