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    A look back at the EMRIC anniversary meeting

    Last week, the anniversary meeting of EMRIC took place at the MECC Maastricht, which was attended by an impressive number of representatives of the blue light organisations from the Euregio Meuse-Rhine.

    02-12-2024
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    Belgian and German firefighters practice together in Elsenborn

    Following the signing of the agreements between the fire departments, joint exercises were carried out in the Belgian-German border area on October 16.

    08-11-2024
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    Report of the second EMRIC policy period

    A period of learning. This is how EMRIC looks back on its second policy period. Curious about what we have done in the past five years to make the Meuse-Rhine Euregion a safer place? You can read it here in our report.

    31-07-2024
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    Three Countries Festival 2024

    EMRIC was a guest this year at the Three Countries Festival in Herzogenrath!

    25-05-2024
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  • EMRIC 50 - 25 - 10
    19-04-2024

    EMRIC blows out 10 candles this year! But that's not all! We're actually celebrating a triple anniversary because our history goes back much further. Discover here what you can expect on the occasion of this special event.

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  • Euregional control room exercise in Hasselt
    17-04-2024

    This morning, EMRIC organized a Euregional control room exercise at the Emergency Dispatch Center 112 in Hasselt (Belgium). This helps to ensure that we are better prepared when a real emergency situation arises!

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  • N4 Annual meeting
    08-04-2024

    On March 20, 2024, the annual meeting of N4 took place at the Gouvernement in Maastricht. EMRIC is a member of N4 and was invited to present the EMRIC cooperation as one of the collaboration concepts along the German-Dutch border.

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  • Euregional dispatch center exercise in Liège
    19-06-2023

    Last week, EMRIC organized a cross-border dispatch center exercise in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion.

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  • Project spotlight: Marhetak
    06-06-2023

    Discover how we work together with numerous partners from the Meuse-Rhine Euregion on finding solutions to better protect citizens against flood risks.

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  • Wildfire in the High Fens
    30-05-2023

    Cross-border cooperation facilitated by EMRIC during wildfire in the High Fens.

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  • 24 hours in Kerkrade
    13-04-2023

    German firefighter Tino recently participated in a one-day internship with his Dutch colleagues from Kerkrade. You can read his experiences here.

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  • Trilateral conference 'Creating Links' in Assen
    03-04-2023

    On 16 and 17 March, the trilateral conference 'Connecting' took place in Assen. The conference was about disaster management and crisis management in the border area between the Netherlands and the German Länder of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. As lead partner of the @Marhetak project, EMRIC was allowed to supervise two workshops.

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  • Paragon brainstorming session
    08-03-2023

    Recently, EMRIC brought together several Dutch, Belgian and German partners in order to pursue additional reflection on the use of the Paragon security portal.

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  • Informal meeting for operational leaders
    15-12-2022

    On December 7th and 15th, the Veiligheidsregio Zuid-Limburg organized an informal meeting for their EMRIC partners in Maastricht for the operational leaders of the Meuse-Rhine Euregion.

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  • Attending a crisis staff exercise
    05-12-2022

    The Veiligheidsregio Zuid-Limburg, one of the members of the EMRIC partnership, has invited its Belgian and German colleagues to follow a crisis staff exercise.

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  • Journal of Public Health and EMRIC
    09-02-2022

    Maastricht University, Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute, published an editorial in the Journal of Public Health, where EMRIC is mentioned as an outstanding example for cross border cooperation.

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