Civil protection and Met services, a partnership to manage natural hazards and disasters

Koumaran Pajaniradja

Natural Disasters Management Advisor

Ministry for Home Affairs – France Civil Protection – Department of Multi-Hazards Management Geneva, November 28 th 2007

Civil protection and Met services, a partnership to manage natural hazards and disasters 1- Brief Introduction : French legislation on risk prevention and crisis management 2- Operational response to natural disasters 3- The key role of Met services in global natural risk management

1- French legislation on risk prevention and crisis management The law for natural and technological risks – 2003 July 30th

in order to assess and reduce the risk before a crisis, - administrated by the Ministry of ecology and sustainable development, - urban planning to conciliate living conditions with those of nature, - protection measures (water basin retention, territory management,…) - wide and precise information of the citizens about risks

The law for civil protection crisis mangement – 2004 August 13th

defines administrative and operational ruling of crisis management, - recalls that the citizen has a basic responsability in its own security, - asserts that operational response require continuous watch on any risk.

2- Operational response to natural disasters National Met Information Modularity and complementary action Regional Met Information NATIONAL MEANS

Ministry for Homme Affairs Civil Protection National Head Quarter

REGIONAL MEANS Prefect for the zone LOCAL MEANS Mayor RESPONSE DEPARTEMANTAL MEANS Prefect Local Met Information

3- The key role of Met services in global natural risk management

PREVENTION FEED-BACK Preparedness RECOVERY RESPONSE

3- The key role of Met services in global natural risk management Before the crisis:

- Improve our

knowledge

about natural risk: What we know about the hazard? How does it occur? Where?

What happened then? Are the rescue teams well localized according to this?

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Prepare response plans

associating Met experts -Have a

continuous watch

with vigilance system - Common Training activities and

crisis simulations

with Met services

3- The key role of Met services in global natural risk management During the crisis: Met information, a support for decsision-makers

MET EXPERTS

Continuous Risk assesment

DECISION MAKERS

Warnings INFORMATION RESCUE RESPONSE

CITIZENS

Let the Met experts be real crisis management advisors

3- The key role of Met services in global natural risk management After the crisis: Learn the lessons et draw the common improvements

What did work? What didn’t and why?

Operational solutions? Legislative solutions?

Should we reinforce operational teams or protection mesures?

Was the vigilance effective?

Civil protection and Met services, a partnership to manage natural hazards and disasters In short,

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From a supply approach to a demand approch,

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Associate Met service at every stage of a crisis management so as to have the same understanding of each needs,

Civil protection and Met services, a partnership to manage natural hazards and disasters

Koumaran Pajaniradja

Natural Disasters Management Advisor

Ministry for Home Affairs – France Civil Protection – Department of Multi-Hazards Management Geneva, November 28 th 2007