EvacuationPerspectives

Workshop 13/14 september 2017

Hengelo

Marcel Matthijsse, national projectmanager Water & Evacuation andmanager Nucleair Incident Preparation program Safety Region Zeeland

Peter van Beek, EU CBRN Expert Nuclear Emergency Preparedness & Response Fire Department Zeeland

Major Incident TypesFlooding Nucleair incident

Defining evacuation

•Moving people, animals and goods from a dangerzone to a safe zone

• Logistic challenge

•Health care challenge

Defining EvacuationBefore it happens: • Preventive EvacuationAfter it happens:• Danger zones: Rescue• Other effected areas: Evacuation• Recovery• Rebuilding• Re-evacuation

Consequence of Evacuation

• Shutting down society

•Causing damage

It will effect:

•Health (physical and mental)

• Economy

• Society

Evacuees 80%

Self reliant 90%

Self transportation 80%

Collective transportation 20%

Dependent 10%

Through Family 20%

Through health care organisations 80%

Selfsupport 60%

Evacuation center 40%

Citizens 100%

20% Stays

Evacuation dilemma

•Who makes the decision

•When to make the decision

TIME = THE ENEMY

Time line

Evacuating Zeeland

Flooding Nucleair incident

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How to make a plan

• Impact analyses• What will be effected by the incident?• What number of casualties is expected?• Is the effected area unliveable after te incident?

•What resources are available?•How much time is necessary to evacuate?•What alternative safety measures are possible?

Communicate, communicate, communicate!!!!!

How to make the plan a success:

Executing the plan

•Are there any obstruction which effect the plan?• Less time?• Less resources?• More people?

Evacuation dilemma:Emergency at the nuclear power plant Borssele (South Western part in the Netherlands).

South Western wind blows to the North East. Rainy weather.

The expected effective dose for the nearby population (within 2 km distance of the power plant) is above theintervention level for evacuation. Evacuation is indicated.

Outside this zone, the expected dose is below the intervention level for evacuation.

90 km down wind, at the isotopic lab in the Erasmus Medical Hospital in Rotterdam city, a new shift starts working. The entrance contamination monitor alarms due to detected radiological particles from outside thebuilding.

Analysis of the Zeeland and Rotterdam fireservice CBRN-teams, concludes that the contamination in Rotterdam is caused by heavy rain fall which washed out the radioactive cloud.

The complete hospital and surrounded area is contaminated, but the contamination is far below theintervention level for evacuation.

Q: Evacuate this area or not?

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