EU flood exercise proves a success

摘要

Hundreds of firefighter and rescue crews have now returned to their bases across Europe following the realistic FloodEx scenarios that took place in the Netherlands last week. Hereford and Worcester FRS gives an account of the event and its implications for the UK Fire and Rescue ServicernThe exercise involved responsesrnfrom Poland, Germany, Sweden, Estonia and The Netherlands, which simulated the effects of a tidal surge that devastated the UK and Holland in 1953 resulting in over 2,000 fatalities.