Streamlining Crisis Response | A Wagtail CMS Case Study

This video features Maarten Kling at Wagtail Space 2026 .

Streamlining Crisis Response | A Wagtail CMS Case Study
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Published March 13, 2024
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Veiligheidsregio Utrecht (VRU), an emergency response organization in the Netherlands, collaborated with the Wagtail agency Four Digits to streamline their emergency response communications through a custom Wagtail CMS platform. This platform features a customized incident management system and a mobile-optimized interface that helps the VRU communicate promptly and effectively with the public during emergencies. In this video, Maarten Kling from Four Digits gives you a behind-the-scenes look into this innovative Wagtail CMS project.

You can learn more about Four Digits here: https://www.fourdigits.nl

You can learn more about the project in Maarten's blog post here: https://wagtail.org/blog/how-we-used-wagtail-to-streamline-crisis-response-for-veiligheidsregio-utrecht/

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What will I learn from this video?

In this short video, Maarten Kling from Four Digits will walk you through the back end of a Wagtail CMS project they built for Veiligheidsregio Utrecht (VRU), an emergency response organization in the Netherlands. He'll show you how people can use the platform during a crisis to deliver accurate information to people at the scene of an emergency. You'll see how the Wagtail website serves as a central hub for managing information and how it saves emergency responders time by providing one place where they can send communications out through social media and other channels.

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