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Evacuation of a visually impaired person

SEE ME project's exercise

By project SEE ME staffPublished on

The exercise was organized with the aim of implementing the lessons learned through the project and demonstrating the procedures for rescuing people with disabilities based on the knowledge acquired at the training held in Divulje and the implementation of the Guidelines for dealing with people with disabilities in emergency situations developed through the SEE ME project.

Exercise in Rijeka, Croatia

The role players in the exercise were residents of the Rijeka Rehabilitation Center - Pulac branch, accompanied by their educators. The objectives of the exercise:

  • Rescue of people with disabilities after the earthquake
  • Evacuation of people with disabilities after a fire caused by the earthquake
  • Psychosocial assistance to persons with disabilities after evacuation
  • Use of new technologies and applications (drone, NICS mobile application for the purpose of locating and rescuing people on the ground) in support of operations. 
SEE ME exercise
The topic of the exercise in Rijeka was the joint action of the operational forces of the civil protection organizations from Montenegro, Slovenia and Croatia with the adaptation of procedures depending on the type of disability, for the purpose of improved protection and security of persons with disability in emergency situations.

Public campaing

On the same day, in Rijeka city center, the public campaign was held with the aim of the project promotion and raising awareness about the importance of equalizing the opportunities of people with disabilities in emergency situations, along with the distribution of promotional materials and brochures that were created as part of the project.