UK: Reception & integration of British Nationals arriving from overseas (National Risk Register #60). This is a really helpful overview from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the activation & coordination processes & recent scale of FCDO crisis response... #civilprotection bsky.app/profile/inst...

‘Port of Antwerp to get anti-aircraft defence from 2027,’ says Prime Minister Bart De Wever | VRT NWS: news The port of Antwerp will get its own anti-aircraft defence system in 2027, Prime Minister Bart De Wever (Flemish nationalist N-VA) told a meeting of the Antwerp port community. Daily Gazet van Antwerp...

Belgium: NASAMS anti-aircraft weapons for Port of Antwerp-Bruges... #civilprotection #criticalinfrastructuresecurity www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...

Beyond the flights... potential Non-combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)... #civilprotection bsky.app/profile/navy...

Four years of MEDEVAC in Ukraine 🚑

Together with our 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇦 colleagues, we’ve turned hard-won lessons into action. We shared our insights at an expert gathering with @ec.europa.eu, @who.int, EU Member States, civil protection authorities, and military experts.
#MEDEVAC #Ukraine #EU #CivilProtection

⚠️ Notice | Big Wave Surfing (Tow-In)
Due to the state of calamity in Nazaré and the expected sea conditions this weekend, the Municipality recommends that tow-in big wave surfing does not take place.
The usual safety support will not be activated.
#Nazaré #SafetyFirst #CivilProtection #BigWaves

Doulas Sans Frontieres!
Doulas for Good!

#CivilDefence / #CivilProtection takes many forms and many players, and in this case #EmergencyPlanning for pregnant and post-partum mothers as facilitated by this group of experts.

Know your neighbours and support them!

More to come on this topic...🤔😎🫶

The effectiveness of national and EU-level civil protection systems: evidence from 17 member states A number of high profile crises and disasters have driven the EU to increase cooperation among its member states in the area of civil protection and to enhance its capacity to conduct civil protect...

Here, @charlesparker.bsky.social, Thomas Persson & Sten Widmalm utilize unique survey data to shed light on the structural and cultural factors that promote #civilprotection effectiveness in the #EU. The article was awarded @jeppjournal.bsky.social’s 2019 Best Paper Prize. doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Greenland: "Denmark is ready to provide support to Greenland's emergency preparedness..." #civilprotection

Ukraine: Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти (To prevent. To rescue. To help)... #civilprotection

Tell Universities to Cut Ties with LexisNexis Every day, ICE is abducting, detaining, and deporting our community members—ripping people from their homes, jobs, and families. As of September 2025, ICE held more than 59,762 people in detention, an...

Let's sign #petition to ask #Universities to #CutTies with #LexisNexis for facilitating #ICE #arrest-s #deportation of #immigrants #migrants actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... @mpowerchange.bsky.social #Rights #CivilRights #HumanRights #MigrantRights #Protection #CivilProtection #MigrantProtection

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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri presented Pope Leo XIV with a book on Christ's journey in southern Lebanon, highlighting the region's suffering from Israeli attacks and urging protection for civilians and an end to violations.

#Lebanon #Pope #CivilProtection

Poland: 'Be Ready' civilian training campaign launched. Aiming to train more than 500,000 people by the end of 2026... h/t @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social #civilprotection #societalresilience

Up first. There's yuri

#halflife #combinesoldier #metrocop #civilprotection

Canadian military wants mobilization plan in place to boost reserves to 400,000 personnel Mobilization plan would see Canadian Forces reserves increased to 400,000

Canada: Defence Mobilization Plan (DMP). Seems a 'Tiger Team' was set-up in June to start advancing the initiative. Note the current number of supplemental reservists: 4,384. The proposed uplift to 300K is an incredible target! #civilprotection #societalresilience ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Canada: a 300,000 future volunteer recruitment target. But "[t]he plan has not been approved by the government in its current form". Does anyone know what the next steps are or could be? #civilprotection #societalresilience

Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

UK: “Our greatest natural hazard is flooding, & we don’t prepare people for it”... #civilprotection #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Grab bags, prepping & a year of disasters': get a ticket, check your contingency mince pie supplies & settle-in & listen to two very experienced & knowledgeable practitioners... #crisispreparedness #civilprotection #DRM

Germany: #criticalinfrastructuresecurity & #civilprotection...

Ich fühle mich im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes geehrt!

I literally feel honored!

Its nice to get a little recogntion for the contibution to public safety one does in their free time.

#THW #Bevölkerungsschutz #Katastrophenschutz #DisasterRelief #CivilProtection

Germany: new BBK guide "Preparing for Crises & Disasters" published today... #civilprotection

Baltics: "We talk about this every month, every week - at work, everywhere... Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania "are drawing up contingency plans to deal with the possibility of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian troop buildup or attack"... #civilprotection www.reuters.com/business/aer...

UK: the Tier 1 Exercise Pegasus is ongoing. There are many non-governmental organisations, across sectors, actively involved downstream of the LGD's as part of the 'others' mentioned here... #civilprotection

UK: "The time has come not only to ‘think the unthinkable’ but to act on it – treating war as a real & imminent threat. As our adversaries will target societal cohesion & health systems, resilience must be moved from an aspiration to a political priority..." #civilprotection #societalresilience

Drone walls: prospective EU or otherwise, & the nascent interplay of #totaldefence - #civilprotection implications...

"On #Kefalonia Heavy #rainfall caused small #landslides on roads and delays at the airport, where four planes were unable to land. Thanks to preventive measures by the #civilprotection agency, the impact was limited."

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Germany: "Bereit wie nie". North Rhine-Westphalia issues state level preparedness guidance, covering eleven typical emergency scenarios... #civilprotection bsky.app/profile/seba...

TRIFFID: Autonomous Robotic Aid For Increasing First Responders Efficiency

A team led by the RAIG at the @iri-robotics.bsky.social (@csic.es-@upc.edu) is taking part in the #TRIFFID project, which is developing an autonomous robotic platform to support first responders in emergency rescue operations. #AI #Robotics #CivilProtection @rdi.upc.edu

🔗 https://bit.ly/3Kz2Uvt

Poland inspects thousands of potential shelters amid regional risks Poland’s interior ministry says authorities have stepped up checks on buildings that could serve the public in an emergency, ordering thousands of site inspections.

#Poland earmarks almost 1.2 billion EUR to improve #CivilProtection

cc @amandacomms.bsky.social... #civilprotection

Ukraine: Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти... #civilprotection