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Offering an integrated vision of the emergency system, with the aim of quickly and effectively managing rescue in hostile contexts. This will be the guiding principle of the 24th edition of “REAS”, scheduled from 3 to 5 October at the Centro Fiera Montichiari (BS). Thanks to the partnership between Centro Fiera Montichiari, Hannover Fairs International GmbH and INTERSCHUTZ 2026, the most important global event dedicated to the safety sector held in Hannover, REAS is counting on the participation at the fair of the main players in the fire prevention, civil protection, first aid, aids for people with disabilities and workplace safety sectors. Each edition attracts 30 thousand buyers, operators and volunteers from Italy and abroad to Montichiari.

Although it is divided into macro exhibition sectors that make the visit to the fair more accessible, the International Exhibition for Rescue, Fire Fighting, Disaster Relief and Securitypromotes an increasingly integrated vision of emergency management. In complex disaster situations, the effectiveness of relief is linked to the coordination capacity of individual teams, each called to operate in a specific phase of the intervention protocol. For specialized operators and volunteers, therefore, a trade fair is attractive not only for the relevance of the exhibition part but also for the content offered. The fair also constitutes a valuable moment of dialogue and discussion “in person”, in which to test operational protocols and debate the main current issues.

“At REAS, the exhibition offering goes hand in hand with the content offering,” explains Ezio Zorzi, director of the Centro Fiera Montichiari. “Visiting the fair is a way to evaluate innovative technologies and services for the emergency sector and, at the same time, it is an opportunity to access high-level training content that involves Institutions, State Bodies and Associations with a leading role in the national emergency management protocol.”

On the exhibition front, the 2025 edition of REAS confirms the growth trend of companies in the fire-fighting sector. The participation of leading companies in the sector is increasing in quantitative terms, also with exhibition spaces and outdoor test areas that constitute an additional opportunity to exhibit large vehicles and propose product simulations. The growth of the exhibition part is accompanied by that of the conference offering. Even in the program of seminars, conferences and workshops proposed at the fair, in fact, the share of events that focus on fire prevention issues, in particular forest fire prevention, is increasing. Climate change and the consequent recrudescence of forest fires in Europe and around the world make it essential to intensify monitoring and prevention activities, making the most of new technologies related to drones and data processing, in which artificial intelligence will also play an increasingly decisive role. REAS 2025 will be an opportunity to take stock of the situation, combining scientific research and field applications.

As every year, the panel of training events and conferences will be proposed in collaboration with institutions, universities, research centers and associations in the sector.

For over twenty years, combining the exhibition offering with a proposal of high-level training content for those working in the emergency sector has been one of the main objectives of “REAS”. The 2025 edition, scheduled for 3 to 5 October at Centro Fiera Montchiari (Italy), is heading towards a sell-out with the presence at the fair of the most important national players for fire prevention, civil protection, ambulance and first aid sectors, aids for people with disabilities and safety at work. In these weeks, the organization of the program of events at the fair that focus on training also comes to life.

Every year, in fact, volunteers and operators from all over Italy visit the International Exhibition for Rescue, Fire Fighting, Disaster Relief and Security to take stock of products, services and technological innovations for the emergency sector, but also to choose from the numerous opportunities for updating offered by the collateral events. The 2024 edition offered a broad and detailed program, with 44 conferences, workshops and training events and with over 100 speakers involved. Every year, therefore, for those who work in the various areas of emergency management, REAS confirms itself as a valuable event to refine their technical knowledge.

“The topic of training has always played a key role for REAS – says Ezio Zorzi, director of Centro Fiera Montichiari – In view of the October edition, we are working on the program of conferences, seminars, workshops and demonstrations to be hosted during the days of the fair. Like every year, institutions and associations that actively participate in the national emergency management protocol will be involved and choose REAS to propose training initiatives to a qualified audience of operators and volunteers from all over Italy.”

The opportunities for meeting and dialogue are one of the added values ​​of REAS, an event that offers a complete overview of the most innovative technologies and services for the emergency sector. During the days at the fair, buyers, operators and business delegations have the opportunity to have direct contact with production and commercial companies that constantly invest in innovation and choose the annual event in Montichiari to launch new lines of products and services. In the pavilions of the fairgrounds, already close to sold-out, it will be possible to evaluate new vehicles and equipment for interventions in areas hit by natural disasters, special vehicles capable of operating in flooded or earthquake-stricken areas, drones and tracked robots for searching for missing persons, new-generation sensors for monitoring rivers and volcanoes, ambulances equipped with life-saving equipment and communication systems for connections between operational centres and rescuers. Increasing visibility is given to the fire-fighting sector with latest-generation vehicles and equipment that will find space both in the exhibition pavilions and in the external area. Furthermore, the proposals related to first aid are growing with emergency vehicles and innovative aids for people with disabilities.

REAS is a fair that attracts more and more visitors from abroad too. For over ten years, the partnership between Centro Fiera Montichiari and Hannover Fairs International GmbH has contributed to increasing the awareness of the REAS brand at an international level, encouraging an increase in visits by buyers from abroad. The link between REAS and INTERSCHUTZ, the most important world fair dedicated to the safety sector held every five years in Hannover, is increasingly strategic in a historical phase in which, also in the context of emergency management, collaboration at a European level is expected to be one of the great challenges of the coming years.