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Building Road Crash Resilience in Moldova
Bruce Hoad
Director, Operation Florian
Treasurer and Trustee, FIRE AID
The ability to save lives at the scene of a crash is very different in
different parts of the world….
Survival Rates Comparison
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% Fatality rate among road casualties
Moldova UK
UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 5 Pillars of Activity
• 1. Road Safety Management
• 2. Safety of Road Infrastructure
• 3. Safety of Vehicles
• 4. Road User Behaviour
• 5. Post-Crash Care
Elements of Effective Community Safety
Protection -
Enforcement
Intervention -
Operations
Prevention -
Education
Protection – Enforcement • Modernisation of Traffic Police
– personnel – cars – equipment – Uniform
• White Nights Initiative • Speeding • Drink-Driving • Seat Belts • Clamp-down on ‘Maxi-Taxis’
Protection - Education
EASST and ACM activities: High Visibility Campaigns for vulnerable road users e.g. children and farmers Road safety education across Moldova e.g. school competitions, road safety playgrounds Don’t Drink-Drive campaign partnering with local nightclubs in Chisinau Seat belt and child restraint campaigns across Moldova Training for public transport drivers and a focus on occupational road safety
SMURD Initiative
Project Partners Charities, NGOs, In-country partners, Funders
• EASST • Ministry of Interior, RM • CPESS • Automobile Club of Moldova • UCRM • Endava, Chisinau • Operation Florian • Blythswood Care • UKRO • Bassel El-Osta • British Embassy • US Embassy • FIA Foundation • Ballyclare Ltd • QSI International School • P&O Ferries
Fire & Rescue Services
• East Sussex • Kent • West Sussex • Surrey • London • Mid & West Wales • Northumberland • Scotland • Greater Manchester • Gatwick Airport • Buckinghamshire • Derbyshire • Wiltshire • Hertfordshire • Gloucestershire • Isle of Man • Wiener Neudorf Volunteer Fire Service - Austria
Inputs – delivered to date
• 20 fully equipped fire appliances • 40 sets RTC equipment • Introductory, Familiarisation, Trainer and Advanced Rescue Techniques
Training Courses • 6 Ambulances • Rescue Boat and engine • Transformer Car and Trailer • Personal Protective Equipment • Water Rescue Equipment • Advanced Trauma Care Conference • Assessment of Incident Command and Fire Investigation Capabilities • Participation in Romanian Rescue Challenge • Inaugural Rescue Challenge October 2015
2015 Convoy en-route
Transformer Car in Use Orhei Training Centre
RTC Presentation - Orhei
Rescue Challenge Concept
UNITED
KINGDOM
RESCUE
ORGANISATION
• Share technical knowledge, skills and ideas
• Demonstrate and enhance knowledge, skill and
understanding
• Be assessed by National and International assessors
against recognised world performance criteria
• Be provided with constructive feedback that will provide
learning opportunities leading to an improvement of
service delivered to local communities
• Opportunities to become National and International
assessors
• See the reduction in road deaths and injuries through
education, training and enhanced operational
capabilities
Rescue Challenges create a sustainable self-developing organisation
Moldova
UNITED
KINGDOM
RESCUE
ORGANISATION
• Delivered RTC train the trainers programme (18 CPESS
Instructors)
• May 2015 support the CPESS develop its Rescue
Organisation
• Delivery October 2015
– National Assessor programme
– Rescue Challenge Logistic training
– Trauma Course
– Extrication Team training
– Trauma Team training
– Inaugural National Rescue Challenge
• 2016 – 2018 Support to increase Rescue Challenge capacity
and future sustainability.
Outcomes
• Reduced attendance times
• Casualty focus
• Closer inter-agency working
• Speedier extrication
• Seamless casualty care
• Earlier presentation to trauma specialists
• Enhanced survivability
Case Study - Ialoveni
• Early 2014 – RTC involving ‘Maxi-taxi’ – 14 fatalities
• May 2014 – identified by CPESS as priority. Received Volvo appliance, RTC gear with full training
• May – Oct 2014 – 3 serious RTCs, 13 casualties: 3 dead on arrival, 3 walking wounded, 7 extrications, 7 survivors
Building Road Crash Resilience in Moldova
Questions?