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Flemish partners and stakeholders of the Interreg North Sea FIER project met at the West-Flemish Training Center for Fire, Rescue and Ambulance Services (WOBRA) in Zedelgem for One of the regional midterm events. The meeting marked an important milestone to reflect on progress so far and to further...

The second FIER Regional Forum in Brake (county town of Wesermarsch in Germany), on the 13th November, brought together regional emergency-management stakeholders, to assess the operational value of hydrological simulations for evacuation planning during extreme rainfall events. ...

How can we ensure that evacuation is possible during a crisis and that the roads do not become congested? Take Zeeland, for example: when a flood hits, there are not many roads to leave the province, how to make sure that everyone evacuates safely? That is where the evacuation analyses tool comes in...

The FIER Dutch mid-term event took place on 11 November at the Province House in Middelburg, bringing together around fifty participants from municipalities, safety regions, water authorities, Rijkswaterstaat, Deltares, and other organisations for a day focused on flood resilience. The meeting, host...

On 22 and 23 September, partners of the FIER project gathered in Boulogne-sur-Mer and Hesdigneul-Lès-Boulogne, in France, for the latest FIER Partner Meeting, hosted by SYMSAGEB. Against the backdrop of this territory hugely impacted by exceptional floods in 2023 the meeting focused on connecting pr...

The Boulogne area in northern France is no stranger to floods. With its dense network of rivers and streams, heavy rainfall makes waterways perform like torrents.  Floods rise fast here, and the impacts can be severe.  ...

On 24 September, the Midterm Event hosted by SYMSAGEB took place in Condette, France. The day brought together  public authorities, emergency services, researchers, and many others to share knowledge, and learn about how FIER is delivering on its ambition: helping governments, crisis management...

Flooding doesn’t always start with a broken dike. In Sweden, the municipality of Torsby and Karlstad University are studying what happens when a hydroelectic dam needs to release large volumes of water. This kind of controlled release may sound safer than a sudden breach, but for people living downs...

The city of Dordrecht is preparing for potential flooding by creating refuge areas in higher neighbourhoods and raising awareness among residents. Dordrecht is the first city in the Netherlands to implement a multi-layer safety approach to limit the consequences of flooding. In the beginning of summ...