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Flood Prevention& Response
Dutch policy P. Glerum
Former Deputy HeadNational
Operations Centre-
ProjectmanagerEU-Floodex &EU WaterSave
10-04-23
Civil Protection in the Netherlands•Civil protection policy: national responsibility
•25 safety regions responsible for disaster relief management, each in their own region;
– Fire services, Police services, Health services are assigned to regions
•Reinforcement of the regions disaster relief forces is coordinated by the National Operations Centre;
– Assets are mainly coming from (not affected) regions, (national) rescue organisations and the Army
•New development;– National Command and Control on disaster relief in case of
large scale (national) disaster
10-04-23
ROT
PCC
RPT
MPT/IPT
NCC NOC
Den Haag Driebergen
National Interdepartmental Preparation en Coordination;-Policy-Operations-Communications & Information
Provincial Coordination Centre-Authorised to give directives -In actual practise; no role
Local incident
Regional Policy and Operations Team-Disaster relief
Crisis management in the Netherlands
National Policy Decisions
Flood risk policy in the Netherlands
After 1953•Focus on prevention
The last few yearsDue to climate change and risk analysis•Spatial planning•Disaster management
Enhancement by Taskforce Management on flooding
Flood risk in the Netherlands
Legal Safety Level
20000 miles²
16.000.000 inhabitants
800 persons per mile²
25 safety regions
Cabinets’ Taskforce Flood Management2007-2008
- Governmental awareness after Katrina + Cab. research- Safest delta in the world but no 100% safety guarantee- Governmental operational preparedness not sufficient- More balance prevention/preparation to mitigate effects of flood (safety chain) - Preparation on national scale; based on safety regions- Installed by the Cabinet (BZK/V&W; 06-08)
Kop- en Voettekst regel 2
Cabinets’ Taskforce Flood Management
•Develop credible realistic scenario’s
•support regional planning
•Provide cooperation government and water management
•Raise a national expertnetwork
•Develop strategies on:- Risk and Crisis Communication- Recovery
Exercise on a national level
Flood risk in The Netherlands
Worst Credible
Flood coast
Evacuation is preferable
Hurricane
C+C
Mono disciplinair
T+..T+1T0T-1T-2T-3T-4T-5T-10..6
reinstall command and control
Filled roads
Winds to strong
preparing
Making choices
T+..T+1T0T-1T-2T-3T-4T-5T-10..6
Evacuating everybody
Evacuating vulnerable
No evacuationCtirical path
Time of selfsufficiency?
Noord Holland Noord
Flevoland
Zeeland
Rotterdam Rijnmond
Haaglanden
Kennemerland
GroningenFryslân
Amsterdam Amstelland
Hollands Midden
Zaanstreek Waterland
91584 61056
9158 67162
72122 42358
190.609 44711
210.643 81917
46526 7574
13929 41976 24320 25312
29312 84
95909 88531
15188 201.052
Aantal personen in gebied met grotere waterdiepte / stroomsnelheidAantal personen in gebied met geringere waterdiepteEffectgebiedenOnderstroomgebieden
D 0 D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5
Verdrinken
D -1
Stormletsel
Onderkoeling Uitdroging Verhongeren
INFECTIEZIEKTES
D 0 D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5
Verdrinken
D -1
Stormletsel
Onderkoeling Uitdroging Verhongeren
INFECTIEZIEKTES
72 h self sufficiency
Resulta succesfull evacuation means 80% of the inhabitants are evacuated
in many situatuations evacuation is not possible solution: vertical evacuation
There is still a lot of people who need to be rescued.
A large scale rescue operation is nescesary..
SA Gilze-Rijen1x Bam (ICMS)1x HF 1x DARESpost (backup)
SA Amersfoort1x Bam (ICMS)1x HF 1x DARESpost (backup)
SA Assen1x Bam (ICMS)1x HF 1x DARESpost (backup)
LOCC Driebergen1x Bam (ICMS)47x DARESpost (backup)
Module (20x)1x HF 1x Remote client
Operations concept
Conclusion
• National command is necesarryStrategical operational lead
• International assistance is necesarry• To house evacuated people• To assist in the rescue operation.
Capabilities
Water based search and rescue units
Looking at the number of people, air assets are important but not a large contribution for the rescue of people
Flood Rescue ModuleCompliant with EUmodule FRMBCapable of fulfilling the tasks:
SearchingRescuingDelivering suppliesSelfsufficient
(air transportable)
Content Module
35 persons 24 rescue workers(6 boat teams) 11 command and support staff
Comparable whit M-USAR team Each country 2 boatteams and 4 staff
Thank you for your attention
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