Since its creation the mechanism has been activated over 150 times to assist countries from inside and outside the EU for very different types of disaster ranging from storms, floods and earthquakes to forest fires and drought.
Alates loomisest on see mehhanism aktiveeritud rohkem kui 150 korral, et abistada riike ELis või väljaspool ELi väga erinevate katastroofide puhul alates tormidest, üleujutustest ja maavärinatest metsatulekahjude ja põuani.