ECPFE is involved in all aspects of prevention as well as in the development of practical ways of managing earthquakes. European Centre for Research into Techniques for Informing Populations in Emergency Situations/Centre Européen de Recherche sur les Techniques d’Information de la Population dans les Situations d’Urgences/Centro Europeo de Investigacion de técnicas de información a la poblacion en Situaciones de Emergencia (CEISE), Madrid, Spain. Its work concerns methods of informing the public in emergency situations.