European Community Civil Protection Mechanism · - 2 Canadairs . FR: 2 Can. CL-415 - monitor the...

No. Country Type of disaster Date of

activation / status

Date of closure Scale of disaster Requested

assistance Offered & accepted MIC action / outcome Coordination / Remarks

2007

1 INDONESIA Floods

05.02.2007 (no CECIS) Pre-alert (early warning)

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- heavy flooding in Jakarta, Bekasi and Tangerang - 9 dead, 150.000 displaced, over 75.000 houses flooded

- no request for assistance, but Govt. welcomed any international assistance

- - monitor the situation - maintain close contact with ECHO and RELEX

- coordination with OCHA

2 BOLIVIA Floods

23.02.2007 Request for assistance

22.03.2007

- over 350.000 people affected - 26 dead - worst flood in 25 years

- experts for evaluation in water and sanitation - primary needs (water, shelter, logistics)

- technical assistance team -AT: medicines, mosquito protection, hygiene kits

- on 28.02.2007 a MIC technical assistance team (2DE,SE) was deployed - Additional experts deployed: 06.03.2007 coordination expert (ES) / 07.03.2007 two DE expert with a mobile lab for testing water quality - the team split in order to cover most affected regions (Beni, Pando and La Paz) - The experts returned home in sequences, the last ones on 02 April

- coop with UNICEF and OCHA - support from ECHO and RELEX

3 INDONESIA Earthquake

07.03.2007 (no CECIS) Monitoring

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- quake of mag 6,3, depth 30km struck in West Sumatra - 69 killed, 46 injured in the first instances

- -

- monitor the situation - inform and exchange information with PS - liaise with OCHA

- UNDAC issued a pre alert as well

4 MONGOLIA Sodium Cyanide spill

16.05.2007 Pre-alert (early warning)

- NaCN spill potentially affecting 6000 people and 60000 animals

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- MIC has been approached by UNEP - alert PS to consider what assistance may be available in case of a request - monitor the situation

- MN decided not to request assistance

5 GREECE Forest fires 27.06.2007 02.07.2007 - extreme weather

conditions - 4 Canadairs - 3 heavy duty

IT: 2 Can. CL-415

- IT depl. on 28.06 / diseng. 30.06 -

European Community Civil Protection Mechanism Activations overview 01.01.2007 – 31.12.2012


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Request for assistance

- over 120 active forest fires - several active bush fires

helicopters FR: 2 Can. CL-415 PT: 1 Can. CL-215 ES: 2 Can. CL-215

- FR depl. on 28.06 / diseng. 02.07 - PT and ES deployed on 29.06 / disengaged 03.07 - 514 fires were extinguished - areas most affected: Thessaly, Sterea, Attika, and Peloponnesus in East - Central and South of Greece

6 CYPRUS Forest fires

● 29.06.2007 Pre-alert ● 29.06.2007 Request for assistance

02.07.2007

- FF burning area over 20 sq.km. - several villages threatened

- aerial FF (Canadairs + helicopters)

- monitor the situation - inform and exchange information with PS

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7 GREECE Forest fires


09.07.2007

- extreme weather conditions - two big fires broke out in Attiki and Neohori regions

- 6 Canadairs - 3 helicopters

IT: 2 Can. CL-415


- DE also offered a helicopter (private) / not accepted

8 CYPRUS Forest fires


17.07.2007

- extreme weather conditions - two big fires broke out in Kalavasos and close to Nicosia

- 2 Canadairs or helicopters

GR: 1 Can. CL-415

- monitor the situation - GR Canadair was deployed on 17.07 in the morning - inform and exchange information with PS

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23.07.2007

- extreme weather conditions - several active fires in Peloponnese

- 6 Canadairs - 4 helicopters

FR: 2 Can. CL-415

- monitor the situation - FR Canadair were deployed on 20.07 - inform and exchange information with PS

- DE also offered a helicopter (private) / not accepted - on 23.07 a GR plane crashed / 2 pilots dead

10 ITALY Forest fires 20.07.2007 Monitoring

22.07.2007 - severe weather conditions - - - monitor the situation -

11 BULGARIA Forest fires


01.08.2007

- extreme weather conditions - over 300 fires, approx. 1.000.000 ha affected

- 2 Canadairs - 4 helicopters with bamby bucket

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- liaise with BG authorities - inform PS about the evolution of the situation - no offers from PS due to ff threat

- RU offered an aircraft / accepted

12 ITALY Forest fires


27.07.2007 - severe forest fires situation - -

- IT requested on a bilateral basis (FIRE 4) 2 Can to FR and 4 Can to ES - both FR and ES offered help - inform and exchange

- on 23.07 a IT plane crashed / 1 pilot dead


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information with PS

13 fYROM Forest fires


08.08.2007 - severe forest fires situation

- 3 Canadairs - 2 bambi bucket - self protection items (masks, suits, etc) - fire fighting equipment

SI: 1 heli HE 412-B NO: 30 boots, 90 gloves, 15 helmets, 34 water pumps, 331 hoses DE: 150 hoes, 200 axes, 50 saws SE: ff equipment, extinguishing foam PL: 1100 pc fire hoses, 4 tons foam concentrate, ff equipment LT: 30 breathing app., 2000 masks, 100 ropes, 500 axes

- monitor the situation - facilitate the delivery of the assistance - inform and exchange information with PS

- DE also offered 1 tank for heli / not accepted

14 ALBANIA Forest fires


14.08.2007

- severe forest fires situation combined with extreme weather conditions

- 3 Canadairs - 2 helicopters - protection equipment

IT: 2 Can. CL-415 CZ: 120 boots, 120 gloves DE: 2 helicopters

- IT has been awarded with a Transport Grant - inform and exchange information with PS

- GR also offered 2 Can / not accepted



01.08.2007

- extreme weather conditions - several active fires in Central GR and Evia

- 4 Canadairs -

- monitor the situation - RU offered an aircraft BE 200 and 2 M-8 / accepted - inform and exchange information with PS

- DE also offered 2 helicopters (on pay) / not accepted

16 ITALY Forest fires 05.08.2007 Monitoring

08.08.2007 - several active forest fires - - - monitor the situation -

17 PERU Earthquake


24.08.2007 - 610 killed, 1042 injured, 33.672 houses destroyed

- watsan - power gen. - water tanks - experts for electricity and telecomm.

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- on 18.08.2007 a MIC assessment team (ES, FR, AT, PT, MIC) was deployed - liaise with the team on the ground - coordination with DG ECHO on site - DE, LUX, MA, SK offered assistance but not delivered due to lack of transport - inform and exchange information with PS

- cooperation with OCHA - IT, ES, BE, SE sent bilateral assistance

18 ITALY Forest fires


27.08.2007 - several active forest fires in S of IT

- 2 Canadairs FR: 2 Can. CL-415


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19 ALBANIA Forest fires 24.08.2007 07.09.2007 - extreme weather - 2 Canadairs - - IT has been awarded with a - exchange of


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conditions - several active fires

Transport Grant - inform and exchange information with PS

information with NATO/EADRCC - DE also offered 2 helicopters (private) / accepted



05.09.2007

- extreme weather conditions - several active fires in Peloponnese

- 8 Canadairs

AT: 2 heli Bell 212, 3 PC6 planes CY: 145 firefighters, 14 engines FR: 4 Can. CL-415 DE: 3 heli 5000l HU: 2 fire engines IT: 1 Can. CL-415 NL: 2 heli Cougar NO: 1 heli Bell 214B1 PT: 1 Can. CL-215 RO: 1 heli MI-17 SI: 1 heli ES: 4 Can. CL-415 SE: 1 heli (on cost)

- monitor the situation - facilitate the contact between different PS offering assistance - inform and exchange information with PS

- CZ, FI, DE, PL, SE also offered different items as assistance / not accepted

21 PARAGUAY Forest fires


17.09.2007

- several active forest fires in San Pedro and Conception

- aerial means - fire fighters - tools and equipment for ff - communication - transport assets

- - monitor the situation - liaise with affected country - inform PS

- emergency not followed due to situation improvements (heavy rain) - IT positively responded

22 SLOVENIA Flash floods and landslides

19.09.2007 Monitoring

03.10.2007 - severe floods due to heavy rainfall - 6 victims reported

- - - monitor the situation - liaise with affected country - inform PS

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23 MEXICO Floods

04.11.2007 Early warning message (pre-alert)

10.12.2007

- 1 dead, 3 missing, 2578 displaced - up to 80% of the state overflowed

- no civil protection items requested

- - monitor the situation - maintain close contact with ECHO and RELEX

- some MS provided assistance on a bilateral basis


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- worst flood in 50 years

24 UKRAINE Oil spill (Marine Pollution)


10.12.2007

- strong storm in the Black Sea, waves 5 m high - 4 cargo ships sunk - 6 vessels stranded - 2 tanker ships wrecked - 1300 t oil spill - 6800 t industrial sulfur

- via EMSA -

- on 18.11.2007 a MIC assessment team (DK, LV, PT, FR, IT, RELEX, MIC) was deployed in Kiev - monitor the situation - liaise with EMSA - contacts with the Russian and Ukrainian authorities following the procedures agreed within the Administrative Arrangements concluded with both countries. - team ended the mission on 24.11.2007

- good coord with EMSA, Black Sea Commission, EC Delegations

25 SOUTH KOREA Oil spill (Marine Pollution)


24.12.2007 - 10.000 t oil spill

- experts on shore cleaning - cleaners (rock and sand)

- experts

- on 15.12.2007 a joint UNEP/MIC assessment team (4 UN, FR, DK, EMSA, MIC) was deployed in Seoul - monitor the situation - liaise with UNEP/OCHA - contacts with KR authorities - team ended the mission on 22.12.2007

- significant media attention

26 NORWAY Oil spill (Marine Pollution)


19.12.2007 - 3840 t oil spill - -

- monitor the situation - activate the Charter for satellite imagery - liaise with EMSA - contacts with NO authorities

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2008

27 KYRGYZSTAN Earthquake


14.01.2008

- mag 5,6 struck at 30 km from the town Osh - over 9.000 people have been displaced - 990 destroyed houses

- 500 winterised tents - 500 heating devices

AT: 20 w. tents (10 pax) + 20 heating devices SK: 25 w. tents (10 pax) + 1000 items of warm clothing SE: 90 w. tents (5-8 pax) with kerosene heaters UK: 400 w. tents (6 pax)

- on 07.01.2008 a MIC coordination and assessment expert (AT/SI) was deployed on site - liaise with the team on the ground - close contact with the EC Delegation in Kyrgyzstan which exchanges information on a regular basis with the Ministry of Emergencies - inform and exchange information with PS - MIC expert ended his mission on 11.01.2008

- cooperation with ECHO, OCHA - NO donated 120 w. tents, dispatched from the UN warehouse in Brindisi - BG offered 20 tents +20 heaters but due to the harsh winter conditions and lack transport the offer was withdrawn

28 MOZAMBIQUE Floods 08.01.2008 22.04.2008 - over 100.000 - - - monitor the situation -


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Pre-alert (early warning)

people evacuated - MZ declared red alert for floods

- inform the PS accordingly - information exchange with UN who closely monitor the situation

29 BOLIVIA Floods


26.02.2008

- 48 dead, - 246.000 people affected - worse that 2007 floods

- experts wat-san - water purification/filters

- technical assistance team -AT: 216 water purifier units

- on 04.02.2008 a MIC technical assessment team (SE, AT, MIC) was deployed - mission ended on 16.02.2008, duration 23 days

- close coop with ECHO and UNICEF

30 GREECE Earthquake


18.02.2008

- mag 6,5 struck the moderated populated region of Peloponnese - no casualties - no significant damages

- -

- contact GR authorities to get reliable information - inform and exchange information with PS

- information exchange with OCHA

31 ECUADOR Floods


21.03.2008

- over 100.000 people are in need of immediate assistance - 19 dead - worst flood in 25 years

- coordination and assessment team - technical advice to update plans

- MIC team

- on 10.03.2008 a MIC coordination and assessment team (FR, AT, SE, DE, MIC) was deployed - mission ended on 18.02.2008, duration 9 days

- coop with UNDAC team

32 ALBANIA Ammunition blast


03.04.2008

- 7.000 tons of explosives detonated - 5 killed and at least 200 injured

- -

- monitor the situation - inform the PS accordingly - information exchange with UN who closely monitor the situation

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33 MYANMAR Tropical Cyclone NARGIS-08


13.06.2008

- over 133.000 deaths - 2,5 mio people affected

- coordination and assessment team - tents, water p., mosquito nets, emergency health kits

- rubber boats

-AT: shelter items, 20 rubber boats, 1 emergency health kit (10K pax), -SE: 144 tents (10pax), 720 blankets, 144 tarpaulins, 3 w.p. units -DE: 4 w.p. module, mobile lab, -DK: 3 w.p. module -BE: 1 w.p. unit, 10 health kits, 4000 plastic sheets, 10000 jerricans -FR: 1000 tons of relief items (navy) -ES: 12 tons of relief items -UK: shelter, watsan, boats (22 flights in total) -HU: medicines worth 16K €

- on 14.05.2008 a MIC coordination and assessment team (2SE, 2MIC) was deployed - SE dispatched on 14.05, 1 expert to reinforce the MIC - facilitate the entry into country - working closely with EC Delegation in Thailand (resp for Myanmar) - mission ended on 21.05.2008, duration 7 days (team was pulled out due to visa extension problems)

- SK has offered 20 tents and 10.000 raincoats but no transport found -several PS contributed financially: UK, CY, ES, CZ, GR, SI, NO, FR, HU


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34 CHINA Earthquake


27.06.2008

- mag 7,8 struck the SW China, affecting 8 provinces - 22.000 deaths - massive damage

- first-aid kits, tents, power gen, filed hospitals, medical equipment, Medicines, seismic expertise

- AT, BE, CZ, DE, ES, FR, HU, IE, IT, LU, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, SE, SK, SI, UK offered in-kind assistance

- on 17.05.2008 a MIC coordination and assessment team (IT, UK, MIC) was deployed - on 25.05.2008 a second MIC team (UK, MIC) was deployed – handover from the 1st - MIC facilitated the delivery of 20.544 tents, more than 40.000 blankets and many other relief items. - the 2 EUCP team deployed to Chengdu facilitated the handling of more than 20 relief flights from EU

- coop with ECHO, RELEX, UN

35 ICELAND Earthquake 29.05.2008 Information message

05.06.2008

- on 29.05, at 3:46 PM UTC, Iceland experienced a 6.1 quake, depth of 2km,

- 2 villages were seriously damaged

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- keep PS informed - facilitated the attempt to activate the Charter for satellite images

36 SWEDEN Forest fires 02.06.2008 Pre-alert (early warning)

04.06.2008 - big forest fire in the NW of Hudiksvall, SE

- enquiry to PS to see what may be available in case of a request

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- keep PS informed - facilitated the contact with different PS which offered aerial fire fighting capacity (GR, DE, IT, FI)

37 ITALY Severe weather conditions


13.06.2008

- heavy rains have caused small landslides and limited floods in the provinces of Torino and Aosta

- - - keep PS informed

38 GREECE Earthquake 08.06.2008 Monitoring the situation

12.06.2008 - 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the western Greece

- one dead, 30 injured people and several damages to buildings

- - keep PS informed

39 NORWAY Forest fires 13.06.2008 Pre-alert (early warning)

16.06.2008

- big forest fire in Froland municipality - 2000 ha burned

- enquiry to PS to see what may be available in case of a request

-

- keep PS informed - facilitated the contact with different PS which offered aerial fire fighting capacity (CZ, DE, IT, FR)

40 PHILIPPINES Storm

04.07.2008 Request for assistance - updated (new req) on 04.08.2008

29.08.2008

- The Princess of the Starts ferry sunk on 21.06.2008 following the typhoon Fengshen - 56 out of more

- expertise in handling toxic substances - environmental and biological sampling and testing

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- formal request for MIC contribution from UNEP-OCHA - contacts with PS to identify experts to be deployed in an environmental mission - on 10.07.2008 a MIC coordination and assessment

joint MIC-UN rapid environmental assessment


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than 850 passengers survived the disaster. - 100.000 litres of fuel spilled into the sea

- NEW req: physical oceonagraphy, chemistry and vessel safety audit

team (FR, SE, MIC) was deployed - contacts with IMO (International Maritime Organisation) which provided a salvage expert - mission ended on 19.07.2008, duration 9 days

41 GREECE Forest fires 24.07.2008 Request for assistance

28.07.2008

- more than 10.000m2 of burned forest fires in Rhodes

- 5 Canadair CL-415

- FR: 2 Can. CL-415 - IT: 2 Can. CL-415 - CY: 1 Heli Ka-32

- keep monitoring the evolution of fires - offered means were operational very quickly by PS - facilitated the contact with different PS which offered aerial fire fighting capacity

42 UKRAINE Floods

28.07.2008 Early warning message 31.07.2008 Request for assistance

11.08.2008

Heavy rains during 23-27 July 2008 caused massive flooding in the western regions of Ukraine. Consequences: destroyed life support facilities, motor and rail ways, bridges, and agricultural lands.

- humanitarian and technical help

-AT: 5 pumps, 5 gen, 10 boats -CZ: 6 pumps, 500 slp. bags, 240 emergency clothes - EE: 6 gen, 5 boats, 100 boots, 100 rubber suits - HU: 5 pumps, 1 gen, 1 truck, 2000 sand bags, torches, others - LT: 8 pumps, 5 gen, 80 tents - PL: 25 pumps, 4 boats - SK: 5 pumps,10 tents, 1500 slp.bg

- on 04.08.2008 a MIC coordination and assessment team (DK, EE, FR) was deployed - the team assessed the situation on site in the most affected areas (Ivano – Frankivsk) - meetings in Kiev with different stakeholders - mission ended on 09.08.2008, duration 6 days

- excellent supp from EC Deleg - close contact with ECHO - EMERCOM has also provided assistance on bilateral basis

43 ROMANIA Floods


08.08.2008

- 20520 persons evacuated - 4 dead - 26349ha flooded - 145 localities affected

- 200 power generators

- 500 modular kit houses (prefabricate houses)

- 11.000m of inflatable dykes

- 66.000m2 geotextil

-AT: 14 pow.gen. -CZ: 12 pow.gen. -DK: 10 pow.gen. -LT: 5 pow.gen. -SK: 6 pow.gen. -CH:12 pow.gen. -PL: 15000m2 geotextil

- MIC monitored the floods in the affected area and in the neighbouring countries: Ukraine and Moldova - together with RO Civil protection facilitated the delivery of the assistance to Arad City (border) and to the affected areas

- good coordination among CP authorities

44 Republic of MOLDOVA Floods


21.08.2008

- 46 villages in 24 regions - 5817 people evacuated - 834 flooded houses - 99 destroyed houses

- 50 Rubber motor boats

- 40 Water pumps

- 23 Generators 5 kW - 3 Water purification units

-AT: 7 pow.gen., 5 pumps (1500l/m), 10 mot rubber boats -CZ: 6 pow.gen, 500 pairs of rubber boots, 10 small water pumps -EE: 8 gen, 1100 clothing, 510 boots, 1 pump, 3

- on 03.08.2008 a MIC coordination and assessment team (FR, UK, EE, FI, DE, MIC) was deployed - the team assessed the situation on site in the most affected areas - mission ended on 12.08.2008,

- good coop with national authorities, ECHO and UN


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- 6 regions in danger of evacuation

- 2800 Rubber boots - 180 lanterns

boats, 5 water purification kits -DE: 1 assess kit -SK: 5 gen, 5 pumps -LI: 200 rubber boots

duration 10 days

45 GEORGIA Armed conflict


12.09.2008

- over 2.000 deaths - 123.000 IDPs/refugees - severe destruction of infrastructure

- blood and blood products

- first aid kits, bandages

- tents, sleeping bags, blankets, clothes

-AT: shelter, health -CZ: medicines -EE: medicines, SAR eq -FR: shelter, fire eq -GR: shelter, medicines -HU: medicines, shelter -LT: shelter, food, medicines -LV: medicines, food, shelter -PL: medicines, shelter -RO: medicines -SE: medical eq -SK: shelter, clothing

- on 16.08.2008 a EUCP coordination and assessment team (DK, FR, UK, MIC) was deployed - state of war was declared by Georgian Parliament on 09.08.2008 - on 10.08 DG ECHO approved a 1 million EUR primary emergency decision to provide first emergency relief - FR offered transport pooling to AT and SK, arrived 22 Aug - FR was awarded with a transport Grant which amounts to 123.420 EUR - MIC liaised with other COM Services to facilitate mission accomplishment - MIC obtained satellite images from UNOSAT of the forest fires affected areas in Borjomi region - EUCP Team returned on 24.08

- The EU Presidency has confirmed that a European civil protection intervention would not be integrated in crisis management operations under Title V

46 MONTENEGRO Forest fires 20.08.2008 Request for assistance

23.07.2008 - severe fire threatening the old city of Budva

- 2 Canadair - IT: 1 Can. CL-415

- keep monitoring the evolution of fires - facilitated the collection of satellite imagery with JRC (EFFIS) - facilitated the contact with different PS which offered aerial fire fighting capacity

FR offered 2 Canadairs, declined by Montenegro due to situation improvement

47 NEPAL Floods


12.09.2008

A breach in the eastern embankment of Kosi river has caused considerable loss of life and property in the south east Tarai region of Nepal and in six districts of north

- -

- MIC has investigated with the EC Delegation in India the severity of disaster and if there is a formal request for assistance - MIC has made informal contacts with some PS to explore their willingness to provide CP assistance and assessment experts if requested

- no follow up because there was no request for assistance


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Bihar, affecting more than 2.5 million human lives.

48 HAITI

Storm Cyclones “Fay”,

“Gustave”, “Hanna” and “Ike”


03.10.2008

- 337 deaths - over 170.000 affected families - 8 out of 10 departments of the country have been affected

- financial assistance - food - logistics (metal/temporary bridges)

- AT: WP tablets, sand bags

- on 13.09.2008 a EUCP coordination and assessment team (FR, BE, IT, DE, SE, AT, MIC) was deployed - contacts were established with UN, ECHO, EC Delegation and EU Military Staff - cooperation with UNEP/OCHA on information sharing - EUCP team conducted field assessment to bridges in Mirabalais, Montrouis, Ennery and Miragoane - facilitate the provision of satellite images: DLR, JRC

-UNDAC team has been deployed - good cooperation with UN, DG ECHO and EC Del

49 BULGARIA Forest fires 06.09.2008 Request for assistance

12.09.2008

- 150 ha on fire in the mountaneous area of national park “Rila”, region Blagoevgrad

- 1 Canadair - 3 fire-fighting helicopters

- FR: 3 Can. CL-415 - ES: 2 Can. CL-415

- keep monitoring the evolution of fires - immediately explored possibilities for providing aerial ff means: PT, AT, IT, GR – no availability due to domestic ff - facilitated the collection of satellite imagery with JRC (EFFIS)

-

50 TURKS and

CAICOS ISLANDS

Storm Hurricanes “Hanna”

and “Ike”


23.09.2008

- severe flooding and significant damage to buildings and infrastructure

- waste management and debris removal expert (UNEP/OCHA)

-

- MIC was approached by UNEP/OCHA for a waste management and debris removal expert - contact the PS for a suitable expert

- good cooperation with UNEP/OCHA - request not followed

51 KYRGYZSTAN Earthquake


14.10.2008

- 6.6 magnitude earthquake - 70 deaths - 130 houses collapsed

- construction materials - 200 modular houses - food - fuel

-

- MIC considered that such request not fall under the Mechanism, so a recovery and rehabilitation instrument should be triggered - advised PS not to channel such items through Mechanism

- request not followed

52 HONDURAS Floods


10.11.2008

- heavy rains and landslides - 270000 people are affected, more than 40.000 people were evacuated

portable latrines water purification hygiene kits electric generators water pumps medicines

-

- several PS had offered experts but no assistance - contacts were established with RELEX, ECHO and EC Delegation - due to the fact that no in-kind assistance was offered, the

- ECHO prep. a recommendation to dedicate about 1.5 million Euros to Honduras and Guatemala - GR (MoFA)


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- 40 deaths - severe damage of infrastructure

experts

emergency was closed provided financial help

53 YEMEN Floods


11.11.2008

-180 deaths - over 2 000 destroyed homes - more than 10 000 displaced persons - Extensive damage to infrastructure

- 10 mobile hospitals - water purification - power gen - pumps - mobile bridges

-

- contacts were established with RELEX, ECHO and EC Delegation - cooperation with UN, information sharing - UN needs assessment was distributed to PS - due to the fact that no in-kind assistance was offered, the emergency was closed

-UNDAC team has been deployed - good cooperation with UN

54 GUATEMALA Floods


10.11.2008

- 27 communes in 4 provinces in the north of the country have been declared to be in a state of emergency - 150.000 affected

water purification food hygiene kits

-

- several PS had offered experts but no assistance - contacts were established with RELEX, ECHO and EC Delegation - due to the fact that no in-kind assistance was offered, the emergency was closed

- ES provided financial help

55 INDIA Terrorist attack

27.11.2008 Request for assistance (Mechanism activated by FRANCE)

24.12.2008

- 125 deaths - 327 injured

- Medevac of European citizens

- SE: National Air Medevac – Boeing 737 - ES: Medevac - FR: A310 (180 pax capacity)

- FR activated the Mechanism and requested Medevac for European citizens - MIC has been in contact with Presidency, EU Sitcen, EC Del - 2 experts (SE, FR) facilitated the mission coordination - MIC has dispatched a LO to the RELEX Crisis Room - video/tele conferences with COM Services

- CCA alert has been issued by FR Presidency - SE has been awarded with a Transport Grant (300.000 EUR)

56 ITALY Floods

12.12.2008 Information message

17.12.2008

- severe levels reached by Tiber river, potentially affecting the capital Rome - several areas have been flooded

- - - contact with Italian CP - information dissemination -

2009

57 Republic of MOLDOVA

Gas shortage and harsh winter conditions


17.01.2009

48.500 people without gas

- 10.000 electrical heaters

- 60 high-capacity autonomous heaters

- 45 generators (20-50kW)

- inflatable tents

AT: - 22 pcs 40KW heating units

- 5 pcs 14kVA generators - 300 blankets

- on 11.01 a MIC assessment and coordination team (SE,CZ,FR,MIC) was deployed - on 12.01 the AT assistance arrived - AT requested Community financing for the transport - 35.500 €

- cooperation and support from EC Del, ECHO, CZ Presidency - good cooperation with UNICEF


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- beds, blankets - 1000 electrical boilers

- team returned on 15.01 - TL participated in an additional 1 day assessment to Transnistria region on 16.01

58 FIJI Floods


26.01.2009

-11 deaths -10500 displaced CRED: within top 10 natural disasters for the last 30 years

- 200 water tanks, - 300.000 water purification tablets

- 1 water purification unit

-

- taking into account that considerable international assistance has been provided (UNICEF, IFRC, NGOs), the MIC does not consider a need for intervention by the Mechanism

- request not followed - FR, UK, Australia, China, New Zealand provided financial assistance

59 GAZA Strip Armed conflict


11.02.2009

- over 1.300 people killed - -

- monitor the situation since 08.01.2009 - inform the PS accordingly - on 20.01 dispatch a fact-finding mission (2 MIC LO) to Jerusalem to work with EC Del (RELEX) and ECHO. Outcomes: • no need for additional civil protection assistance. • very substantial stockpiles of relief supplies have been made available • the current issue is the lack of access impeding the flow of aid into Gaza

- excellent coop with ECHO and RELEX - support from UN - joint sit reps with RELEX + ECHO

60 FRANCE storm

23.01.2009 Information message

04.02.2009

- extreme winds and heavy rain in the N of FR

- - - -

61 UK snowfall 06.02.2009 Pre-alert

24.02.2009

- due to the prolonged cold weather in and the current widespread snow, road salt stocks are at low

- salt (grit) for roads

-

- UK didn't formally request assistance but would like to see if such an option would be possible - Any offer was considered as in principle only. - AT offered 10.000 t and DE 15.000 t

- the offered assistance was not free of charge, being provided by different companies

62 IRELAND Oil spill (Marine Pollution)


18.02.2009

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov (46,000 MT) carrier spilled up to 300 tonnes of oil into the Celtic Sea

Oil recovery vessel

- The MIC took the necessary steps and contacted EMSA. - EMSA has advised that the vessel M/T Galway Fisher is available and could reach the site of pollution in 33 hours. - on 18.02, the IE authorities have decided to release the vessel due to situation improvements

-Good coop with EMSA


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63 NAMIBIA Floods


22.04.2009

-92 deaths, -8.219 displaced -300.000 affected

water and sanitation, health shelter protection

AT: - 200 tarpaulins - 3000 mosquito nets - 2 Emergency Health Kits including Basic Malaria Module

- on 26.03 a MIC assessment and coordination team (DK,AT,SE,CZ,DE,MIC) was deployed - first time when a MIC Team performed joint assessment operations with an UNDAC team on site - on 06 and 22.04 the two shipments of AT assistance arrived - assistance provided through the Mechanism was needed and used. - team returned on 07.04 (13 days)

-Good coop with UN, ECHO and EC Del

64 ITALY L'Aquila Earthquake


27.04.2009

-5,8 magnitude followed by a 5,3 replica next day -290 deaths -1500 injured -100.000 evacuated

- technical experts / civil engineers / structural engineers

- 12 experts were offered by PS

- on 18.04 a MIC team of 8 technical experts (PT,SI,DE,ES,FR,EL,2JRC,MIC) was deployed - ground and aerial assessments - technical expertise in the assessment of buildings stability - team returned on 24.04 (6 days)

- highly professional response of the Italian CP - overall assessment was conducted by 600 experts

65 TAJIKISTAN Floods


05.06.2009

-30 deaths -10.000 displaced -2000 houses destroyed -infrastructure affected

- tents - hygiene kits - medicines

AT: - 40 tents (10p) SK: - 10 tents (15p) - 4 generators - medication

- on 28.05 a MIC assessment and coordination team (SE,CZ,LV,AT,MIC) was deployed on site - ground and aerial assessments in most affected areas - on 30.05 the offered assistance arrived in Dushanbe - AT and SK requested Community financing for the transport - 23.134 € each - team returned on 04.06 (8 days)

- joint sit reps MIC-ECHO - great support from EC Del

66 FRANCE Corsica Forest fires


09.07.2009

- outrageous forest fires in NW of Corsica

- aerial forest fires modules

EC: EUFFTR (2 Canadairs CL-215)

- the EUFFTR was deployed at 16.40 - rapid intervention - 25 drops each - 3h40' flying time per plane

- all FR aerial means were mobilised in mainland and Corsica

67 BENIN Floods

● 09.07.2009 Pre-alert ● 12.07.2009 Request for

25.07.2009

- 20.000 persons affected - state of emergency

- water, food, medicine, blankets, clothing

-

- situation analysis showed that this was a low severity emergency with a slow on-set - a UNDAC team has been

- joint Sit Reps with UNDAC - good support from ECHO and


activation / status



assistance declared already deployed on site - MIC decided to dispatch only one expert, French speaking, to complement the UNDAC team on site - expert mission: 15 – 25.07.2009 - the emergency proved to be a low level emergency, indicating a recurrent floods phenomena

EC Del - MIC expert had been fully integrated in the UNDAC team

68 SPAIN Forest fires


23.07.2009

- chain of fires in the NE of the country

- - -

- request did not follow due to situation improvements

69 TOGO floods


27.07.2009

- heavy rainfalls on the coastal area

- water purification - pumps - tents

-

- based on the preliminary assessment, the situation appeared not to be a large-scale emergency - no need for assistance at this moment


70 FRANCE Corsica Forest fires


24.07.2009

- severe forest fires in S of Corsica - 40°C, strong wind

- 1 aerial forest fires modules (2 airplanes)


- the EUFFTR was deployed at 16.30 - rapid intervention - 10 drops each - 3h25' flying time per plane

- all FR aerial means were mobilised in mainland and Corsica

71 ITALY Sardinia Forest fires


27.07.2009

- severe forest fires in central and N of Sardinia

- 1 aerial forest fires modules (2 airplanes)


- the EUFFTR was deployed 3 days in a row, 24 – 26.07.2009 - rapid intervention - 62 drops in total - 37h10' total flying time

-



29.07.2009

- big fire in the S of the country

- 1 aerial forest fires module (2 airplanes)

GR: -2 Canadair CL 415

- MIC was in contact with Italy, Greece and Croatia to explore the options to assist Albania. - FR and AT offered 1+1 forest fire expert - GR module operated on 29.07 performing 10 water drops

-

73 GUINEA Neutralization/disposal of toxic chemicals


11.08.2009

- large quantities of toxic chemicals found in populated areas of the capital, Conakry

- CBRN detection and sampling modules - technical experts

-

- the request was made through the Joint UN OCHA/UNEP Environmental Unit (JEU) - on 11.08 JEU gave an update from GN, on behalf of the HC, that there is currently no need for international emergency assistance.


74 BULGARIA Earthquake 05.08.2009 Information 11.08.2009 - earthquake, 4,7

magnitude, in the - - - keep PS informed


activation / status



message Black sea

75 PORTUGAL Forest fires


24.08.2009

- a total of 685 fires in PT mainland - adverse weather conditions, 40°C, strong wind



- the EUFFTR was deployed on 14.08 - a MIC LO was deployed on 14.08 - pre-positioning 14-15.08 - detachment 16-20.08 - 38 drops in total - 29h57' total flying time

- one plane had a tech pb. on 16.08 - significant added value by deploying a MIC LO



14.08.2009 - big fire in the N of the country


- MIC was in contact with Italy, Greece and Croatia to explore the options to assist Albania. - GR offered 2 Canadair CL 415 that were accepted, but finally have not been deployed, as initially delayed by technical problems and then not needed due to improvements in the situation. - IT also offered 1 Canadair CL 415 but it was not accepted due to availability time

- request not followed due to situation improvements

77 TAIWAN Typhoon


27.08.2009

- on 07.08 Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan - 153 deaths - 464 missing - 24.775 evacuated

- disinfectants - water purification

SE: Water purification liquid for 864.000 litres of water PL: Skin disinfectant liquid 1200 kg

- on 17.08 a MIC assessment and coordination team (SE,UK,FR,MIC) was deployed on site - field assessments in most affected areas - meetings with Taiwanese authorities and stakeholders - SE assist. arrived on 21 and 27.08 - PL assist. arrived on 22.08. MIC facilitated the transport free of charge by China Airlines - good cooperation with UNDAC team deployed on 23.08 - team returned on 27.08 (11 days)

- significant media interest on the MIC team - the mission was perceived as "a demonstration of European solidarity with the affected population"



26.08.2009

- extreme weather conditions - several active forest fires - critical situation in Attika, more than 20.000 ha burnt (EFFIS)

- 5 aerial forest fires modules (10 Canadairs CL-415 or CL-215)

EC: EUFFTR (2 Canadairs CL-215) FR: 2 Can. CL-415 IT: 2 Can. CL-415 ES: 2 Can. CL-415 CY:

- the EUFFTR was deployed on 23.08 - a MIC LO was deployed on 23.08 - detachment 23-25.08 - 78 drops in total - 31h22' total flying time -several EU Member States and third countries have made offers of assistance or contacted the

- one EUFFTR plane had a tech pb. and had to be repaired - ES planes were stopped in Sardinia, IT and returned to home base on 25.08 due to situation


activation / status



1 heli Camov 32 TK (bilateral): 1 Can. CL-415 CY (bilateral): 52 fire-fighters + trucks

MIC regarding possible offers.

improvement - significant added value by deploying a MIC LO

79 PORTUGAL Forest fires


03.09.2009

- a total of 446 fires in PT mainland for 30.08 - extreme weather conditions: 38°C, severe dryness and strong wind


IT: 2 Can. CL-415

- GR has also offered 2 Canadair CL 415 but it was not accepted due to distance which would have caused late arrival on site - IT planes operated in PT during 01-03.08 - 2 ES Canadairs operated in PT on a bilateral basis

-

80 BURKINA FASO Floods


22.09.2009

- heavy rainfalls, caused severe flash floods - 109.000 people affected

- associated member to UNDAC team

FR: 1 expert

- an UNDAC team had been deployed - MIC has been approached by UN to nominate an associated expert to the UNDAC team on site - MIC expert mission: 04 – 15.09.2009 - fully integrated in the UNDAC team

- ECHO provided financial help to BF - good support from EC Del

81 PORTUGAL Forest fires 05.09.2009 Request for assistance

12.09.2009

- a total of 166 fires on 05.09 - t=35°C, dryness, strong wind from E



- the EUFFTR was deployed on 06.09 - pre-positioning + detachment - 60 drops in total - 60h (30 + 30) total flying time - EUFFTR returned to Bastia on 12.09

- good coordination with national forces due to previous missions

82 GEORGIA Earthquake 10.09.2009 Request for assistance

11.09.2009

- 738 damaged buildings - around 6000 affected people

- tents for 2300 people - 4000 blankets - 4000 sleeping bags

-

- a Mechanism team has rapidly been mobilised, but the operation was cancelled, as the Georgian Government withdrew its request - NATO / EADRCC was informed accordingly

- good coordination with the SE Presidency, the EC Delegation in Georgia, UN organisations in Georgia

83 ALBANIA Forest fires 11.09.2009 Request for assistance

13.09.2009 - 5 affected villages


-

- request has not been followed up, due to the quick improvement of the situation on the ground.

-

84 PHILIPPINES Floods 26.09.2009 Request for

15.10.2009

- tropical cyclones Ketsana-09 and Parma-09 severely


SE: 1 expert (water management)

- MIC has been approached by UNOCHA to nominate experts for a joint EU MIC / UNDAC

- excellent coop with UN - MIC expert


activation / status



assistance affected Manila and adjacent regions - 773 deaths / 6 mil. affected - 7.000 houses destroyed

mission - on 01.10 the MIC expert has been deployed on site as associated expert to the UNDAC team - mission duration: 15 days

successfully organized the field visit for UN-USG - good support from EC Del - lack of coord with ECHO

85 INDONESIA Earthquake


09.10.2009 (Mechanism deactivated)

- around 135,300 severely damaged houses; - 809 dead; - 1,250 injured people

- 500 tents (10 pers each) - 1 advanced medical post - TAST module

- 1 TAST module, including telecommunication, the OSOCC module and logistic support (DK base camp and communication experts from SE, FI and EE)

- on 03.10 a MIC assessment and coordination team (DK, SE, FR, NL, NO, MIC) was deployed on site - field assessments in most affected areas - meetings with Indonesian authorities and stakeholders - the first case in which the Mechanism and the UNDAC teams benefitting together of a Mechanism TAST - mission ended on 09.10.2009 - SE has been awarded with a Community Financial Grant for transportation

- close cooperation with national authorities, DG ECHO, UNDAC OCHA, and SE Presidency - difficult coordination with the various PSs present on the site, without MIC involvement

86 SAMOA Tsunami / Earthquake in Pacific



- 138 death toll - 20 villages completely destroyed - 3,500 people displaced


AT: 1 expert (WatSan)

- an UNDAC team had been deployed - MIC has been approached by UN to nominate an associated expert to the UNDAC team on site - fully integrated in the UNDAC team - MIC expert mission: 01 – 11.10.2009

- good coordination with the UN, DG ECHO, EC Delegation in Fiji (responsible for Samoa)

87 UKRAINE Severe respiratory infection (H1N1)


11.11.2009 (Mechanism deactivated) - Final Report disseminated

- 282 death toll - 73,373 hospitalized - 1,347,538 affected * at 15/12/2009

- medicines, protection masks, gloves, antiviral, vaccines

AT: Masks, gloves, disinfectants (200,000 €) EE: Medicines(30,000€) Other assistance: PL, BG, LT, SK, SI, HU (in-kind or financial assistance).

- on 06.11 a MIC assessment and coordination team (FR, LV, AT, DE, MIC) was deployed on site - the team focused on assessment of the medical needs in UA aiming at reducing the mortality rates, elaborating a priorities list in close consultation with WHO - important result: list of priority needs agreed with WHO and disseminated to Participating States.

- excellent support from DG SANCO and EC Delegation to Ukraine - good cooperation with WHO (first time issuing a joint needs assessment report)


activation / status



- MIC coordinated with SANCO / ECDC in supporting the mission - mission ended on 11.11.2009 - AT has been awarded with a Community Financial Grant for transportation

88 BULGARIA Severe respiratory infection (H1N1)



- Ministry of Health announced a National epidemic situation caused by the A H1N1

- 200,000 doses of antiviral

AT: 1440 antiviral packages

- the AT assistance has been delivered on 12.11. - MIC has been in close coordination with SANCO, ECDC, WHO.

- UK offered bilaterally antiviral doses at cost and transport.

89 MALAWI Earthquake 21.12.2009 Request for assistance

On-going

- 4,600 households (27,600 people) affected

- various relief items, including shelter (tents, tarpaulins, blankets, plastic sheets, mosquito nets)

-

- Contacts with the UN and EU Delegation were established immediately - first in-depth situation reports were delivered on 28.12 by DG ECHO Regional Representative and by the UN; following them, it was decided that no action is needed, as needs could be better met via local channels.

- excellent coordination with the UN and ECHO. - request not followed due to relatively low scale emergency

2010

90 ALBANIA Floods 07.01.2010 Request for assistance

21.01.2010 (pre-closure)

>1,200 buildings/houses & >9,000 ha of farmland flooded

- Boats for shallow water, mobile power generators, helicopters, high capacity water pumps, first aid medicines, clothes

AT: 8 pcs 14kVA generators; 5 FLYGT dirty water pumps (35l/s) GR: 29 fire-fighters with equipment; 1 generator (60kw), 1 water pump, 4,7t of food & medicines SI: 13 generators IT: 2 helicopters CH47, medicines, 500 kitchens sets x 5 pers. each, 4400 blankets, 15 generators , 8 water pumps, 6 boats, 80 tents (22 m²), 5 WP units, 30.000 sandbags FR: 11 water pumps (30 m3/h) HR: two tank-trucks of diesel fuel (60T) SK: 1 generator (15 KVA), 3 HCP, medicines (Atropin 1290 package, Calcium Chloratum 1,000 package); rainproof suits (200), clothing BE: 2 boats (with engines)

- on 08.01 a MIC assessment and coordination team (AT, GR, NL, SI, DE, MIC, UNDAC) was deployed - first time when an UNDAC member was part of an EU CP team (as associated member) - MapAction worked in close association with team - team returned on 16.01 - the team's assessments confirmed that the needs had been covered by the national response and the international assistance provided through the Mechanism.

- significant media interest for the MIC team, as the media was invited by the national authorities to various meetings - very good first experience with UNDAC associated expert to a Mechanism team - very good support from the EU Delegation in Tirana


activation / status



& medicines

91 UK Snowfall 09.01.2010 Request for assistance

26.01.2010 - Salt for roads

The UK experienced severe weather conditions. As salt stocks are extremely tight, PS were asked for contacts of suppliers or supplies of salt.

Some contacts have been exchanged via CECIS and MIC, and they.

92 NETHERLANDS Snowfall 11.01.2010 Request for assistance

25.01.2010 - 80-100 mllion kg of salt for roads

Due to prolonged winter conditions, NL needed urgently salt supplies.

NL had contacts with road salt suppliers in several countries: AT, SE, ES, NO, DE, BE, GR, IRE, IT, PL, FR. These contacts were mostly made due to the responses in the CECIS communications system.

Good appreciation received from NL.

93 HAITI Earthquake


06.04.2010

-quake mag 7.0 and 10 km depth - 212.000 killed - over 300.000 injured - up to 1 mio in need of shelter - complete breakdown of infrastructure

- Shelter - Watsan - Health - Relief goods

25 European countries (AT, BE, BG, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IS, IE, IT, LU, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, SK, SI, ES, SE, UK) provided assistance via EU CP Mechanis: - 12 USAR Team (around 440 pax and search dogs): BE, FR (2), LU, IS, PL, UK, NL, ES (4). - 2 Field Hospitals (90 pax): BE, FR, - 5 Advanced Medical Posts: EU, FR (3), PT - 38 Medical Teams (253 pax): FR (30), PT (2), ES (2), HU, GR, UK, BG - 6 Water sanitation units: EU, BE, DE, FR, ES (2) and water purification tablets: IT, DE, PT, SE - 7 Assessment teams (35 pax): CZ (2 pax), DE (4 pax), IRE (4 pax), IT (12 pax), ES (7 pax), SE (2 pax), UK (4 pax) - 2.334 tents for approx. 20.000 persons: AT (400 x 6), SE (200 x 5), IT (155 x 8+1000x10), SI (25 x 10), SK (15 x 10, 4 x 12, 6 x 8), ES (197 x 6), PT (65 for 615 pax), BG (67 x 2),

- The EU CP Mechanism was activated in the night of 12/13 January. -The nomination and deployment of EUCP team was done couple of hours later, on 13 January (with B-FAST plane, carrying USAR LU and parts of UNDAC). - In total, the MIC dispatched 3 EUCP Teams (13 EU experts + 5 MIC LOs): Team Alpha - 14.01-25.01.2010; Team Bravo – 23.01-14.02.2010; Team Charlie – 01.03–18.03.2010. - Team Charlie – first CMCoord mission - Deployment of 2 EC-cofinanced Preparatory Action Modules (FR, IT) - deployment of a TAST module (EU/SE) - Transport support reached 4,5 mio. € - Award of 18 grants to support transport + 1 transport service (EC broker) – first time when PS have used a transport solution provided by EC Broker (K+N); - Coordination with PS and COM Services - Information management


activation / status



PL (200 x 6) - 1 TAST/Base-camp with a capacity of 300 people: this is a joint-module of SE, DK, NO, EE and FI.

94 CHILE Earthquake

● 27.02.2010 Pre-alert (early warning message) ● 01.03.2010 Request for assistance

07.06.2010

- On 27.02.2010 an quake of mag 8.8 and depth of 35 km. - the fifth strongest quake - Over 200 aftershocks of magnitude higher than 5 followed. - The largest aftershock 7.2 M on 11 March. - A tsunami alert was issued immediately after the earthquake by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.

- Mechanical bridges

- Field hospitals - Communication - Water purification

- Power generators

- Field housing - Field kitchens - Self dialysis

- EU RRC: TAST (DK) -AT: 8 pwr gen, 15 tents (100pax) - BG: 100 tents (10 pax) - SK: 5 tents (10 pax), 3 field kitchens, pwr gen - FR: water purification, tents, seismologic eq, medical - SE: 8 mechanical bridges (value 4 mio EUR) - IT: mobile hospital

- on 05.03 a MIC assessment and coordination team (SE, IT, PT, AT, ES, MIC) was deployed together with a TAST (DK) to be self sufficient - DE offered 1 expert to reinforce the MIC in 08 - 12.03.2010 - Transport support reached 661.000 € - Award of 10 grants to support transport

- Other countries offered assistance on bilateral basis: ES, DE, UK, CH, Russia - excellent support from EU Delegation

95 UKRAINE

Environmental preparedness –

potential tailing dam collapse

● 08.02.2010 Pre-alert (early warning message) ● 23.02.2010 Request for assistance

11.03.2010 (pre-closure, mechanism deactivated)

- potential collapse of a tailings dam in Kalush (Ivano-Frankivsk region), containing a large amount of hazardous industrial waste from cropping and reprocessing of potassium ore.

- 1 Senior Tailings Dam expert;

- 1 Senior Geotechnical Mining Engineer;

- Environmental sampling/analysis experts (with equipment).

NO: 2 technical experts that were selected

- request for assistance received via UNEP/OCHA - UN-EU joint mission - MIC deployed 2 experts and 1 MIC LO - final report pointed to critical threats to be addressed, in order to avoid environmental and humanitarian. The report will be used by the Ukrainian Government and international donors for financing priority areas of action. - not typical response mission, but it demonstrated the practicality of making use of existing response mechanisms for improving preparedness and preventing a potential ecological disaster.

This mission proved the added-value of the Mechanism in preparedness missions. - very good support of the EU Del in Kiev and excellent work with UNEP/OCHA

96 ICELAND Volcano eruption 16.04.2010 Monitoring the situation

23.04.2010

Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Eruption caused an unprecedented

- -

- MIC was in contact with PS Perm Repr. in Brussels, organized a meeting on 18.04.2010.

-


activation / status



flight traffic disruptions

- help identifying stranded people - information exchange with DG TREN, EuroControl

97 United States of America Gulf of Mexico oil spill


23.08.2010

-on 20.04. a deepwater drilling platform exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico - since then the raw oil is continuously leaking

- 3 special Koseq Rigid sweeping arms

- Fire booms for in situ burning

- Containment booms

- High-speed, high capacity off-shore booms

- NL: 3 Koseq Rigid sweeping arms, 1 ocean buster, 2 current busters

- NO: 3 Koseq sweeping arms, 1200m booms, 3 high capacity off-shore skimmers

- DE: 146m fire boom, 600m off-shore boom

- UK: 4000m containment boom

- SE: 4500m containment boom

- IE: 600m containment boom

- FR: containment boom - EMSA: TransRec skimmers, heavy duty boom

- information sharing / dissemination with PS: EMSA Reports - liaise with EU Delegation in Washington - 18-21.07.2010 a MIC desk officer participated into a International Observers mission - maintain close contact with US authorities

-excellent collaboration with EMSA

98 TAJIKISTAN Floods


25.05.2010

- 40 deaths - 358 totally destroyed houses. - 391 families (around 2,800 people) relocated

- constructional materials, fuel, food products, medicines, tents, mobile generators

The MIC advised PS to wait the results of needs assessments before reacting.

The humanitarian crisis has been addressed adequately by organizations that were already present in the country.

No mission or in-kind assistance though the Mechanism.

99 POLAND Floods


25.06.2010

- worst flooding in 250 years - over 2.000km2 flooded (0,8% of PL)

- 17 HCP min 600m3/h

- 20 slurry pumps, min 300m3/h

- 500 dryers

EU RRC (EE/LV/LT): 3 pumps, 19 personnel DE: 12 teams, around 150 p. CZ: 5 teams, 5 p (hc) DK: 1 team, 1 HCP module FR: 1 team, 4 p NL: 1 team, 1 p

- MIC mobilized the EU co-financed Balt Flood Combat HCP module (EE/LV/LT) - on 20.05.2010 MC has deployed a MIC LO who followed the BFC module

Other countries contributed to the response: UA, Russia, USA.

100 HUNGARY Floods 25.05.2010 Request for assistance

01.07.2010 - heavy rains - large flooded areas

- 5 million sandbags

HR: 100k CZ: 100k NL: 100k RO: 200k SI: 50k NO: 323k DE: 1.000k BG: 15k

- maintain the contact / disseminate the information with PS - Other PS offered assistance but it was not accepted due to technical reasons (AT, DE, DK, LU)

Other countries offered assistance on bilateral / other channels: CH, RO, MD, UA


activation / status



101 GUATEMALA Tropical storm 01.06.2010 Request for assistance

20.07.2010 - 174 killed, - 113 missing, - 400.000 affected

- Water purification tablets

AT: 1,275 kg of Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) Granules

- maintain the contact / disseminate the information - AT assistance delivered on 07.07.2010. - AT awarded with a Tp Grant

-

102 CUBA Gulf of Mexico oil spill (potential effects)


27.07.2010

- potential danger that the oil spill might reach Cuba' shore

- technical expert on oil contingency planning

- - request came through UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit - FR nominated an expert

- not followed due to situation improvement

103 UKRAINE Floods

● 02.07.2010 Pre-alert (early warning message)

26.07.2010

- 294 communities in 10 districts of Chernivtsi region affected

- -

- maintain the contact with UA based on existing Administrative Arrangement - on 06.07.2010 Min of Emergencies of UA informed that the situation is under control

-

104 ROMANIA Floods


16.07.2010 - 23 killed - 18.800 evacuated

- 10km Inflatable dams

- 120 Pumps (100m3/h)

- 10 pwr gen - 20.000m2 geotextile

- 10 WPU (500l/h) - 100 life jackets - 10 lighting kits

AT: 10 pumps, 3 pwr gen BE: 11pumps, 5 pwr gen, 1 WPU + 9 pax team HU: 10 pumps, 2 pwr gen, 8 light kits, 21000m2 geotextile. DE: 5000m2 geotextile

- maintain the contact / disseminate the information - facilitate the delivery - other PS made offers (PL, EU RRC – FR and BFC, BG, LU) declined due to situation improving / needs have been met - 09.07Commissioner KG made a visit to RO. MIC dispatched a desk officer.

-

105 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA Floods


17.09.2010

- heavy rains triggered massive flooding on the Prut river - several regions affected: Edinet, Briceni, Ungheni, Cahul , Causeni

- Pumps - Sandbags - Boats - Water - Polyethylene film

EU RRC (EE/LV/LT): 3 pumps, 19 personnel AT: 31 K sandbags, polyethylene EE: 5 pumps RO: 21 tons of water, 10 boats with rescuers, polyethylene, 131K sandbags, 20 pumps.

- monitoring the situation - provide sat images - EUCP team deployed (EE, LV, DE, MIC): 08-17.07.2010 - MIC mobilized the EU co-financed Balt Flood Combat HCP module (EE/LV/LT): 24.08 – 12.09.2010

106 PORTUGAL Forest Fires


02.08.2010

- hundreds of forest fires by day with a peak on 27.07 of 460 f.f. - worst affected areas: central and north of PT (Aveiro, Arouca, Porto)

- 1 module aerial ff fighting using airplanes (s aircraft)

- IT: 2 Canadairs CL-415

- monitoring the situation - liaise with PT authorities - reassessing the availability of aerial means with other PS - weekly videoconference with forest fires prone countries

- GR and FR offered assistance but declined - ES operated daily in PT under the bilateral agreement

107 PAKISTAN Floods ● 03.08.2010 Monitoring ● 04.08.2010

30.11..2010 - Flooding started on 21.07, moving towards S

- water purification and sanitation

- Several PS offered assistance: AT, BG, CY, DE, DK, ES, FR, GR, HU,

- liaise with UN and consult with ECHO colleagues in Islamabad - On 12/08 a MIC LO was

- Financial assistance provided so far


activation / status



Pre-alert ● 06.08.2010 Request for assistance

- Massive breakdown of key infrastructure - 20% of PK territory flooded - confirmed deaths 1.677 & 2.605 injured - up to 2 million houses damaged - around 18 million people affected - difficult security situation

- shelter and other NFIs - medicines and medical teams and supplies - boats, helicopters - food - base-camp

IT, LT, MT, NO, SE, SK, UK - Types of in-kind assistance offered and accepted: • water purification

tablets / units, water distribution equipment

• filed hospitals, Emergency Health Kits, medical supplies

• NFI, shelter items • high energy food

supplements • power generators

dispatched in Islamabad - On 19/08 an EUCP team was deployed (IT, BE, AT, FI, EE) - A second MIC LO was dispatched on 25/08 - first time cooperation with the EU Movement Planning Cell to transport assistance (2xAN-124 + 1xC-17) - the MIC facilitated the creation of the EU Air Bridge, having coordinating 10 flights from Europe to Pakistan carrying the assistance from AT, DE, DK, FR, IT, SE, UK - EU co-financing for transport - around EUR 600.000 (tbc.)

by the EU stands at 230 million €

108 RUSSIAN FEDERATION Forest Fires

03.08.2010 Monitoring the situation

20.08.2010

- total burnt area about 750.000 ha - over 26.000 islands of natural fires - around 14 000 people and nearly 23 000 items of equipment were engaged in fire-fighting operation in Moscow Region

- -

- liaise with PT authorities - facilitate the exchange of information among various PS - The Russian Federation has received assistance from several EU Member States: Italy, Bulgaria, Poland, France, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, and Lithuania. - More countries have offered their support - The international air-crews performed 222 flights and 1.362 water discharges.



20.08.2010 - 350 ff per day, on average

- 2 modules aerial ff fighting using airplanes (s aircraft) for 5 days (extended)

- EUFFTR: 2 Canadairs CL-415 (provided by FR, as a replacement of the EUFFTR, which was not available at the moment of the request)

- monitoring the situation - liaise with PT authorities - reassessing the availability of aerial means with other PS - the module was active during 11.08-18.08; around 400 drops in total

-



01.09.2010

- 238 FF on 30.08. - all national available means were involved in the operations

- 1 module aerial ff fighting using airplanes (s aircraft) for 48h

- ES: 2 Canadairs CL-415

- liaising with PT authorities - reassessing the availability of aerial means with other PS - the Spanish module was active during 30.08 – 31.08 in the district of Villa Real; 74 drops in total

-

111 FRANCE Forest Fires 30.08.2010

01.09.2010 - numerous forest fires in the S France.

- 1 module aerial ff fighting using airplanes (s

- EUFFTR: 2 Canadairs CL-215

- the MIC agreed to activate the EUFFTR, taking into account the operational situation in the PS

-


activation / status




- all FR aerial fire-fighting aircraft and ground forces committed.

aircraft) for 24 h with FF modules and the closeness of the module to the affected area. - the module was active on 30.08 in the south of the Herault prefecture, where more than 1,000 ha were burning.

112 FRANCE Speleologic Relief


18.10.2010

A speleologic diver is missing since 03.10.2010 evening in the cave of "la Dragonnière", in Labastide de Virac (Ardèche - FR)

France requested additional specialists

IT: 1 divers team composed of 7 people UK: 2 cave diving specialists and a liaison officer

Maintained contact with FR, UK,IT and other PSs which offered divers (BE,ES,HR)

-

113 HUNGARY Alkali sludge accident


On going

Thousands of m3 of red mud flooded Kolontár in Hungary, because a red sludge depository has been broken through in the City of Ajka. The depository is the reservoir of an alumina plant in Ajka.

5 experts with strong field experiences on alkali sludge damage prevention and decontamination

DE: 1 expert BE: 1 expert SE: 1 expert FR: 1 expert AT: 1 expert

On 09.10.2010 MIC deployed MIC LO; on 11.10.2010 the team of experts arrived in HU. The experts returned to Europe 16.10.10

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114 BENIN Floods


29.10.2010

Floods in Benin are observed on the Niger and the Ouémé Rivers. The floods on the Ouémé River seem to be worse than previous years. The gouverment of Benin has launched a request for international assistance.

The UN has requested an associated expert for an UNDAC mission.

FR: 1 expert Deployed: 14.10.2010

115 MALTA Torrential Rain (FLOODS)


27.10.2010

During the night of the 24th and the early hours of the 25th of October, Malta was struck by heavy torrential rains which

- - -


activation / status



disrupted and damaged several roads and Infrastructures on the Island.

116 HAITI Haiti cholera outbreak / hurricane Tomas


14.12.2010

The EU CP Mechanism has been activated as a consequence of a request for international assistance from the Haitian Prime Minister, related to the damages that are expected to result from the passage of the Hurricane Tomas. Heavy rainfall is expected to enhance the transmission of cholera in these areas.

- Family tents - Tarpaulins - Emergency shelter kits - Hygiene kits - Water purification kits - Large tents to be used to establish cholera treatment centres - Experts (in water purification treatment, medical expert in waterborne diseases, coordination and assessment experts) - ORS (Oral Rehydration Salts) for Cholera treatment

France: 208 rolls of tarpaulins (10tons) and 100 foldable beds (1.3 tons) France has requested co-financing of 50% of the transport costs for both shipments which are 39.736EUR for the first shipment and 5.786,76 EUR for the second shipment. The offer of 2 water purification systems by Belgium was accepted. At the request of Belgium the Commission signed a service contract to organise door to door transport operation to Haiti by the EC transport broker. The cargo arrived in Miami on 31 December. In accordance with the provisions of the Financial Instrument for civil protection 50% of the transport costs will be reimbursed by Belgian authorities. The MIC is cooperating closely with the ECHO office in PaP to secure the handover and the monitoring of the use of the assets. 1,008,000 water purification tablets were delivered by Austria and arrived in PaP on 14 December. France assistance of three tons of medicines and medical equipment arrived already in

- On 24/11 an EUCP team was deployed (BE, FR, SE, ECDC, 2 TAST, MIC) and left on 13 December 2010.


activation / status



November. Italy delivered four Inter Agency Diarrheal Disease Kits (IDDK) as well as medical equipment and material for the treatment of cholera (9.5 tons of material) on 7.12.2010.

117 COLOMBIA Floods


08.12.2010

The Government of Colombia requested international assistance, addressed to the Inter Agency System of the UN. Water and sanitation, shelter and health items are mentioned in the request as well as financial assistance.

In view of the fact that there have been no offers for Colombia, the MIC closed this emergency on 08 December 2010 .

118 ALBANIA Floods


05.01.2011

Priority needs are wooden boats, rubber boats and tents

Austria: 32 family tents (each tent is good for up to 10 persons) Type: "350" with floor, bulkheads and additional equipment dimension: 6x 5,6 x 2,7m each tent; on 29th December 2010, 1,000 woven blankets offered by Austria arrived in Tirana and were handed over to Albanian authorities; The transport was organised via the EC transport broker; Poland: On 31 December 2010, Poland deployed humanitarian assistance to Albania in reply to an Albanian request. Assistance consisted of food (4 tons) and blankets

- monitoring, facilitate the exchange of information among various PS - facilitate the delivery


activation / status



(1280 pieces) and was delivered by road (two trucks and one command vehicle). The vehicles have returned to Poland. Italy: Food supplies (80 m3- 25 tons.), hygienic material (40 m3- 4 tons), suits and rainproof suits (80m3- 5 tons); 1 high capacity suction pump; 2 light towers; 2 generators. Greece: 1 C-130 aircraft with 2.7t nutrition aid (oil, biscuits, powder milk); 2 helicopters - (1) Chinook and (1) Super Puma. Czech Republic: 12 tents with capacity 250 persons provided by the Czech army.

119 ISRAEL Forest Fires


08.12.2010

Need for fire-delaying or extinguishing material utilized in combating forest fires – FIRETROLL 931 or any other material authorized by the Member States or other countries affiliated to the MIC.

Spain: 4 Canadairs CL-415 and an additional cargo plane Bulgaria: 92 firefighters Witham light Equipment Greece: 4 fire fighting aircraft CL-415;1 fire fighting aircraft CL-415; 1 aircraft C-130 carrying personnel and materials (16 flying and 11 aircraft engineers); fire-delaying foam type (A), (quantity to agree with Israel); 1 aircraft C-130 carrying 36 fire-fighters from the Hellenic Fire Corps (1st EMAK). Cyprus: 1 fire fighting aircraft - Thrush 550 - with 2 pilots and 2 officers; 1 fire fighting helicopter - Bell 412 - with 2 pilots, 1 engineer and 1 officer. France: 2 Canadairs and 1 Dash 8; 2 Canadairs + 5

- monitoring, facilitate the exchange of information among various PS

Several other countries have offered assistance – declined due to situation improvement


activation / status



fire fighting specialists. UK: 2 Griffin search and rescue helicopters equipped for fire fighting. Croatia: 1 Canadair CL 415 aircraft with two crews (8 people). Germany: Drugs/antidotes to cyanide-intoxication (German Ministry of Health); 15-20 tons of fire extinguishing foam concentrate. Italy: 12 tons of “Fire Troll 931” (flame retardant foam); 69 tons of "Fire Troll 931" and 20.000 lt fire foam (total value of € 300.000). Netherlands: 1 fire fighting helicopter Boeing CH-47D Chinook and crew + 3 fire fighter helicopters Euro fighter AS-532U2 Cougar MK II and crew.

120 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Floods


22/12/2010

Priority needs are high capacity pumps, water distribution items, boats, rubber boots, sand bags

Austrian assistance delivered on 09/12/2010: - 30.000 sand bags delivered on 09/12/2010 Slovenian assistance delivered on 11/12/2010: - 6 mobile generators - 5.000 sandbags - 200 rubber boots MIC: A MIC Liaison Officer was deployed for contacts with the Government

- monitoring, facilitate the exchange of information among various PS - facilitate the delivery of assistance - A MIC LO was dispatched to Sarajevo: 09-16.12.2010

121 MONTENEGRO Floods


22/12/2010

- Boats with outboard engines for transportation 8 to 10 people (x20); - Water pumps (Rozenbauer or similar, ca. 800-2000 l/m) (x30); - Tents for winter

Belgium: 10 pumps 72m3/h Austria: - 5 power generators 14kVA - 6 mud water pumps 1.300 l/min Poland: 1 rescue team of 20 persons,

- monitoring, facilitate the exchange of information among various PS - facilitate the delivery of assistance - A MIC LO was dispatched on site: 10-16.12.2010


activation / status



conditions (ca. 30m2) (x100); - 20-30kVA power generators (x30) and 4-6 kVA generators (x50); - Sandbags (x5000); and - Blankets (x500).

22 pumps (6 pumps 666 l/min, 6 pumps 1200 l/min, 10 pumps 1800 l/min) Slovakia: 5 Power stations 4 KWA 2 Power stations HONDA 4500; 5 Lighting sets 4.800 Raincoats. Greece: 2.000 sandbags; 8 tents; 500 blankets; 50 portable beds; 1 first aid kit Slovenia: 10.000 sandbags; 100 rubber boots; 5 mobile generators. Italy: 4.000 blankets; 2 boats 10 rolls (plastic, 4x60 mt); 504 kitchen sets 5 Generators 5 Kva 3 Generators 10 kva 2 Generators 18 Kva 120 Tents 25 m2

Czech Republic: 4 rubber boats with motor, 1 boat with 30HP motor 14 mud water pumps (1500 l/min), 12 power generators (5,7 kW), 550 sleeping bags, 550 mattresses and 3 tents (35m2, 48m2, 56m2). France: 4 generators,12 motor pumps,16 tents of 27 m2, 50 tents of 16 m2, 520 kitchen kits. MIC: A MIC Liaison Officer was deployed for contacts with the Government

2011

122 FRANCE (New Caledonia)

Storm Tropical cyclone Vania

13.01.2011 Early warning

17.01.2011

Tropical cyclone VANIA breath currently in the

- - - Monitoring the situation, checked forecast with JRC. - Keep close contact with CIGIC


activation / status



message islands of New-Caledonia. A red alert was emitted by Meteo-France.

123 NEW ZEALAND Earthquake


14.03.2011

6.3 strong earthquake (5 km depth, with epicenter 10 km from the city of Christchurch As of 28.02: - 148 people dead - over 200 trapped under the rubble

- Forensic experts for victim identification

- Temporary sanitation and housing

- Demolition

IT: 8 experts for DVI – offer declined by NZ later on

The MIC was in contact with the EU delegation in NZ and the NZ embassy in Brussels to verify possible needs. Satellite imagery

UK sent bilaterally a HUSAR (62 pax)

124 LIBYA Civil unrest 23.02.2011 Request for assistance

01.08.2011

Severe civil unrest Over 700 EU cit in need of evacuation from Tripoli, Benghazi, Jalu, Sebha, Ras Lanuf

- Transport capacity for evacuation: vessels, aircraft

BG: 1 plane HU: 1 plane UK: Cumberland vessel RO: 2 aircraft

In contact with HU presidency and EEAS Information sharing, identification of transport capabilities from LY to MT DG ECHO adopted an emergency decision of €3 million to prepare for a possible humanitarian crisis in Libya and in the neighbouring countries of Tunisia and Egypt. Activation of Safer and EUSC – request special mapping products EUMS LOs rotating in the MIC 2 transport grants awarded (HU, BG) Activation of EC broker (KN) for CY

FR sent a team composed of civil protection and MoFA experts at the border between Egypt and Libya

125 TUNISIA (Libya conflict) Repatriation of TCNs


01.08.2011

As of 01.03 more than 77K pax fled from LY to TN in need of repatriation

- Air and sea transport capacity

- Medicines - Watsan, shelter - Non food items

Air transport capacity (157 flights): BE, BG, DE, ES, FR, HU, IT, MT, SE, UK Sea transport (5 vessels): DE, FR, UK AT, DE, ES, FI, FR, IE, IT, NO, SE – provided medical kits, medicines, tents, blanklets, hygiene kits, jerry cans, kitchen sets

The MIC has received a formal request for assistance from IOM and activated the Mechanism (Art. 10) - on 03.03 EUCPT Alpha (IT, FR, SE, MIC) + TAST (LU, DE) was deployed. An EUMS LO joined team A on 06.03.2011 IOM renewed the request on 6 April due to situation deterioration and low flights availability - on 12/13.04 EUCPT Bravo (IT, FR, AT, NO, MIC) was deployed - requests for EC co-financing

Excellent cooperation with IOM and UNHCR both at HQ and field level


activation / status



reached 10.5 million EUR (26 grants)

126 JAPAN Earthquake


11.05.2011

- Blankets, mattresses, water, tanks for water

AT: 20K blankets + 450 jerry cans BG: 168 beds foldable DK: 70K blankets FR: 150 tons assistance (food, water, medicines, radiological devices) FI: 50 dose rate meters, 880 sleeping mats, 130 water containers, 2800 water canteens HU: 17tons of food LT: 300 sleeping bags + 2K blankets NL: 2K matresses SE: 7125 blankets, 300 boots, 10K gloves SK: 112 camp beds, 14 tents, 112 sleeping bags, 1K shoes, 4K clothes UK: 103 tons water

- on 13.03.a MIC LO was sent from Indonesia to Japan for liaising with EU Delegation and JP authorities - on 20.03 an 15 pax EUCPT (CZ, HU, SE, PL, NO, FR, DK, FR, MIC) + 6 TAST (DK) was deployed in Tokyo. Mission ended on 09.04. - advising PS on the assistance confirmed as needed by JP - keeping close contact with JP embassy in BRU - liaising with other EC services and with EU Del on site - facilitation of transport and logistics – 4 flights free of charge from Europe to JP (LH, AL, UPS) - almost 400tons of assistance were provided through the Mechanism - activation of EC broker (KN) for inland distribution

127 ICELAND Volcanic eruption Grimsvotn


04.06.2011 - aerial traffic disrupted -

Maintaining contact with IS authorities Issuing technical reports together with JRC

128 SPAIN Marine pollution –

waste hydrocarbons spill in Algeciras Bay


07.06.2011 - vessel - Bahia Uno was mobilised

Explosion (311345MAY2011UTC) and leakage at Gibraltar port from a shore tank (approximate capacity 3,500 m3) containing slops of unknown origin.

Good cooperation with EMSA

129 YEMEN Evacuation of EU citizens from Sanaa

03.06.2011 Request for assistance 08.06.2011 Monitoring the situation

09.06.2011 Severe civil unrest in Yemen

- Transport capacity

Mechanism activated at the request of BG supported by the Presidency HU.

Request not followed due to improvement of the situation and availability of commercial transport means.

130 ARGENTINA Puyehue Volcano 20.06.2011 29.07.2011 eruption of the - experts 3 experts Request of MoI of Argentina to


activation / status



Eruption Request for assistance

Puyehue – Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile ash covered areas of Patagonia, Argentina, an area of around 7.4 million hectares

- IT: geology, volcanologist - FR: air quality - NL: toxicology

UN Joint mission with JEU OCHA/UNEP An EUCP team (IT, FR, NL, MIC) was embedded into the joint OCH/UNEP mission. MIC LO had a short mission.

131 ICELAND glacier outburst flood 09.07.2011 Monitoring the situation

20.07.2011

- several families evacuated - a bridge swept away, traffic cut

- Maintaining contact with IS authorities

132 CYPRUS Explosion / power shortage


22.08.2011

- ammunition explosion at a naval base caused 13 deaths and 60 injured - massive damage to VPP which is completely shut down - huge power shortage in CY

- Technical experts in the field of damage assessment, safety and security, economic impact

- Big power generators

AT: 2 BG: 1 DE: 6 HU: 1 IT: 1 MT: 1 PL: 1 UK: 1 GR: 70MW power generators

- on 14.07 a MIC LO was sent to CY to start preparing the deployment of a EUCP team. - starting with 16.07 an EUCP team was deployed (AT, BG, DE, HU, IT, MT, PL and UK) and was reinforced on 23.07 by 3 specialised DLR experts to perform a UAV aerial damage assessment - in total 14 experts + 1 MIC LO - liaison with EC Representation in Nicosia and Athens, GR and CY CP, other COM services - GR was awarded with a 1 million transport grant (4 ships with generators to Limassol, CY)

133 ALBANIA Forest Fires 20.08.2011 Request for assistance

22.08.2011 Serious FF in the NW of AL, Shkoder district

- 2 heli or 1 Canadair

- liaise with other PS - DE offered 3 heli against cost, offer declined. - situation improved after 2 days

134 ALBANIA Forest Fires 25.08.2011 Request for assistance

08.09.2011

- Many forest fires across AL, beyond national response capabilities - high FWI

- 2 + 2 Canadairs IT: 1 + 2 GR: 2

- req from AL covered a large period - offers from PS were for 1 or 2 days, that's why 2+2, 1+2 - EFFIS reports disseminated to AL and PS

- excellent cooperation and reporting from EFFIS / JRC

135 GREECE Forest Fires 25.08.2011 Request for assistance

30.08.2011

- over 3500ha ff in Alexondropoulis region - forecast: high temp, wind and low humidity - reduced availability of national means

- 6 Canadairs CL415

COM – ACR5 PA: FR: 2 ES: 2

- COM activated the PA project ACR5 managed by FR - under ACR5, FR and ES deployed 2 planes each from 26.08 – 30.08.2011 - 1 MIC LO deployed - a cascade system was put in place: FR made available 1 plane to cover IT and IT send 1

- excellent cooperation and reporting from EFFIS / JRC


activation / status



plane to AL ff in the same period. - circulating EFFIS reports

136 LIBYA Civil unrest / water shortage

29.08.2011 Early warning message

28.09.2011

- Disruption of drinking water supply in Tripoli - 4 mio pax potentially affected

-

ECHO / MIC is closely monitoring the humanitarian situation in Libya and liaise with local partners (UNICEF) Looking for water tankers or bottled water

137 PAKISTAN Floods


18.11.2011

The monsoon rains evolved into a large-scale disaster 5,4 mio pax affected, 248 deaths

- tents, aqua tablets, water purification equipment, de-watering pumps and medicines

- shelter

- AT: 300 winterized family tents, 3.010.000 "Aquatab 167 mg" water purification tablets. - SK: 1.000 blankets, 5 tents, 98 jerry cans. - FR: 410 tents, 115.200 aquatabs, 15 pumps, 48 plastic sheets, 1.080 blankets, 336 kitchen sets, 20 water tanks, 1.800 jerricans, 1,2 tons of medicines.

- on 22.09 an EUCPT (DK, SE, PL, MIC) + TAST (DK, SE) was deployed. Returned on 30.09.2011. The MIC received grant applications for transport co-funding for the total sum of €159.699. In addition, the EC announced €10 million in HA.

138 UKRAINE Flooding - coalmine 22.09.2011 Request for assistance

27.09.2011 Flooding occurred in a coalmine in Petrovske town

- 5 HCP 150m3/h @ 400mH

pumping equipment has been purchased by the coalmine administration

139 XXX NASA satellite re-entry and impact

23.09.2011 Monitoring 27.09.2011

UARS expected to enter Earth's atmosphere

- -

Liaise with ESA and PS Organize a teleconference with more than 20 PS, ESA and SitCen Disseminate technical reports

140 XXX – Southeast Asia Floods


19.10.2011

5 countries in South East Asia (Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand) have been affected by successive tropical storms

- EU CP expert as an associate member to the UNDAC team

-

AT, NL offered experts. FR offered 1 expert which was accepted in the first instance. On 18 October the UN OCHA decided for a stand-down of the UNDAC team mission for the Southeast Asia flooding.

141 XXX RO-SAT (DE) satellite re-entry and impact

14.10.2011 Monitoring 26.10.2011

DE sat expected to enter Earth's atmosphere

-

Liaise with ESA and PS Organize a teleconference with PS, ESA and SitCen Disseminate technical reports GMLZ active in updating info

142 EL SALVADOR Floods 17.10.2011 Request for 29.11.2011 Since 10 October

Tropical - hygiene kits, shelter, first

AT: 500 hygiene kits, 500 kitchen kits, 200 shelter

- on 24.10 an EUCPT (ES, MIC) was deployed. Returned on


activation / status



assistance Depression 12-E developed and has caused torrential rainfall over Central America including El Salvador 250.000 pax affected

response material equipment, kitchen kits, first aid kits

tool kits and 5000 blankets

01.11.2011. AT assistance was based on regional/local procurement.

143 HONDURAS Floods 21.10.2011 Early warning message

04.11.2011 heavy rain in several regions of the country

- personal hygiene kits, household sanitation and food

Liaise with PS and HA colleagues. MIC suggests that most cost efficient means to provide these humanitarian items is via financial donation and/or regional procurement

In the absence of further developments the MIC closed the emergency in CECIS.

144 TURKEY Earthquake

24.10.2011 Monitoring 26.10.2011 Request for assistance

22.11.2011

On 23/10/2011 an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 at 10 km depth struck Turkey's Van province 600 pax killed 5700 buildings collapsed 60.000 pax need of shelter

- winterized tents - prefab houses

16 PS provided assistance in form of tents and NFI: 5771 tents for 32.630 pax: AT, BE, DK, ES, FR, IT, LU, RO, SE, SI, SK, UK, BG, DE(RC), NL(RC), IE.

- on 27.10 an EUCPT (FI, UK, AT, BE, MIC) + TAST (FI) was deployed. Returned on 01.11.2011. - 9 countries have requested EU co-financing (AT, BE, BG, DK, ES, FR, SI, SK, UK) for the transport costs of a total amount of 613.759,04 €. - In addition, on 31.10 the EU and the Turkish RC signed a grant agreement for the allocation of 4 million € for the supply of some 1,200 temporary housing

145 ITALY Floods 28.10.2011 Monitoring 17.11.2011

heavy rainfalls that hit the Northern Italian territory 7 killed, 350 displaced

- Liaise with IT Monitor flood portal

146 FRANCE (Reunion Island) Fire


07.11.2011

Since October 25th, an important forest fire is developing on the Reunion Island

- 1 bambi bucket to equip an helicopter AS 350 B2

FR sent 170 firefighters and 2 Dash8 on site to reinforce local response

147 THAILAND Floods 31.10.2011 Monitoring 17.11.2011

heavy rainfalls that lasted for months put TH, especially the capital Bangkok in a difficult situation

-

Liaise with ECHO RSO TH and HA desk in B5. Monitor the situation for a possible request for CP experts.


activation / status



148 PHILIPPINES Storm WASHI

19.12.2011 Monitoring 20.12.2011 Request for assistance

11.01.2012

Storm WASHI affected 50 municipalities, over 1000 pax killed, 640K affected

- Emergency shelter, watsan, NFI

AT: 728.000 aquatabs (127mg) – to purify up to 29 mio liters of water

Liaise with HA desk in B5 and TA on the ground. Coord meetings with other COM services Pre-selection of a EUCP team to be deployed (not the case in the end)

ECHO allocated 3 mio EUR. Several PS provided cash support.

2012

149 ITALY Marine pollution Concordia ship

accident

20.01.2012 Monitoring

28.02.2012

IT Civil Protection has invited a small EU mission to observe the rescue and marine pollution operations

-

On 26.01 an EU observers team (NO, MT, FR, EMSA, MIC) was deployed to Giglio. Returned on 30.01.2012. The team also included an expert from the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit.

150 SLOVAKIA Severe cold weather 04.02.2012 Request for assistance

07.02.2012 -

151 XXX – Eastern

European Countries

Severe cold weather conditions

06.02.2012 Monitoring 30.03.2012 -

152 BULGARIA Extreme weather & Flooding


21.02.2012 -

A MIC LO was deployed on 08-09.02 to accompany the Commissioner KG and liaise with BG authorities. This contributed to issuing a good request for assistance that immediately triggered a robust response from PS.

153 ITALY Severe weather conditions

10.02.2012 Monitoring 22.02.2012 -

154 MONTENEGRO Snow storms

13.02.2012 Early warning (pre-alert) 14.02.2012 Request for assistance

29.02.2012 -

GR and SI – helicopters for transport of food, etc and evacuation of population.

155 ALBANIA Severe weather

conditions (snowfalls, low temperatures)


08.03.2012 - LX – helicopter MD-902 for 1 week intervention LX requested tp co-financing

DE informed about commercial offer for heli – not followed

156 REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Ammunition depot explosion


02.04.2012 -

On 08.02.2012 a Mechanism expert (FR) was deployed to RC as associated member of the UNDAC team in the field of


activation / status



coordination and information management. On 15.03 a EUCP team (FR, BE, FR, MIC) was deployed to Brazzaville. Returned on 24.03.2012. In addition, the MIC made available 2 structural engineers (NL, FR) as associated members to the six members UNDAC team.

157 MEXICO Earthquake

20.03.2012 Early warning (pre-alert)

27.03.2012

Quake of 7.9M and 17,5 km depth occurred in the highly populated region of Guerrero in Mexico.

-

158 PAKISTAN Avalanche 07.04.2012 Early warning (pre-alert)

12.04.2012

An avalanche hit a military camp near the Siachen glacier. In all 135 people - including 124 soldiers were missing / presumed dead

-

159 INDONESIA Earthquake / tsunami 11.04.2012 Early warning (pre-alert)

12.04.2012

Quake of 8.7M, 33km, occurred 380km W from the coasts of Sumatra. A medium tsunami was created.

-

160 TURKEY Refugees / Syrian refugees in Turkey

14.04.2012 Early warning (pre-alert) 17.04.2012 Request for assistance

on-going

85, 000 Syrian refugees are hosted by TR along its border with Syria.

-

AT • 25 family tents • 480 blankets • 300 kitchen sets for 5

persons FR • 75 family tents • 600 blankets • 216 kitchen sets HU: • 709 bed sheets • 5,000 blankets

SE offered 200 tents if needed – in standby. EC transport co-financing requested. Several PS provided financial assistance.

161 COMOROS ISLANDS Flash floods


14.05.2012

Flash floods affected all 3 islands of Comoros (Grand

- Expert in the field of coordination and information

FR – 1 expert

EUCP Mechanism activated following the request from UN OCHA in order to deploy an EU CP trained expert as an

During the deployment phase, the FR expert fell sick


activation / status



Comore, Anjouan and Moheli).

management, associated to the UNDAC team

associated member to the UNDAC team.

and the mission was terminated.

162 ITALY Earthquake 20.05.2012 Monitoring 24.05.2012

5.9ML eq in Emilia Romagna region 7 killed Massive damage

- Contact with Italy CP. Disseminate JRC scientific reports on the consequences


5.8ML eq in Emilia R., high damage in already affected areas. Cumulated effects: 17 killed, 15.000 affected

-

164 BULGARIA Explosion

(not in CECIS, only in Outlook)

05.06.2012 Monitoring 09.06.2012

On 05.06.2012, there was an explosion at an ammunition facility near Marash

- - BG activated the GMES in rush-mode for obtaining satellite imagery of the affected site.

165 GREECE Forest fire 16.06.2012 Request for assistance

20.06.2012

Large fire in South Attica – Keratea threatening urban areas, buildings, touristic facilities Burnt area (17.06) 3300 ha

- 2 modules a.f.f, i.e. 4 Canadairs

- IT: 2 Canadairs - HR: 1 Canadair

MIC requested the activation of ACR5 project. Italy requested EU co-financing for transport support – 36.000 EUR.

BG offered 1 helicopter but not accepted (no need for helis)

166 SPAIN Forest fire 29.06.2012 Monitoring 09.07.2012

Several active forest fires. Critical situation in Corte de Pallas (Valencia) – 15.000 ha burnt

-

167 BULGARIA Forest fire 02.07.2012 Request for assistance

04.07.2012

In the afternoon of On 1 July a major fire started in a forest reserve in the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia.

- 1 aerial firefight module (helicopters)

- RO: 1 helicopter with 2MT bucket (the deployment was cancelled due to the weather improvement)

Two helicopters from the Bulgarian Army and 350 fire fighters from different services and volunteers were involved in the fire fighting activities.

168 MONTENEGRO Forest fires 14.07.2012 Request for assistance

25.07.2012

Severe forest fires affected Crna Poda and Canyon Drage

- 1 module for forest fires (3 helicopters)

- HR offered 2 helicopters for 15.07.2012

- MIC had been in contact with HR, FR, IT, ES, PT, Ro and BG to explore more options for the request for assistance

- 2 helicopters were deployed by Serbia 12-14 July

169 BULGARIA Explosion 18.07.2012 Monitoring 20.07.2012 At Burgas Airport

there was an - - - MIC had been in contact with PS and with BG authorities for


activation / status



explosion in a bus in the parking lot of Departures terminal. 32 injured, most of them already transported to Tel Aviv for further treatment.

clarifying the possible assistance to be provided.

170 GREECE Forest fires Patras 18.07.2012 Request for assistance

19.07.2012

The assistance requested was for a major forest fire in the area of City of Patras

- 2 Aerial Forest Fire Fighting Modules using planes. - Rapid activation of the EU ACR 5 Project

- MIC had been in contact with PS and with GR authorities for clarifying the possible assistance to be provided. - MIC activated the ACR-5 according to the existing procedures, but based on the situation in Europe it was unable to be deployed.

171 SYRIA Civil unrest 31.07.2012 Monitoring On-going

event open to share relevant information regarding the civil unrest in Syria.

MIC shared with PS the EEAS monitoring reports and various maps produced by JRC + sat images produced in the frame of GIO-EMS.

172 ALBANIA Forest fires Diber 06.08.2012 Request for assistance

12.09.2012

The forest fire area affected the prefecture of Diber, Kukes, Korca

- Aerial firefighting means

- TR offered 1 helicopter 28.08 - SI offerd a helicopter with 3.5Mt water bucket on 31 .08 -IT offered 2 airplanes on 4 September

- MIC had been in contact with PS and with AL authorities for clarifying the possible assistance to be provided.

Commercial offers from DE and AT and the offer from EMERCOM were not accepted by the AL authorities

173 GREECE Forest Fires

Peloponnese/ Megalopolis


10.08.2012

Major forest fire in the area of Megalopolis, Central Peloponnese (South Greece)

Aerial forest fire fighting module using airplanes

-

MIC requested FR for the activation of ACR5 project Due to the situation in FR it was offered a Dash 8 plane. Not accepted due technical reasons.

174 SLOVENIA Forest fires 10.08.2012 Request for assistance

13.08.2012

two large forest fires near City of Koper (SI coast area, SW of Slovenia)

1 CL-415 Disseminate EFFIS forecasts and risk maps.

IT offered on bilateral basis 1 helic AS350 ECUREUIL B3 - accepted

175 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Forest Fires


12.09.2012

Major fires in area of Jablanica, area of Mostar City, Konjic, Nevesinje, Novo Goradze, Trebinje, Bileća and Gacko

- First:1 Airplane for forest fire fighting

- Second: 3 airplanes for 3 days

- HR offered 1 airplane starting 25 august -HR offered 2 irplanes on the 10 september -Emercom offered 1 helicopter starting 24 august until 30 August

MIC facilitated the info exchange between EMERCOM and BiH authorities

HR requested twice activation of the transport pooling phase requested for 50% of the costs


activation / status



-TR offered a helicopter 5 -10 september

176 PORTUGAL Forest Fires 03.09.2012 Request for assistance

08.09.2012 2 modules for aerial fire-fighting with airplanes

- FR 2 airplanes from ACR5 project 4-6 September ES 2 airplanes 4-5 September

MIC requested FR for the activation of ACR5 project

177 JORDAN Syrian refugees 12.09.2012 Request for assistance

On-going

Due to the massive influx of the Syrian refugees starting March 2012, the JO authorities decided on 14 September to ask for financial and in-kind assistance from EU countries

Based on the needs for the Camp Za'atri Jordan formulated a comprehensive request for assistance

- offers have been provided by AT, SK, NO consisting in blankets, tent heaters, camp supporting items. -LUX provided 3 ambulances -Financial assistance: DK, FR, DE, UK, ES, IR, NL, PL, - DE/THW participated with a WASH mission in the camp under UNHCR - FR had a mission with military AMP -IT donated a AMP to the Jordanian Royal Medical Service -EUCP Assessment team (CZ, AT, RO, IT, MIC LO) 24 09- 01.10 October. - DK: 40K blankets. Delivery foreseen early 2013. Handover by a small EUCP team (DK+MIC LO).

- MIC had been in contact with PS and with JO authorities for searching all the possibilities to fulfil the request for assistance.

178 CHAD Floods 11.10.2012 Request for assistance

23.10.2012

Large floods, in some areas more than 50 years return period Around 0.5M pax affected

Assistance for the inhabitants as well as support for land drying/sanitation of the area.

- MIC contacted the ECHO field office and EU delegation in Chad in order to assess the situation and actual needs on the ground. - ECHO TAs conducted an assessment mission to areas affected by the floods (the mission went to N’Djamena, Mayo Kebbi, and Tandjile). - following the result of the assessment and other available information on the flood situation in Chad, the MIC concludes that for the time being there is no need for CP assistance,

Good coop with EU Del in N'Djamena


activation / status



therefore the MIC has decided to close the emergency.


In the south of Italy, Calabria Region, Pollino area, M5 and depth 6.3 km earthquake struck on 25/10/2012 at 23:05UTC. No major damages and no deaths.

Liaising with Italian Civil Protection Department.

180 USA Tropical cyclone SANDY

30.10.2012 Monitoring 09.11.2012

Hurricane force winds affected a large swath of the coast, from Virginia in the South to Rhode Island in the north.

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Increased monitoring, analysis together with JRC of current projections of Sandy. Info dissemination to PS via CECIS.

181 HAITI Tropical cyclone SANDY


16.11.2012

54 deaths, destroyed more than 18000 homes, extensive damage to crops and infrastructure. approximately 1,4 million affected. The Gov of Haiti declared a state of emergency on 31 Oct 2012 and submitted a request for assistance to the MIC.

shelter, water sanitation, public health (fear of cholera and other epidemics), food, and infrastructure repair

ECHO staff has carried out needs assessments in IDP camps of Port-au-Prince, in Jeremie (Grande Anse) and Leogane, Grand Goave and the Nippes Department. ECHO’s consultations and coordination with UNOCHA, the shelter and CCCM, Health, and WASH continue. ECHO is also in close contact with OFDA, ACDI/CIDA and SIDA. Regular contacts with the EU delegation.

182 GUATEMALA Earthquake


28.11.2012

On 7.11 a 7.2M, 33km depth quake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala. 52 people died and more than 1,250,000 affected. Several 6.5M aftershocks followed.


activation / status



183 NIGERIA Floods 15.11.2012 Request for assistance

29.11.2012

Heavy rains and flooding affected the country. 363 deaths, 29,680 injured and more than 2M displaced

ECHO MIC has been in contact with all relevant stakeholders and is currently evaluating the situation to verify the needs and to study possible options for action. MIC undertook a preliminary analysis of the situation and concluded that there is no need to provide in-kind civil protection assistance from Europe at this stage of the emergency since the floods are gradually decreasing. However, the MIC decided to present to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) a proposal for an assessment mission to Nigeria to support the government in better managing the consequences of the recent floods, also with a view to upgrade their disaster management capacity. No follow up from Nigerian side, so the emergency was closed.

184 PHILIPPINES Tropical cyclone BOPHA (local Pablo)


18.12.2012

647 deaths 780 injured 300K IDPs 5.4M affected The Philippine Government has declared a “state of national calamity” on 07/12/2012

ECHO TA participated to on site assessments in Mindanao together with other partners. On 1 December the UN OCHA sent a request for UNDAC experts for a possible deployment of 2-3 weeks. No specific follow-up.

185 FRANCE Tropical cyclone EVAN

16.12.2012 Monitoring 24.12.2012

Massive damage on Wallis and Futuna islands. No deaths reported.

France going to send a first assessment team from the New Caledonia, and we a second team of 4 people from Paris to Noumea (New Caledonia) on 16.12. No specific follow-up for the EUCPM.

186 FIJI Tropical cyclone EVAN


21.12.2012 More than 8K pax evacuated.

Due to the development of the situation there is no specific follow-up under the EUCPM.

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