Transcript Hadjigeorgiou

Advance Course in the Management of Disaster Victims
Cyprus participation to the European
Civil Protection Mechanism
via
the Incident Command and Control
Centre
Kyriacos Hadjigeorgiou
Civil Defence Officer A’
Nicosia, 19 October , 2011
What will follow:
• European Community CP Mechanism Training
Program
• Preparatory Action on an EU Rapid Response
Capability
• European Community CP Mechanism Exercises
• Command and Monitoring Centre Overview
• Activities within the Centre – Duties
• Electronic Siren System – Population Warning
System Surveillance
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EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION
Together in the face of disaster
European Commission
DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection ECHO
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Cyprus Civil Defence and
EUCP Mechanism
2002 Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding
2004 Connected to MIC through CECIS
2005 Co-developer of the Assessment Mission Course Methodology
2008 EUCP Training Policy Group participation and contributor
2009 Preparatory Action on an EU Rapid Response Capability (TAST)
2009 Large full scale simulation exercise POSEIDON
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Cyprus Civil Defence
and EUCP Training
Partnership/cooperation with CP
organisations from Germany (THW, JUH)
and Denmark (DEMA)
Participated in the designing of EUCP
training courses:
– Assessment Mission Course
– Staff Management Course and
– Media and Security Strategy Course
Since 2005 organised and co-organised
more than 15 EUCP training courses
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Assessment Mission Course
of the
EU Civil Protection Mechanism
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Assessment Mission
Course (AMC)
• Main Objective: needs assessment in support of
local authorities
• Methodology: 5-days course with one instruction
day and 3 days uninterrupted field exercise with the
participation of the vast majority of stakeholders
from the Cyprus Community
• Location: 5 districts of the Republic of Cyprus
• Overall approx. 60 participants per cycle
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EUTAC- Technical Assistance
Support Team - CECIS Reg.
Kitchen
EUTAC - European Technical Assistance Cooperation - is a project of the German Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
(The Johanniter International Assistance) and Cyprus Civil Defence developing a Technical Assistance
and Support Team for an assistance to EU Civil Protection interventions.
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International Capacities
Technical Assistance Support
Management (staff: 2)
- Office equipment – often combined
with the communication module
Communication (staff: 4)
- Radios /PCs / Internet /Mobile phones /
Satellite phones / Cameras etc.
Mission Subsistence Support (staff: 4)
- Beds /Food / Sanitarians /Power
Mission Transport Support (staff: 2)
Total staff: 12 X 3 = 36
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POSEIDON PROJECT
Earthquake
followed by a Tsunami
in the Mediterranean Sea
(Crete, Greece)
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Cyprus Civil Defence Participation
to the Exercise POSEIDON
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Coordination Experts
Assessment Experts
Civil Engineer
Technical Assistance Support Team
Rescue Team
First Aid Team
Exercise Evaluators
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Lessons Learnt
COMMENTS ON EUROPEAN VALUE ADDED
Networking, technical exchange of expertise, stateof-the-art equipment, interoperability, basis for
mutual cooperation not only in the field but also in
training, preparation and defining of standards
First multi-national TAST proved to have developed a
highly qualified team, multi-nationality even with
non-bordering countries and even with
different cultural backgrounds works!
Improved standards for TAST (TAST Guidance
Workshop) and their SOPs; first SOPs
developed for TAST
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COMMAND AND
MONITORING CENTRE
• Basic facts
– June 10, 2002
– 24h/7d
– Shift System
– Permanent Staff
• 5 Assistant Civil Defence Officers
– Support personnel (Volunteers)
• Technical Assistance Support Team
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CENTRES IN EUROPE
• One of 32 + 1 Command and
Monitoring Centres in Europe
• Centres  Network that covers Europe
• CCD Command and Monitoring Centre
 Contribution of the Republic to the
European Network
MIC
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32 COMMAND AND MONITORING
CENTRES
THROUGHOUT EUROPE
27 MS
3 EEA
Croatia
FYROM
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MAIN DUTIES
• Monitoring and Information Centre Communication
• CECIS – Monitoring
• Marine Pollution Contact Point
• ECURIE Contact Point
• Radiation Alert Contact Point (IAEA)
• WHO, General Health Regulations Contact Point
• European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
Monitoring
• Wireless Communication Network Handling
• Electronic Siren System Population Warning System Surveillance
• Tsunami Warning Focal Point
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Common Emergency
Communication and Information
System - CECIS
• Entry Screen:
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ECURIE
• Stands for European Commission Urgent
Radiological Information Exchange System
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RADIATION ALERT
• Monitoring of radiation levels in the atmosphere
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EUROPEAN – MEDITERRANEAN
SEISMOLOGICAL CENTRE
• Surveillance of Earthquake Activity all over the world
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WIRELESS NETWORK
UHF STATIONS
 CIVIL DEFENCE
Civil Defence
 ESSENTIAL SERVICES
 MINISTRIES
 DISTRICT OFFICES
 MUNICIPALITIES
 LARGE VILLLAGES
640+
Essential Services
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POPULATION WARNING
SYSTEM SURVEILLANCE
• Electronic Siren System
– Sirens all over free Cyprus
– Indoor Warning Units (IWU)
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POPULATION WARNING
SYSTEM SURVEILLANCE
• Done through an Integrated I.S.
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MONITORING and
CONTROL
SELECTION
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ALARMS / MESSAGES
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Sound alarms
Pre-recorded voice messages
Direct transmission of live messages
Demonstration  Indoor Warning Unit
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FIXED Vs MOBILE CENTRES
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MOBILE COMMAND AND
MONITORING CENTRES
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SATELLITE MAPPING
Greece, Forest Fires
2007
Lebanon, Marine Oil
Spill 2006
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Main Command Centre
“on the move”
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Assistance to others
Greece
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Sudan
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Any questions?
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Thank you!
Photo: Christos Theodorides, Cyprus Mail, Friday May 16, 2008)
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