Advance Course in the Management of Disaster Victims

1. 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

2. 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

3. EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION Together in the face of disaster European Commission DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection ECHO

4. Cyprus Civil Defence and EUCP Mechanism 2002 Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding • Connected to MIC through CECIS 2005 Co-developer of the Assessment Mission Course Methodology • EUCP Training Policy Group participation and contributor • Preparatory Action on an EU Rapid Response Capability (TAST) • Large full scale simulation exercise POSEIDON

5. 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

6. Assessment Mission Course of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

7. 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

8. 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.

9. International CapacitiesTechnical 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

10. POSEIDON PROJECT Earthquake followed by a Tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea (Crete, Greece)

11. Cyprus Civil Defence Participation to the Exercise POSEIDON - Coordination Experts - Assessment Experts - Civil Engineer - Technical Assistance Support Team - Rescue Team - First Aid Team - Exercise Evaluators

12. Lessons Learnt • COMMENTS ON EUROPEAN VALUE ADDED • Networking, technical exchange of expertise, state-of-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

13. 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

14. MIC 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

15. 32 COMMAND AND MONITORING CENTRES THROUGHOUT EUROPE 27 MS 3 EEA Croatia FYROM

16. 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 18

17. Common Emergency Communication and Information System - CECIS • Entry Screen:

18. ECURIE • Stands for European Commission Urgent Radiological Information Exchange System

19. RADIATION ALERT • Monitoring of radiation levels in the atmosphere

20. EUROPEAN – MEDITERRANEAN SEISMOLOGICAL CENTRE • Surveillance of Earthquake Activity all over the world

21. WIRELESS NETWORK UHF STATIONS • CIVIL DEFENCE • ESSENTIAL SERVICES • MINISTRIES • DISTRICT OFFICES • MUNICIPALITIES • LARGE VILLLAGES Civil Defence Essential Services 640+

22. POPULATION WARNING SYSTEM SURVEILLANCE • Electronic Siren System • Sirens all over free Cyprus • Indoor Warning Units (IWU)

23. POPULATION WARNING SYSTEM SURVEILLANCE • Done through an Integrated I.S.

24. MONITORING and CONTROL SELECTION

25. ALARMS / MESSAGES • Sound alarms • Pre-recorded voice messages • Direct transmission of live messages • Demonstration  Indoor Warning Unit

26. FIXED Vs MOBILE CENTRES

27. MOBILE COMMAND AND MONITORING CENTRES

28. SATELLITE MAPPING Greece, Forest Fires 2007 Lebanon, Marine Oil Spill 2006

29. Main Command Centre“on the move”

30. Assistance to others Greece Indonesia Sri Lanka Pakistan Sudan

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32. Thank you! Photo: Christos Theodorides, Cyprus Mail, Friday May 16, 2008) 34