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Earth observation data has gone well beyond the expectation to make our rescue activities more effective

Valentina Nocente, Engineer Officer, Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco

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Season 1, episode 40
3 min / Published

Satellite data improves our understanding of emergency situations and helps us to identify the most critical areas, especially in the case of natural disasters like floods, earthquakes or forest fires. For us, the best way to face emergencies is to join forces. In recent years we have started an interesting collaboration with the Italian space agency and we have signed an agreement to access the satellite data of a specific area affected by catastrophic events.

 

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