Resilience and Support: Enhancing Preparedness for Crisis Situations - RISE

The project aims to strengthen the capacity of emergency services, such as emergency medical services, firefighters, Committee of the Red Cross, Police, local authority to identify people who are exposed to mental stress or who need psychological support in disasters and critical situations. The project aims at improving disaster response capacities of emergency and volunteer organisations by strengthening Psychological First Aid and Psychosocial Support competencies of staff and volunteers. Disasters occur as a result of the actions that affect human lives in the long term and in the short-term lead to stress and psychological damage, which requires the readiness and preparedness of the community during and after catastrophic events. Caring for the injured, self-help, evacuation, identifying and monitoring the first indications of the need for further psychological assistance of people affected by emergency situations is one of the first goals to be met.