WELCOME

AGENDA 15.00 – 15.15 Arrival at HQ FRS Centrum 15.15 – 15.20 Welcome – col. Wim Van Zele 15.20 – 15.40 Presentation MIRG EU – st. comm. David Brown 15.40 – 15.50 MIRG EU – Film – maj. Tom Van Esbroeck 15.50 – 16.05 Coffee break 16.05 – 16.35 Case MIRG EU – Alert process – All partners 16.35 – 16.50 Lessons learned – To Be – Jeroen Zonnevijlle & Arya Honarmand 16.50 – 17.25 Demo & Static show – MIRG-team 17.25 – 17.30 End of visit

FIRE SERVICE BELGIUM Fire Service in Belgium before 2015 589 Towns – 251 Fire Brigades Gas incident Gellingen 2004 January 1th, 2015 Fire Brigade Ghent became Fire and Rescue Services Centrum 34 FRS Zones in Belgium

FRS CENTRUM

FRS CENTRUM TOTAL SURFACE 815 KM2

TOTAL RESIDENTS 505.238 inhabitants

Personnel FRS CENTRUM: Professional firefighters 474 Volunteer firefighters 429 Professional paramedics 42 Volunteer paramedics 90 Civilian personnel 82

FRS CENTRUM MISSION: Be a guiding and binding force in prevention, firefighting, the delivery of assistance, crisis management and disaster relief in cooperation with the other disciplines. VISION: FRS Centrum is recognized by the other emergency providers at home and abroad as a leading, innovative and continuously learning organization.

MIRG EU Two Seas project area

Duration MIRG EU project: November 2011 – November 2014

MIRG EU PARTNER Lead partner Safety Region Zeeland

Jeroen Zonnevijlle Hoofdbrandmeester Eric Lems

MIRG EU PARTNER capt. Tom Van Damme

col. Thierry Van Goethem

col. Wim Van Zele maj. Tom Van Esbroeck dir. Didier De Wulf

MIRG EU PARTNER

Station manager David Brown

MIRG EU PARTNER SDIS62 Pas-De-Calais

col. Pascal Miaux com. Nicolas Leclet lt. Christophe Cousin

MIRG EU PARTNER Province Zeeland

Ron de Meyer

MIRG EU PARTNER Ministry of internal affairs (BE)

MIRG-BE PROTOCOL

OTHER SPEAKERS Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Ostend (MRCC Ostend) capt. Réjane Gyssens Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) Arya Honarmand

MIRG EU Intro: David Brown

• 25 years in Offshore Operations

• 3 notable incidents Schofu 1995; Ever decent 1999; DFDS 2014

• FRMR Lead officer for KFRS - POC

• National Lead for ship incidents along side • UK FRMR National Coordinator

• MIRG EU Responsible for all ETE.

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Who: • NL lead project/initiative;

• Monitoring Committee;

• Invited EU funded qualified partners UK; FR; NL;

BEL;

• Small ETE team.

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When: • Project commenced late 2011 with equipment

presentations and demonstrations held in the UK;

• Policy work began in mid 2012 (OPM)

• Training began March 2013 (TM)

• LSE June 2014

• Final Conference September 2014

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What: • Training up a dedicated teams to respond off shore

• Cargo • RoRo RoPax Ferry • Cruise ships

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Where: • SDIS 62 Marck-en-Calais

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Why: • Marine traffic and shipping movements

• Cargo • RoRo RoPax Ferry • Cruise ships

• Economic consequences extend beyond Europe • Environmental impact • Increasing market trend

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MIRG EU CAPABILITY GAP

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Summary: • Develop a standard set of operating procedures for

cross border integrations; • Develop a robust Training Manual for all the

required elements to become a MIRG team member

• International Large Scale Exercise demonstrated cooperation between all teams

• Develop partnership working at international level.

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Next steps: • Continue to communicate and to share knowledge,

skills and education to aid response to or prevent a disaster or mass evacuation at sea;

• Demonstrate continual development of these special skills within other MIRG projects;

• Support our partners and colleagues through workshops, training events and seminars to strive for maintenance of this response.

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MIRG EU FILM

MIRG EU THANK YOU

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE?

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CASE MIRG EU

MRCC Ostend

Capt. Réjane Gyssens

Juni 2006 MRCC Ostend

Disaster General Contingency plan Northsea

On request of the captain Only safety incidents Not when SSAS is activated Not when incident is activated on purpose

to harm cargo or ship Not when threatened by terroristic attack

such as, CBRN attack.

When to insert a MIRG team

Inhoud – Workflow bij opdracht

Vessel request assistance of MIRG team via MRCC (SMC) Nautical Director evaluates situation and informs CC-

prov to receive a go for support of the Mirg-team(policy decision) Use of MIRG team activates automaticly the emergency

contingency plan Northsea MIRG Be s being contacted by MRCC Ostend

MRCC delivers intake “Checklist Fire” and “Dangerous

Goods Checlist” to MIRG-Be. MIRG-Be decides if they will participate for the

incident responce.

Flowchart MIRG teams

Warning

Call-back procedure Intake Estimated arrival t ime Situation 15’ , f irst & second departure

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Preparation

Preparing transport Preparing personal bags / clothing Transport

To holding area Registrat ion of departure t ime, names, etc

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SOP’S Tasking to incident Fire liaison officer Deployment and transportation Nominal role Communications Incident command Hand-over procedure

MIRG-EX

Berisuas and MIRG-EX

Berisuas Cluster Project MIRGEX project: Partnership Budget Objectives Planning Scenario Tasks Issues

Closing Remarks Questions?

Berisuas Cluster Project MIRGEX project: Partnership Budget Objectives Planning Scenario Tasks Issues

Closing Remarks Questions?

MIRG-EU Project

Berisuas

BEtter Response and Improved Safety through

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Relevance MIRG capability Ferry Sorrento 150 evacuated at sea 28 April 2015 – Mallorca Norman Atlantic Ferry 11 lives lost 19 missing 28 December 2014, Italy

And of course…

Partnership MIRGEX

Federale Dienst Openbare Hulpverlening, West-Vlaanderen Mobiliteit en openbare werken Vlaanderen (coast guard) Havendienst Zeebrugge Brandweerzone Waasland Brandweerzonezone Antwerpen 1 Brandweerzone Centrum SDIS de Pas-de-Calais Kent Fire & Rescue Service Veiligheidsregio Zeeland EU commission (civil protection)

Objectives MIRGEX

Develop the multidisciplinary approach to maritime accidents

by integrating the land based structures into the exercise.

Improving their own capabilities by including a CBRN and an entrapment element within the exercise scenario

Test the abilities of the MIRG teams within the European Commission civil protection mechanism

Budget

Total budget 1,219,357

Planning MIRGEX

Start project January 2015

Set up project structure: Jan-June 2015

Table top exercises February 2016

Command post exercise May 2016

Full scale exercise 11 & 12 October 2016

Final conference 23 November 2016

End of project December 2016

Knowledge exchange within the EU

Italy

London Fire Brigade

Nordic MIRG Baltic MIRG

Closing Remarks

Questions?

“ESSENTIAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY”

TO-BE SITUATION

Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and MIRG

DG ECHO B.1 – Emergency Response

ERCC Main Operations Room

ERCC: Three Main Functions

1. Coordination of disaster response within the framework of the new Union civil protection legislation - UCPM

2. Coordination platform for humanitarian aid and civil protection operations – UCPM-HA

3. Enhanced coordination hub for the whole Commission: entry point for Argus and POC for IPCR/"Solidarity Clause" activations – IPCR/SC

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Entrance Rue de la Loi 86 (for EC staff only)

Entrance Rue Joseph II-79 (for visitors)

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1 – Main Operations (OPS 1) : ; 2 – Operations 2 (OPS 2) : 00/MED 2; 3 – Operations 3 (OPS 3) : 00/MED 1; 4 – Analysis and Planning : 00/PAY 1; 5 – Transport and Logistics: 00/PAY 2; 6 – Briefing / Hand Over 1: 00/A 151; 7 – Briefing / Hand Over 2: 00/A 137; 8 – Auditorium : 00/ MED 3;

9 – Reception Area; 10 – Crisis Committee : 00/ 009; 11 – Liaison offices; 12 – Meeting : 00/037 + 00/033 B; 13 – Seminar : 00/033 A; 14 – Inner Garden (patio); 15 – Kitchens; 16 – Sanitary Facilities.

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24 HCP (High capacity pumping), 5 WP (Water purification), 3 FFFP (Aerial forest fire fighting module using planes), 10 AMP (Advanced medical post), 4 AMPS (Advanced medical post with surgery), 4 MEVAC (Medical aerial evacuation of disaster victims), 30 MUSAR (Medium urban search and rescue – 1 equipped and

trained for cold conditions), 12 HUSAR (Heavy urban search and rescue), 16 CBRNDET (CBRN detection and sampling), 5 CBRNUSAR (USAR in CBRN conditions), 2 FHOS (Field hospital), 1 ETS (Emergency Temporary Shelter), 7 GFFF (Ground forest fire fighting), 20 GFFF-V (Ground forest fire fighting using vehicles), 2 FC (Flood containment), 4 FRB (Flood rescue using boats), 10 TAST (Technical assistance and support team)

149 CP modules and 10 TAST registered by the PS

Voluntary pool

• The voluntary pool is a system whereby Member States can pre-commit response capacities for EU missions.

• The quality of the assistance is ensured through the establishment of quality criteria and a certification process.

In return for this commitment, Member States benefit

from financial support for developing and transporting these capacities.

Monitoring tools

GDACS: Global Disaster Alert And Coordination System

EFAS - European Flood Awareness System: Floods forecasting and Flood alerts

Weather monitoring EFFIS – European Forest Fire Information System: Fires forecasting

Information CECIS: Common Emergency Communication and Information System

ECHO/ERCC Portal

ECHO Daily Flash

ECHO Crisis Reports

Website: www.europa.eu/echo

ERCC

Disaster stricken country

Request for assistance Acceptance / rejection of

assistance offered Information update

Offer of assistance

Activation of the Mechanism

Deployment of UCP Teams

Coordination of Transport

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QUESTIONS?

DEMO STATIC SHOW