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First Responders in the Western Balkans: Strengthening Capacities and Preparedness for a Resilient Future

2025-10-06

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First responders are crucial to disaster risk management in the Western Balkans, but their capacity and preparedness vary significantly across countries and sectors. To enable comparable, evidence-based insights, this review uses a harmonized Readiness to Respond (R2R) framework across five key sectors: firefighting and rescue, police, emergency medical services (EMS), civil protection, and armed forces. It evalua...

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81c94462-0494-518b-a00c-b46375aaa7d1
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10.20944/preprints202510.0353.v1
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