Practitioner Community

Country: Germany

DemographicsNational Statistic Administration (D-STATIS) Past disaster eventsEM-DAT listing of disaster events in GermanyDisaster statistics from UN-ISDR and CREDRisk country profile from Index for Risk ManagementDisaster response and management data from ReliefWebGermany’s risk rankingsPlace 146. in country at risk ranking, World Risk Report 2012Risk profiles and dataClimate Data Center (CDC)Interactive maps on hazards, vulnerabilities and risksHazards and other thematic mapsGovernment legislation and policiesHyogo Framework for Action Progress Reports (in German) – Law for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (in German) – German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV) within the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), focal point for HFA Red Cross + civil societyIFRC appeals and info bulletins for GermanyGerman Red Cross – homepage, IFRC listing of contact info 

Communicating storm surge risks via risk communication websites: a novel approach

Websites related to storm surge risks mostly follow an instructive approach, often combining flood risk maps with historical information on floods, and instructions on how to behave in case of an approaching emergency, such as a dike break. Sometimes, these websites are enriched with additional media materials (photos in particular). However, while accurately representing flood …

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Nature-based Solution for River basin and Coastal Risk Resilience Community

The Nature-based Solution for River basin and Coastal Risk Resilience Community program is applied harmoniously within the framework of Integrated Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction, encouraging the creation of communities that are ready to act when Community Ready-to-Act (CoRtA) disaster risks occur, especially in river and coastal border areas. Physical structural efforts have been carried out …

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CBRN Guidance material

Various general guidance material covering all aspects of CBRN / Hazardous materials. Available in English and German.

Biological Hazards

Various guidance and background material developed by different organisations linked to preparedness and response measures to biological hazards. EN and DE.

10 Jahre Forschung im DRK

Im März 2009 startete das DRK zum ersten Mal ein Forschungsprojekt mit Projektpartnern im Bereich der zivilen Sicherheitsforschung. Dies war der Beginn einer bis heute erfolgreichen Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeit. Seit nunmehr zehn Jahren beteiligt sich das DRK Generalsekretariat aktiv an den relevanten (akademischen) Fachdiskursen und betreibt entweder eigenständig oder in Kooperation mit Partnern vor allem …

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10 Years of Research at the German Red Cross

The German Red Cross started its first research project together with partners from the civil security research in March 2009. This marked the beginning of the succesfully ongoing research and development work. For ten years now, the German Red Cross national headquarters actively participates in all academically relevant discourses and conducts application-oriented research, either in cooperation with …

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