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Latvia

English / latviešu

  • Capital: Riga
  • Population: 2.5 million
  • Language: Latvian
  • State consists of 26 districts
  • State Fire and Rescue Service co-ordinates civil protection arrangements
  • District and State alarm centres assist supra-regional incidents
  • disaster relief and alerting plans exist for state, provincial, district and local authorities
  • legislation covers planning and response arrangements
  • military can provide assistance and will report to civilian authorities.

Latvian Red Cross

  • total of 30 branches
  • the Latvian Red Cross is the auxiliary to public authorities in the disaster preparedness and humanitarian field
  • its mission is the prevention and alleviation of human suffering
  • the National Society, assisting responsible structures, is able to provide support for society in case of disaster (Red Cross disaster preparedness units are trained in three fields – psychological support, search and rescue and first aid).
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Human aspects in civil protection

Informed, Prepared, Together, Resilience

  • Understanding the principles
  • Putting the principles into practice
  • Community-based emergency excercise guide

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How can you prepare?

Top 10 tips

Informed.Prepared. Together. Top 10 Tips leaflets, stickers and calendar with practical information, advice and tips on how to prepare for and what to do in an emergency for download.

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Learning tools

Downloadable games and leaflets to educate and raise awareness of emergencies.

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Floods across parts of Europe

Information and pictures of the flooding available here.

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Great interest for the Informed Prepared Together project

The Informed Prepared Together project presented at seve...

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