Providing Support to Communities in Europe and Beyond
On the night of February 6, 2023, a powerful earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria. The devastating earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8. In addition, there have been several aftershocks. Around […]
May 2023
What factors impact societal resilience?
Societal resilience is a vital attribute that enables communities and societies to effectively withstand, adapt, respond to, and recover from both nature-derived and human-made adversities. It encompasses the capacity to […]
April 2023
ENGAGE characterises informal disaster management solutions
In the ENGAGE project, we strongly believe in the value of defining and distinguishing informal solutions from formal ones. As we discussed in a previous blog post, this differentiation […]
Studying cases of resilience
ENGAGE is an ambitious project. We want to study “societal resilience” – the socially embedded potential of societies to withstand disruption. Societal resilience and social context are closely linked because […]
March 2023
Anatomy of an Invention: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Public Warning
One2Many, an Everbridge Company, is a partner in the ENGAGE project with over 20 years of experience in public warning implementation. Within the framework of ENGAGE, this extensive experience has […]
February 2023
Simulation for public safety
Picture credits: Emergo Train System™
Different types of simulation systems are frequently used for training medical and rescue personnel, especially in regard to handling rare events or mass casualty incidents and […]
Awareness and response to heat waves
Summer 2022 in Italy recorded temperatures above the average throughout summer with a temperature anomaly of +2-3°C above the climatic average. Three heat waves occurred, with longest between the end […]
January 2023
Enhancing resilience in schools: A collaborative approach
The aim of this blog post is to highlight a collaboration agreement between the Department of Education and the Department of Security of the Basque government as a valuable tool […]
What do we mean by coping actions?
ENGAGE is interested in how citizens contribute to overall crisis management and how this relates back to societal resilience. Thinking of resilience as something that refers to the resilience of […]
December 2022
Deep Blue holds ENGAGEing workshop with citizens
ENGAGE aims to strengthen the the collaboration between citizens and first responders/authorities during emergency events. Citizens can act before, during and after a emergency event in a coordinated way with […]