12 October 2009, Dusseldorf – Leading international event
for safety and health at work A+A 2009 (Trade Fair and Congress, 3rd
to 6th November), will for the first time, this year deal with the
topic of disaster control. The programme at the A+A Congress has now been extended
to include a day-long ‘Disaster Control Forum’ to be held on 4 November. Discussions
will revolve around the general theme ‘Overcoming Disasters – A Challenge for
the Population, the State and the Economy’.
The Disaster Control
Forum will be supplemented by live presentations in the open space in front of
Hall 3. These practical demonstrations will be performed using the relevant
equipment, for example a fire simulation container, in collaboration with the
German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk
– THW), the German Works Fire Service Association (Werkfeuerwehrverband – WFV),
the German Red Cross, the professional fire brigade of the City of Düsseldorf,
the German Federal Police and Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Safety Division.
“Disaster control requires comprehensive, coordinated
measures of all parties involved, regardless whether it is in overcoming
natural disaster, dealing properly with pandemics or resisting criminal or
terrorist threats. The target groups particularly relevant in this area within
organisations focused on public safety like the police, the THW, the fire and
rescue services and also those responsible in authority all traditionally show
great solidarity with the A+A,” says Birgit Horn, Project Manager at Messe
Düsseldorf, stressing the importance of this topic at the leading international
event for specialists in the field of health and safety at work.
