To start off, this document describes the Catalan model for emergencies response and its reference frame in terms of geography, location population…In addition, describes the main actors involved in emergencies response such as: police, the Fire and Rescue Emergency Service, the Emergency Medical System, Civil Protection, Reception and Management of Emergency Calls, Rural Agents, ADF’s and UME. Civil Protection, Firefighters and Police are includes in the training model developed by the Institute for Public Safety of Catalonia which at the same time does research in both security and safety matters. Research activities are performed by the Area for Research, Knowledge and International Cooperation at the ISPC and an example of these activities are European Research Projects such as COIM-Best (Coordination Improvement by Best Practices) and BESECU (cross-cultural differences of human behaviour in fire disasters and other crisis situations) among others.

EFSCA: European Fire Service Colleges Association http://www.efsca.org Paraules clau: Protecció Civil- Catalunya; COIM-Best; BESECU; Seguretat Pública – Catalunya; Emergències; Bombers; Policia; Institut de Seguretat Pública de Catalunya; Segments de Seguretat; Investigació d’Incendis i Explosions; Projectes Europeus de Recerca; E-learning.