Italian Seismic Sequences: Year 2000, the Emergency Phase in Romagna

This study is aimed at the identification of the institutional and social decisions that increase the resilience of the communities exposed at risk, by analysing observations during seismic sequences occurred in Italy in the last decades. Extensive surveys were carried out to rebuild the entire seismic phase with the documentation collected by the scientific/authority entities and the media/press review database. The April-May 2000 seismic swarm affecting the Faenza-Forli districts is used as case-study, enabling the identification of the emergency response techniques and means that were utilized to cope with the seismic storm in each coeval and/or collateral situation. Several practical and still useful lessons emerging from the past have been drawn.