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Why prevent catastrophes?

Is it useful to prepare for possible disasters around us? Some examples showing what can happen in Switzerland or in nearby countries (continued)

Presentations and publications

March 21st, 2007 : presentation of the ACV

• L'impact d'un chantier sur le fonctionnement institutionnel (PowerPoint, 52.8 MB). Par Gilbert Coutaz, directeur des ACV.
  (PDF version, 16.4 MB)

May 19th, 2006 : official inauguration of the COSADOCA site

• Discours de Monsieur le Professeur André Wyss, Doyen de la Faculté des Lettres de l'Université de Lausanne (PDF)
• Compte rendu du discours de Monsieur le Professeur Giorgio Margaritondo, vice président pour les affaires académiques de l'EPFL (PDF)
• Discours de Madame la Conseillière d'Etat Anne-Catherine Lyon (PDF)

November 29th, 2005 : first training day of the COSADOCA

The following presentations were made during the theoretic part of the training:

• COSADOCA website and catastrophe plans (PDF, in French), by D. Mincio
• Meeting the key players: The fire-fighters' job, by C. Glardon
• Civil Protection Organisation – Western Lausanne Region ORPC-ORL (PDF, in French), by M. Meystre
• Knowing the nature of the damages and the handling procedures (PDF 2 MB, in French), by Anne Bellanger and Stephan Bôhmer
• Biological damages (PDF 6.7 MB, in French), by Patrick Michaux.