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Ground search and rescue in the USA
Martin Boyle speaks to Chris Boyer, Chief Operations Officer for the US-based National Associat...

A look at mine clearance in Iraq
Nigel Ellway, Head of Secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Explosive Weapons, provid...

Social networks in a crisis: Shifting landscapes
Patrick Lagadec reflects on the use of social media in a crisis, following the European Emergency Nu...

SAR Blog: Trouble in Paradise? Report highlights islands' search & rescue capability
When you think of the Cayman Islands you picture a tropical Caribbean paradise famous for its beache...

Land Rover unveils drone-fitted SAR vehicle to support Red Cross Red Crescent disaster response
Land Rover has donated ‘Project Hero’, a new Discovery vehicle with a tailor-made commun...

Web-based technology for psychosocial preparedness
The terrorist attacks in Norway in 2011 were the most devastating attacks in Scandinavia after the S...

Terrorist attack in Canada
Six people were killed and about 20 wounded after a gunman (or gunmen) opened fire at a mosque in Qu...

An avoidable Alpine tragedy?
On the morning of Wednesday, January 19, 2017, the Abruzzo region of Central Italy was hit by four m...

Knowing your ‘knowns’ and managing the unknown – preparing for and responding to cyber incidents
Dominic Cockram of Regester Larkin presents some key lessons that will help organisations to pr...

Defend, deter and develop: UK's national cyber security strategy
The UK Government has published the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 to 2021, which sets out th...

Airport security & crisis management summit, Brussels
The special Security & Crisis Management Summit was jointly organized by ACI EUROPE & ACI AS...

SAR Blog: Look for the robots, they're coming to the rescue
“Look for the robots, because robots are coming to the rescue,” said Dr Robin Murphy, Di...

Crisis Response Journal edition 12:2 - Out now!
The current issue of CRJ is now available to subscribers in hard copy and online. Here's ...

Cold weather planning
Public Health England has recently published a Cold Weather Plan, giving advice to help prevent the ...

Asia – Europa meeting (ASEM) on disaster risk reduction
On September 14-15, a high level meeting on disaster risk reduction and management, with a specific ...

Introducing the CRJ Search & Rescue blog
This new Search and Rescue blog series will take a critical look at some of the innovative developme...

Photo essay: Training Nepalese monks and nuns in community emergency response
Dr Behrouz Moghadasi, who has been training volunteers in disaster management across Nepal, pre...

Communicating to staff and customers during a major incident
Chris Phillips says that although the business community can do little about the threat of terr...