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European Civil Protection Mechanism
Dr. Dimitrios Pagidas
DG ECHO - Emergency Response Unit
The EU CP Mechanism in a Nutshell
• Framework for cooperation in disaster response, preparedness and prevention
• Natural and manmade disasters, inside and outside EU
• European Commission + 32 Participating States (EU 27 +NO, LI, IS, HR, fYRoM)
Covering a wide range of disasters
• Natural disasters - Floods, earthquakes, forest fires, cyclones
• Manmade disasters - Environmental disasters (Deepwater Horizon, HU alkali sludge accident 2010) - Complex emergencies (Georgia 2008)
• Health emergencies - H1N1 crisis (medical support Bulgaria, Ukraine)
• Consular support - Terrorist attacks (medical evacuation Mumbai) - Evacuation of EU citizens from Libya and TCN from Tunisia/Egypt
EU CP Mechanism operations in 2002 Czech Republic
Floods
2002-09-05
Request handled
Assistance delivered
Greece
Flooded cave
2002-11-13
Request handled
Assistance delivered
Spain Marine
pollution(Prestige) 2002-11-13
EU observers and 1 MIC liaison officer
were deployed + other assistance
EUCPM operations 2012
ITALY
Marine pollution,
20.01-28.02.2012
(monitoring)
• EU obs. team (4
members + 1 MIC LO)
• Expert UNEP /OCHA
BULGARIA – Flooding
in winter time,
07.02-21.02.2012
RFA
- Assistance from BE,
DE, HU, IT, PL, RO
(sandbags, dryers,
winterized tents)
Montenegro – snow
storm,
13.-29.02.2012
Early warning, request
for assistance
GR and SI - helicopters
Albania – snowfalls, low
temperatures,
16.02-08.03.2012
LX offered helicopter,
EC transport co-financing
RoCongo – ammunition
explosion,
05.03-02.04.2012
-EUCPT (BE, FR, MIC LO)
- structural engineers: FR, NL
Comoros islands – Flash
floods 27.04-14.05
Request for assistance
UNDAC team
Monitoring status: S-E Europe - Severe Cold Conditions (06.02-30.03); Italy – severe winter conditions (10-22.02); Italy-Earthquakes Emilia Romagna (20-24.05, 29.05-
22.06); Bulgaria-Explosion (05-09.06, 18-20.07); Spain - Forest Fires (29.06-09.07.2012); Syria – civil unrest (on going); Italy – earthquake Calabria (26.10-05.11.2012); US –
tropical cyclone Sandy (30.10-09.11.2012); France – tropical cyclone Evan (16-24.12.2012).
Pre-alert (early warning message) status: Mexico – earthquake (20-27.03.2012); Pakistan – Avalanche (07-12.04); Indonesia – Earthquake 8.7M / tsunami (11-12.04);
Guatemala – earthquake (12-28.11.2012); Philippines – tropical cyclone Bopha (30.11-18.12.2012).
Requests for assistance: not followed by delivering assistance or deploying experts through the Mechanism: Slovakia - Severe Cold Conditions (04.02-07.02), Slovenia –
forest fires (10-13.08.2012); Chad – floods (11-23.10.2012); Haiti - tropical cyclone Sandy (01-16.11.2012); Nigeria – floods (15-29.11.2012); Fiji - tropical cyclone Evan (17-
21.12.2012).
Greece– Forest fires
16-20.06.2012
IT and HR: Canadairs
BULGARIA – Forest
fires 02-25.07.2012
RO offered a heli –
deployment cancelled
due to weather
Montenegro-Forest
fires
14.07-01.08.2012
Request for assistance
aerial FF means
-HR offered 2 FF
helicopters
Greece– Forest fires Patras,
Megalopolis
18-20.07.2012; 08-10.08.2012
Request for assistance aerial FF
means
Syrian refugees in Jordan
-On 14 Sep JO ask for intl'
assistance (financial and in-
kind) for extend the Za'atri
refugee camp
-Since May THW (DE) are
present in JO for HUM mission
and in June IT donated a field
medical hospital to JO
-- in-kind offers were sent by SK,
NO, LUX, AT
-- an Assessement EUCPT was
sent in JO on 24 SEP
Turkey – Syrian refugees
camps
Request for assistance.
-In kind assistance AT, FR, HU.
Offer from SE–not implemented
-Financial assistance SK, NO,
ECHO
Portugal-Forest fires
14.07-01.08.2012
Request for assistance
aerial FF means
-ES offered 2 FF
airplanes
- FR sent 2 EU funded
FF airplanes (ACR5)
BIH – forest fires
23-30.08.2012
Request for assistance
aerial FF means
-HR offered 1 FF
airplane
- EMERCOM offered 1
helicopter
Albania – forest fires,
06.08-12.09.2012
SI – heli, IT – 2 Canadair
Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC)
• 24/7 on call (DG ECHO staff)
• "One-stop-shop“
• Key operational roles:
• Monitoring -Early warning and alert. -Satellite images (GMES).
• Information
-ECHO Info Products. -CECIS (over 300 experts, 149 modules and 10 TAST).
• Coordination:
-of requests/offers through CECIS -through regular videoconferences with MS during emergencies (e.g. forest fires, floods) -Deployment of EU CP Teams. -UN and other partners. -Transport facilitation.
Coordination
Detection and alerting tools
GDACS: Global Disaster Alert And Coordination System
EFAS: Floods forecasting and Flood alerts
Weather monitoring EFFIS: Fires forecasting
Monitoring
EFFIS: Fires forecasting
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Products
CECIS: Common Emergency Communication and Information System
ECHO/MIC Portal
ECHO Flash
ECHO Crisis Reports
www.europa.eu/echo
Informing
Technical support – Copernicus - GMES Mapping Service
Validation
Rush mode products
• On demand
• Standardized
• Hours-days
Reference maps
Disaster response maps
Non-rush mode products
• On demand
• Standard base widely
adaptable to user requests
• Weeks-months
Reference maps
Pre-disaster situation maps
Reference maps
Post-disaster situation maps
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Technical support – GIO EMS Mapping
2012 FF season GIO EMS - Mapping
The GIO EMS Mapping service was activated for satellite images (through the MIC):
1. Hungary – Kiskun (3/5)
2. Spain – Valencia (3/7)
3. Bulgaria – Vitosha (3/7 - cancelled)
4. Portugal – Algavre (19/7)
5. Spain – Girone Catalonia (23/7)
6. Romania – Brasov /Arges (26/7)
7. Italy – Gravina (7/8)
8. Spain – La Gomera (14/8)
9. Greece – Chios (28/8 non rush mode)
2012 FF Season summary
Over the 2012 forest and wild fires season the EU CP Mechanism received 9 requests for assistance regarding forest fire related emergencies:
• Greece (3 times)
• Bulgaria
• Portugal
• Slovenia
• Albania
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Montenegro
Spain pre-alerted the CP Mechanism by opening an information transmission mode case in CECIS
Albania Activation: 6 August / renewed on 27 Request: Aerial Forest FF planes and/or helicopters Slovenia offered 1 helicopter (COM co-financed 50% the transport cost ) IT offered 2 planes; TK offered 1 plane; EMERCOM offered 1 helicopter (not accepted) Closure:12 September
Greece Activation: 18 July, Patras Request:2 Aerial FF Modules / activation ACR 5 No offer was made MIC requested the deployment of the ACR5 ACR5 was not deployed Closure: 19 July
2012 Forest fire season – CP Mechanism Activations Montenegro
Activation: 14 July/ renewed on 16 Request: Forest FF helicopters HR offered 2 helicopters DE offered 2 helicopters (not accepted) Closure: 25 July
Bulgaria Activation: 2 July, Vitosha Request:1 Aerial FF planes module RO offered 1 helicopter (Due to the improved situation the offer was not accepted) Closure: 4 July
Slovenia Activation: 10 August, near city of Koper Request: Aerial Forest FF means Italy offered 1 helicopter on bilateral basis Closure: 13 August
Portugal Activation : 3 September Request:2 Aerial FF Modules using planes/ activation ACR 5 MIC requested the deployment of the ACR5 and FR deployed 1 module ES offered 1 module; The deployment of the ACR 5 project was extended Closure : 8 September
Bosnia and Herzegovina Activation: 22 August/ renewed on 9 Sept Request: Aerial Forest FF means HR offered 1+2 planes COM co-financed 50% the transport cost EMERCOM (through MIC) offered one helicopter Closure: 12 September
Spain Pre-alert Date: 29 June, Corte de Pallas (Valencia) No assistance was requested – the CECIS case was just for information transmission. Closure: 9 July
Greece Activation: 8 August, Megalopolis Request: 2 Aerial FF Modules with planes No offer was made MIC requested the ACR5 deployment ACR5 was not deployed Closure: 10 August
Greece Activation: 16 June, Keratea/ Attica Request: 2 Aerial FF Modules / ACR 5 activation IT offered 2 airplanes (COM co-financed 50% the transport cost ) HR offered one airplane MIC requested the ACR5 deployment ACR5 was not deployed BG offered one helicopter (not accepted) Closure: 20 June
2013 FF Season Preparations:
• FF meeting – 25 April
• The new ERC
• The new MIC Portal
• ECHO Daily Flash
• EFFIS
• Information analysis and dissemination
• JRC/EFFIS reports
• Copernicus-GMES-EMS Mapping Service
• FF table top Ex
• Weekly VC
• Forest Fire Bulletin
• FF Experts training
Emergency Response Centre (ERC)
Develop the MIC/ERC into a genuine 24/7 response centre
Links also with HA authorities to provide the full picture
Planning of operations (adding pre-planned ‘layer’)
Shift from ad hoc to pre-planned, pre-arranged and predictable system European Emergency Response Capacity (Voluntary Pool) Contingency planning (incl. scenarios, mapping of assets) Quality requirements for the Pool; trainings/exercises
Continuing ad hoc assistance (CP as it works today)
EU co-finance for transport Revised conditionality for transport funding Streamlined / simplified procedures
New Legislative Proposal
Expected outcomes
Greater focus on quality
e.g., certification of modules for the pool
Greater focus on needs-based approach
linking transport funding to verified needs
Greater focus on predictability
Voluntary pool – can predict/know what will be available when needed
can rely on/plan/train this ‘nucleus of assets’
Greater focus on cost-effectiveness
better coordination/complementarities
better logistics/pooling of transport
economies of scale, local procurement
THANK YOU!