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Emergency communications for European citizens. From Road Accidents to Disasters. Olivier PAUL-MORANDINI Founder – President Euroepan Emergency Number Association - EENA. Contents. Introduction Citizens calling emergency services Communication between emergency services - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Emergency communications for European citizens
Olivier PAUL-MORANDINIFounder – President
Euroepan Emergency Number Association - EENA
From Road Accidents to Disasters
• Introduction
• Citizens calling emergency services
• Communication between emergency services
• Warning and alerting Citizens
• Conclusions
Contents
Introduction
• Europeans travel for leisure and business– 100 million Europeans cross the intra EU
borders every year
• 65% feel less protected when abroad– ignore risks and language– think that emergency services are less well
organised,– …
Two words about Europeans
Road accidents
With dangerous goods
With trapped victims
Citizens112
Authorities
Sirens, Radio, TV,
GSMs
Special NetworksSpecial Networks
Emergency services
Emergency telecommunications
Citizens calling emergency services
Single European Emergency call number 112
• Knowledge of the 112– Campaigns, One number
• Possibility to launch a call– Network availability, Disabled users
• The call is answered– Call center organisation, Multilingualism
• The call is handled– Τraining of operators, Standards
• Help is on its way– Available ressources, Caller localisation
• Help arrives– Minimal response time standard
• Caller is taken care of– Quality criteria and standards
112 service chain
• Universal Service Directive 2002/22 (art. 6, 7, 26)
– Directive 2002/58 – Privacy (art. 9, 10)
• Availability in parallel with national numbers
• Free of charge
• Calls appropriately answered and handled
• Localisation data (in transparent way)
• Adequate information about existence and use
112 legal obligations
• Knowledge – 35% Europe, 7% Greece !• Existence of 112 – handling of calls
– 112 single national number (FIN, SW, DK, NL, LUX, PT, ES, IS,)
– One single national number ≠ 1-1-2 (UK, IRL) – Several numbers (all the others)
• Of which 112 – DE (Fire-fighters), IT (Police), NO (Police)
• Appropriate answering (multilingualism)– Several dozens of languages … – … or only one language
112 implementation - 1
• Localisation– Calls from fixed phones – ± ok– Call from mobiles – several countries have
implemented, 11 infringements
• Network access– Problems in some countries when bill not
payed– Access for people with disabilities– Geographic coverage
112 implementation - 2
• EENA petitioned the European Parliament
• European Commission more active– Conference in October 2005 - 112 is a priority – Eurobarometer– 11 infringements, eCall …
• ETSI EMTEL Working Group …
• Hillary Clinton – ENHANCE 911 act (2004)
112 - Current situation
Communication between emergency services
• Analog vs. Digital• Spectrum bands
– Narrowband, wideband, broadband– Citizens’ Band
• Technologies– TETRA, TERTAPOL (380-395 MHz) – GSM/BOSS (900, 1800 MHz) - Vodaphone DE– Wi-Fi (2,4 – 5 GHz) - Several Projects
• Terrestrial vs. Satellite systems
Overview
• MESA (ETSI and TIA)• U-2010 project (Ubiquitous IP-centric Government &
Enterprise NGN Vision 2010)• ORCHESTRA (Open Architecture and Spatial Data
Infrastructure for Risk Management)• WIDENS (Wireless Deployable Network System)
• WIN (Wide Information Network)• DeHiGate (Deployable High Capacity Gateway for Emergency
Services)
Interesting on-going projects
• Lesson learnt from 11/9 and 7/7– Communications within and between the
emergency services did not stand up on 7 July …(London Assembly report on 7/7/2005
attacks)
• European Security Research Programme
• Common Emergency Communication and Information System (CECIS)– Community Mechanism for Civil Protection
Interoperability
Warning and alerting citizens
• Traffic contol and road accidents
• Approaching chemical or nuclear cloud
• Threat of terrorist attacks
• Upcoming extreme weather conditions
• Tsunamis
• …
Urgent needs
• RDS (Radio Data System)
• Interconnected radio and TV stations
• Mobile telephones
• Sirens (audible signals)
• Bells
But no general, global solution in the EU !
Available technologies
• Safety and health signs at work (Directive 92/58/EEC)– Continuous acoustic signal for evacuation– Regular checks
• Seveso installations (Directive 96/82/EC)– Organisation of alert and intervention – Early warning, alert and information of the public
• Radiological Emergencies (Directive 89/618/Euratom)– Alert and information of the public– Aplies to transport
• Authorisation Directive (2002/20/EC)– Use of networks during disasters for broadcasts to the public
• Transport of dangerous goods– Safety in tunnels
Legal obligations
• Extremelly fragmented • Group SMSs (ETSI mandate)• CHORIST project
– Alerts from heterogeneous sensors / multiple agencies to citizens
• Some work at UN level– Conferences on Early Warning Systems for the
Reduction of Natural Disasters and reports
• Legal obligation for warning & alert in upgrading of Civil Protection Mechanism
Current situation
Conclusions
• US - Proposed «Federal Interoperable Communications and Safety (FICS) Act» (Hillary Clinton, May 25, 2006).– Undersecretary for Emergency Communications and Office of
Emergency Communications– National Emergency Communications Strategy– State-wide Interoperable Communications Plans– National assessment of the nation’s interoperability capabilities– Emergency Preparedness Centre– National Alert System
• EU - European Public Safety Communication (EPSC) Forum (relatively small project)
Europe behind the US
• The response demonstrated a lack of consideration of the individuals …
• Procedures … focus too much on incidents, rather than on individuals and on processes rather than people. …
• Plans tend to cater for the needs of the emergency … services, rather than explicitly addressing the needs and priorities of the people involved.
– (London Assembly report on 7/7/2005 attacks)
Towards a more Citizen-centered approach ?
• Knowledge of the 112 is a fundamental citizens’ right
• Citizens calling the 112 should get the appropriate help, as soon as possible, at the place of the emergency
• Citizens are entitled to the same high quality safety and security standards and should receive the same high quality aftercare in case of accident or disaster
• Citizens in a disaster prone area have the fundamental right to be warned and informed in order to ensure their auto-protection
EENA believes that …
• Non-profit association established in Belgium.
• Works to promote the knowledge & efficient use of the 112, in Europe– by acting as a discussion platform bringing
together all the actors (organizations, emergency services, enterprises and individuals) involved
• Is also active in the field of early warning of citizens in disaster prone areas
What is the EENA
Thank you !
Contact the EENA
• Web: www.eena.org
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Post: EENAChaussée de Saint-Job, 622B-1180 BrusselsBELGIUM
• Fax: +32 (0)2 534-9789