FlashFloodBreaker International training on water rescue To jointly address the challenges of water -based emergency operations, the FlashFloodBreaker partnership identifies the need to get trained across borders on providing assistance in this hostile envi... 21 Mar 2026
FlashFloodBreaker Tools and methods to involve communities Joint concept to involve residents In FlashFloodBreaker we do not only organize hands-on trainings. In the background our partners develop longlasting and sustainable organizational solutions for comm... 21 Mar 2026
FlashFloodBreaker 6th Partner Meeting in Cork, Ireland Huge enthusiasm spread when the members of the FlashFloodBreaker partnership met at Munster Technological University in Cork. With the University being formed only in 2021 we had the opportunity to ga... 16 Mar 2026
FlashFloodBreaker How to analyze information on flash floods Understanding information about flash floods and heavy rains Crisis managers and employees at waterboards have access to a number of information about the mere phenomenum of heavy rainfalls and their ... 19 Feb 2026
FlashFloodBreaker UPCOMING 6th Partner Meeting in Cork, Ireland from March 11-12, 2026 For the 6th time the FlashFloodBreaker Partnership gathers in their regular project working group (PWG) meeting. This time our Partners from... 12 Jan 2026
FlashFloodBreaker Preparing with specialized equipment for new conditions As part of the Cloudburst Exercise that has been rolled out by the dutch Waterschap Hoogheemraadschap De Stichtse Rijnlanden, the FlashFloodBreaker partnership had the unique opportunity to take part ... 11 Dec 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Flash Flood Exercise On 17 September 2024, the Moselle Fire and Rescue Service organized a departmental exercise on the theme of flash flooding. The Scenario The chosen scenario involved a malfunction at the Saint-Louis /... 18 Nov 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Adopting to new climate conditions Imagine, if ... a massive cloudburst occurs in the North-West of the Netherlands. Days of heavy rain fall and a lot of water... At the same time, a huge problem is on the rise: The water cannot be dra... 6 Nov 2025
FlashFloodBreaker 5th Partner Meeting - Utrecht, Netherlands Excursion to the Dutch Water Defense System A highlight of the first day of the meeting was the visit of the 19th Century Dutch water Defense System, The Hollandse Waterlinie Learn more about the Wate... 6 Nov 2025
FlashFloodBreaker UPCOMING 5th Partner Meeting in Utrecht, Netherlands from November 5-8, 2025. In Utrecht the Project Working Group (PWG) will meet and work on the project activities, including an excursion to the 19th Century... 8 Oct 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Innovation in the making: Resilient Heritage Heritage in heavy weather In summer 2021, heavy rainfalls lead to several flash flood events in different regions of North-West Europe. In the province of Limburg in the Netherlands, not only ordinary... 19 Sep 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Cloudburst Exercise on Flood Emergency Response International partners are invited to take part in the exercise WHAT Dutch water authorities (HDSR, HHNK, Rijnland, AGV) and governmental and humanitarian bodies (Ministry of Water and Infrastructure,... 4 Sep 2025