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Volcanic Eruption in Guatemala

Processed on May 23rd 2012
Disaster Information
Name: 
Volcanic Eruption
Region: 
Guatemala
Occurance Date: 
13/09/2012
latitude: 
14.473
longitude: 
-90.88

On 13 September 2012, Fuego volcano in Guatemala again erupted, forcing the National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) to declare an institutional  "Orange Alert&qu

Volcanic Eruption in Guatemala

Volcano in the Philippines

Processed on Nov 10th 2010
Disaster Information
Name: 
Volcano in the Philippines
Region: 
the Philippines
Occurance Date: 
10/11/2010
latitude: 
12.7692
longitude: 
124.057

The Bulusan volcano in the central Philippines has been ejecting ash and steam since since 6 November 2010.

Volcano in the Philippines

Volcano in Indonesia

Processed on Oct 27th 2010
Disaster Information
Name: 
Volcano in Indonesia
Region: 
Indonesia
Occurance Date: 
26/10/2010
latitude: 
-8.05
longitude: 
114.25

Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted three times on Tuesday, causing thousands to flee; authorities had put an area 10 km around the crater on red alert Monday.

Volcano in Indonesia

Activities of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESO) Disaster Management

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Disaster Type related

ESOA represents all European satellite operators.

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

The UN-SPIDER Knowledge Management & Information Dissemination System

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”

Demo on the Space Application Matrix and geoinformation for disaster and risk management e.g. examples and best practices.

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

SAFER and the GMES Emergency Response Service: One step closer to full-scale operational deployment

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Human Aspects related

Overview of SAFER (Services and Applications For Emergency Response) and GMES Emergency Response Service. Examples of SAFER activations were showed.

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

The Earth Observation and GIS communities fighting the climate crisis

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Human Aspects related

The Planet Action Initiative: supporting projects addressing climate change issues and related disaster risk reduction and management.

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

Tools for Earth Observation/Remote Sensing for Disaster Menagement and Emergency Response, A Case Study Earthquake Prediction

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Disaster Type related

A case study about earthquake and vulcanian eruptions prediction .

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

Policy perspectives for the use of satellite applications in Africa

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Human Aspects related

Presentation Overview
1.Background and Aim of the ESPI Study
2.Study Methodology
3.Roundtable and Workshops
4.International and European Goals and Strategies
5.Mapping of Activities and Actors

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

Research Project e-Triage, IT-Supported Management of Mass Casualty Incidents

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Human Aspects related

Research Project e-Triage: IT-Supported Management of Mass Casualty Incidents.

e-Triage is a self-contained concept for electronic MCI management:
- Data collection
- Data management

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010