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Life is unpredictable, and that is precisely why it is crucially important to be prepared for many different kinds of unforeseen events. This in turn calls for planning, knowledge, time, resources and room to manoeuvre. Safety and Rescue Region, SRR, is a unique cluster that cooperates on risk, safety and crisis management. In this way we can offer combined resources to develop safety systems effectively for businesses, authorities and various organisations, at a national or international level. Besides, we are doing it in Sweden, which is one of the most peaceful countries in the world. That may sound like a paradox, but there are many advantages in practising dramatic action in peace and quiet. An important factor in that connection is that SRR has unique conditions to practise and train in. Wide spaces, the Archaean rocks and deep forests can be converted on our huge practice grounds to the scenes of sudden disasters and conflict hot spots, where new methods and products can be developed at a safe distance from the hot-spots of the world. In this leaflet we explain briefly who we are and how we think, and then how you and your organisation can benefit from collaboration on the highest degree of safety.

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Being prepared provides its own very special form of safety. Knowing what to do and how, no matter whether you are dealing with a terrorist attack, a natural disaster or any other situation, is a little like having the list of answers at the back of the handbook. So basically it is a question of identifying and predicting the various risks and threats at an early stage. SRR includes companies with considerable experience of helping to do precisely that. It may involve technology, systems or whole companies. With our feet firmly planted on the un-shakable rocks, we also carry on research to understand and eliminate risks. This is where you will find solid competence and expertise. We develop instruments and models for analysis, so that the unexpected can be eliminated or the damage reduced.

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Nature is our strength. It is as if some benevolent giant had spread out all we need to train for precisely what you want, in seclusion and without disturbance. There is plenty of space in our changeable and challenging environments for realistic simulations of many different scenarios, since Sweden is a sparsely populated country. Of course, we tailor the way we set things up according to specific requirements. What do you and your organisation want to focus on? Rescue, security, crisis and conflict management, CBRNE, vehicle testing, mine and ammunition clearance? Or something unknown that nobody has yet discovered that we should be practising for?Our philosophy is that new methods and new skills must constantly be developed and tested. In addition to the hard-wearing training grounds with every conceivable service and equipment there are virtual areas, and what we can set up there is quite inconceivable. The keywords in everything we do are ”cooperation” and ”teamwork”. No matter what we do, these elements are the adhesive that holds it all together. We understand that only by working together can we create a safer society. It goes without saying that we are environmentally certified!

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The unique actions of Folke Bernadotte and those who worked with him during World War II are the ideal we try to live up to today. The white buses, with the courageous drivers who saved tens of thousands of lives, became a symbol of human moral integrity. This humanist heritage is passed on and held in trust at the Folke Bernadotte Academy on the island of Sandö. The almost 70 years of experience that has been gathered there shows its worth in practice at each callout. Particular individuals can make a critical difference, but the credit for good crisis management seldom goes to one person alone. For the members of our cluster with partners in a network round the world, cooperation is second nature. Crises arise locally – but sometimes the consequences are global. SRR includes First Responders and Emergency Equipment which can meet different needs. The range includes for instance decontamination systems for CBRNE, test facilities for cross-country vehicles, drivers and rescue teams, products to deal with hypothermia, expert knowledge and products for fighting forest fires, pre-hospital trauma life-support concepts, training concepts for communication disasters, Humanitarian Mine Action, and crisis support and management. Further resources are deployed by the Swedish Joint Response Team, which was formed after the devastating tsunami in South East Asia on 26 December 2004. The team includes a number of experts from SRR.

Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (1895 – 1948) was a Swedish diplomat noted for his negotiation of the release of about 31 000 prisoners from German concentration camps during World War II. After the war he was unanimously chosen to be the United Nations Security Council mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Team from Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency on a mission to assist in the evacuation of Swedish citizens from Lebanon 2006.

The work is not finished when the crisis is over. It cannot be emphasised enough how important it is to learn from what happened, draw new conclusions and work out better routines. In other words, Recovery is the fourth phase in a crisis management cycle, and to begin with it is necessary to answer some fundamental questions. What precisely happened? Which actions were the most successful? Was anything lacking? What can be done better? The answers are worked out jointly by public authorities, technical institutions and individual experts. In this kind of work new research findings and the latest knowledge are constantly in focus. SRR includes the Mid Sweden University Risk and Crisis Research Center (RCR Center), which is at the forefront of research into risk and crisis management. The members of our cluster also collaborate with Umeå University to develop methods, technology and training concepts on heavy rescue and CBRNE. To sum up: Real-life crises + research and development + collaboration = effective crisis management in the manner of Safety and Rescue Region. Together we create a safer society.

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SRR strategic focus.

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