06 Apr 2023
False alarms and near misses can erode public trust in weather warnings, which may lead to people becoming less responsive to actual risks. However, false alarms and near misses can also be used to increase public awareness and improve risk assessmen...
Tags: Awareness material, Early Warning Systems
13 Oct 2022
UCL Warning Research Center, supported by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center/IFRC and in collaboration with the Anticipation Hub, launches the ‘Warning Briefing Note Series’ that addresses key aspects of warnings, covering state-of-the-art, ...
Tags: Awareness material, Communicable Disease, Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Early Warning Systems, Landslide
24 Mar 2015
This educational comic for children and youth focuses on fire, issued as part of a series of A Road to Resilience in Southeast Asia comics covering 7 hazards (drought, earthquake, fire, flood, hygiene promotion, tsunami, typhoon and cyclones). The pu...
Tags: Awareness material