A European civil protection team in Japan

(BRUSSELS2) A team of fifteen civil protection experts flew to Japan on Friday. It comprises 15 people: experts from the Member States responsible for aid coordination (Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, French, Polish), 2 CRBN experts (nuclear and radiological), a team of 6 people responsible for assistance (TAST) and a coordinating officer from the MIC (the EU Civil Protection Information System). This team responds to a request from Japan, made on March 15, for coordinated European aid. Aid will be dispatched from several "hub" centers located outside or inside Japan (Seoul...). 9 Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Sweden, Slovakia) donated equipment: a total of 100.000 blankets, 11.000 jerrycans, 1300 beds, generators...