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 […]
January 2023
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 […]
November 2022
The inclusion of citizens in emergency response
November 1st-3rd, researchers from around the world gathered in Denmark at the University of Copenhagen for the Northern European Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS) Conference. Among these […]
Trondheim Red Cross’ Quick Clay Landslide Exercise
Introduction
The scenario of a quick clay landslide in the City Centre formed the backdrop to Trondheim Red Cross´ exercise on November 12th, 2022. This gave volunteers and crisis […]
October 2022
Informality as an enabler of resilience
ENGAGE explores the potential of informal solutions to enhance societal resilience.
Emergency responders usually use different types of solutions such as tools, guidelines, and plans to deal with emergencies. These […]
August 2022
Utilizing health data to monitor and manage extreme events
Introduction
According to the latest Copernicus climate bulletin, globally, July 2022 ranked third as the hottest July ever. In Europe, the intense and prolonged heat wave of mid-July- with peaks […]
Volunteers left out of evaluations of crisis handling
Purposeful and well thought out evaluations are a cornerstone of learning from different kinds of events and incidents. To be able to utilize the full scale of partnerships and civilian […]
March 2022
Strenthen the connexion between local authorities and citizens: A successful story, the ERTZAINTZA App
A notable example of how to use technology in disaster management is the ERTZAINTZA app. It was created as a communication channel between citizens and the regional police of the […]
January 2022
Promoting societal resilience at School: raise students’ awareness of risk prevention
On the “19th National Day of Safety in Schools”, held in Italy last November, Cittadinanzattiva, ANP and Civil Protection Department launched an investigation to understand how the pandemic changed schools […]
December 2021
Why do we speak of societal resilience?
Introduction
Resilience is today a broadly used concept in academia and its use by disaster managers to plan for crisis and to manage crisis situations has also steadily increased over the […]