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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...

On 13 May, the academic final of the Olympiades des Sciences de l’Ingénieur (Engineering Sciences Olympiad) took place at BUILDERS in Caen. During the event, Yoann Bonte, hydraulics and drone engineer at BUILDERS, presented the FIER project to an audience of secondary school students and educators....

Provincie Zeeland, surrounded by the sea, is particularly vulnerable to flooding and rising sea levels. As a regional government, Zeeland has statutory responsibilities in areas such as spatial planning, water management, mobility, climate, and nature. Flood safety is a key priority....

In the FIER project, the Jade Hochschule University of Applied Sciences explored the potential of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to translate flood risk related information into Easy Language. Easy Language ensures that critical information about flood risks and protective measures areacces...