INN-Quake

Background

While the risks for natural disasters are growing, remote and hard-to-reach areas pose a challenge to the rescue operations. INN-QUAKE supports creating strong capacity to respond to disasters in remote, hard-to-reach areas, and reaching interoperability between a wide range of rescue organizations. The aim is to be able to deliver large-scale operations in an efficient way.

The project is co-funded through Union Civil Protection Mechanism.

Objectives

INN-QUAKE

1. supports the implementation of four EU’s disaster resilience goals (DRG) in remote regions: 1. Anticipate; 2. Prepare; 4. Respond, and 5. Secure.
2. advances a higher level of protection against disasters in remote areas by preventing or reducing their potential effects, by fostering a culture of prevention and preparedness, and by improving cooperation and coordination between the civil protection and other relevant stakeholders.
3. develops competences, skills, knowledge and expertise in civil protection and disaster risk management at individual, organisational and institutional levels. Project offers dedicated learning and training opportunities, particularly in operative efficiency, response, mountain and cave search and rescue, evacuation and wildland firefighting.
4. strengthens knowledge partnerships between diverse civil protection and disaster risk management actors and supports the uptake of scientific outcomes by operational stakeholders.
5. raises preparedness and awareness of citizens, public entities, businesses and other relevant stakeholders on the risks they face and options for reducing their vulnerability.

Activities

The project features 3 exercises. A Table-Top Exercise focuses on Host Nation Support guidelines and procedures, specifically addressing challenges in transit countries to develop a more resilient system, while a Command Post Exercise features urban-wildland interface and response to remote areas. The project culminates to the Full-Scale Field Exercise to be conducted in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria in 2027.

Project partners

• Tyrolean Center for Crisis and Disaster Management – TCCDM (Austria) Coordinator
• Madrid City Council – Disaster Management (Spain)
• Search and Rescue Unit, Vorarlberg – SARUV (Austria)
• Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
• General Secretariat of Civil Protection – GSCP (Greece)
• Ministry of the Interior (MoI) – Department of Fire rescue of Czechia – DG FRS CR (Czechia)
• Jamarska Reševalna Služba (JRS)/Cave Rescue Special Team (Republic of Slovenia)
• The Mountain Rescue Black-Forest – BSW (Germany)
• Icelandic Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (IDCP) (Iceland)
• Prepared International UG – PPI (Germany)
• D.M.A.T. Consulting KG – DMAT (Austria)