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You don’t need to be a technical expert to understand emergency response. Our blog explains trends & gives insights on all things public safety, from the latest innovations to the key issues affecting citizens & emergency professionals.
Recent posts
Enhancing resilience to cybersecurity events through citizen engagement
. Iker Legardon and Iñaki Gangoiti, police officers in the Basque Country, and John Rincón, a researcher involved in the EU-funded ENGAGE project from TECNUN- University of Navarra, spoke with Alexandra Olson, EENA’s EU Projects Officer, about the awareness campaigns that have been carried out as a part of a validation exercise of the project.
Where Are We… With Accessibility?
With at least 650 million people with disabilities worldwide, and 100 million people with disabilities in the European Union alone, accessibility matters. So why is it that most emergency services can still only be reached via voice call? With EU legislation deadlines looming, let’s explore the obstacles – and solutions – for accessible emergency communications.
AI in Public Safety: the Future for Emergency Services?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are showing outstanding potential across emergency service responses, from routing ambulances through traffic to identifying important background information on calls.
Where Are We… With Public Warning?
In this new series of blogs, we explore the state of play with the main topics in public safety. With rapidly evolving legislation, different stages of implementation across Europe and beyond, it can be difficult to keep up. Where are we in terms of deployment, EU legislation, EENA’s work on the topic and future updates? These blogs will be a one-stop guide for everything you need to know on the current state of the most important topics in public safety. Today, we cover public warning.
The False Call Mystery
Earlier this year, emergency call centres experienced a strange and alarming issue. Globally, millions of calls to emergency numbers were made, but the callers were completely silent.
The Importance of Safety for Volunteer Responders in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCA)
While safety for responders in any medical emergencies always should be a top priority, it is perhaps even more important if the responders are volunteer lay-persons or off duty medical staff.
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