An 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck 437km off the coast of Indonesia’s Banda Aceh on Wednesday, sparking a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean region. The quake provided a test for the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) early warning system installed by Indonesia and its neighbors in the wake of the devastating 2004 tsunami. […]
Indonesia 8.6 earthquake: Indian Ocean tsunami warning system Read More »
Hyderabad, March 13 (ANI): The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services in Hyderabad has developed a Tsunami Early warning system to provide special kind of data for the safety of people living in the Indian coastal areas. The Early Warning System will mitigate Oceanogenic disasters that cause severe threat to nearly 400 million people
An early warning system for Tsunami developed Read More »
For tsunami early warning system InaTEWS (Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System), on 11 November 2008 was officially opened, Germany has contributed significantly. The German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has developed a Decision Support System (DSS) was developed. The DLR webcast shows how the information for quick and safe
Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System Read More »
Indo-Nepal Trans-Boundary Community Based Early Warning System is a cohesive attribute that empowers communities to move forward with communism and socialism favoring life and not borders. People who face the problem of flood every year can now cope up with their life and empower themselves with CBFEWS. These people are generally located at Terai region
Trans-Boundary Community Based Flood Early Warning System by PGVS Read More »
CBHFA in Timor-Leste: access to health and community empowerment
CBHFA in Timor-Leste: access to health and community empowerment Read More »
The responsible use of technology offers concrete ways to make humanitarian assistance more effective, efficient and accountable and can, in turn, directly reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience. Finding ways for advances in technology to serve the most vulnerable is a moral imperative; a responsibility, not a choice. This year’s World Disasters Report is a focus
Technology and the future of humanitarian action Read More »
Entrevista con la Dra. Blanca Arostegui sobre la nueva directiva en gestion de riesgos de desastres en Peru
Nueva directiva en gestion de riesgos de desastres: Peru Read More »
Ireland is the first country in the world to introduce Community Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA) in Action through groups of special status Irish Red Cross Volunteer Inmates in a prison setting. The programme operates under a partnership between the Irish Red Cross, Irish Prison Service and Education Training Boards (formally known as the
Irish Red Cross CBHFA Prison project | Discussing innovations in Health Read More »
Neither a cape nor superpowers are needed to be a hero. First aid is for everyone, everywhere.
Be a hero. Save lives Read More »
Panel on Ifrc’s and Undp’s “Effective law and regulation for disaster risk reduction: a multi-country report” Geneva, 8 July 2014
Better laws, safer communities Read More »