Firefighter’s educational training for European

Civil Protection

Management

Working groupIng. Ciro Bolognese Ing. Francesco BonavitaIng. Raffaele Cimmino Ing. Piergiorgio D’EliaIng. Saverio Laurenza Ing. Mirko MattiacciIng. Alessandro Spoliti Ing. Massimo Fratti

Floodings

Earthquakes

Chemical Accidents

Different Cases of Study for international

Civil Protection Management

The most important problems for this type of interventions:

Manage a Command&Control Center

Create an efficient Communication System

Make Vehicles and Equipment available

To know the European national laws and agreements about Civil

Protection

A possible target is reachable only throught an adeguate educational training program for the operators

WHAT’S A COOPERATION PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF

CIVIL PROTECTION?IT’S A PROJECT INVOLVING

PARTNERS FROM DIFFERENT STATES TO ACHIEVE COMMON TARGETS POSSIBLY SETTLING

AND SHARING A COMMON MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

INTERREG III (B)ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND,

SLOVENIA, LIECHTENSTEIN, AUSTRIA

THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF EUROPEAN COOPERATION

PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL PROTECTION

AT EUROPEAN LEVEL

• Interreg III is a Community initiative which aims to stimulate interregional cooperation in the EU between 2000-06. It is financed under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY INTENTIONS LEADS TOWARDS THIS DIRECTIONS.

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN THE RECENT YEARS:

• 2001/792/CE Decision Council;

• 2004/277/CE Euratom Decision Council;

• 2005/12/CE Decision Council;

• Resolution Council 25/06/1987;

• Resolution Council 13/02/1989;

• Resolution Council 23/11/1990;

• Resolution Council 8/07/1991;

• 1999/847/CE Decision Council;

THE STRATEGY ADOPTED IS BASED ON THE “SUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLE”.

IT’S MORE HELPFUL THAN SUBSTITUTION

EACH STATE WILL MANAGE THE OPERATIONS FOLLOWING THEIR

INTERNAL RULES WITH THE HELP OF FOREIGN SPECIAL GROUP

WHILE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY KEEP A MANAGEMENT ROLE BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION EXPERTS

THE PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE E.U. ACTS ARE:

THE TARGETS OF COOPERATION;

THE PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY;

A NEW SYSTEM TO MANAGE THE INTERVENTIONS;

THE ISSUE OF A VADEMECUM AS GUIDE FOR THE EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION;

TARGETS

• SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL EFFORTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISASTER;

• CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATIONAL TRAINING OF THE LOCAL DISASTER MANAGERS;

• CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE THE POPULATION KNOWLEDGE;

• CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF THE SUBSIDIARY AIDS FROM ABROAD;

• PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WITH OTHER STATES.

• INFORMATION TO POPULATION;

• PLANNING AND PERFORMING AIDS;

• DISCUSSION AND ASSESSMENT AFTER THE DISASTER;

• GENERAL ACTION PRECEDUERS

PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

THE SYSTEM TO MANAGE THE OPERATIONS

THE SYSTEM IS BASED ON A GENERAL PLAN PROPOSED BY THE E.U.

IT SHOWS DETAILED STRATEGIES TO FACE THE MOST IMPORTANT EMERGENCY

NEEDINGS, A FASTER ACTION (HEARTQUAKE, TERRORISM ATTACK).

VADEMECUM

IT IS A GUIDE CONTAINING:DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PERFORMED OPERATIONS DURING A DISASTERS; THE PLANS TO FACE FUTURE EMERGENCIES AT LOCAL, NATIONAL OR EUROPEAN LEVEL; THE PROGRESS IN TERMS OF EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION COOPERATION

IN CASE OF CATASTROPHE EACH STATE WILL SEND A SPECILIZED TASK FORCE MANAGED BY A

COORDINATOR.EACH TASK FORCE IS ABLE TO PERFORM SPECIAL OPERATIONS/ACTIVITIES (I.E. ITALIAN “SAF” OR

“NBCR” GROUPS).

DO COORDINATORS OF DIFFERENT STATES KNOW THE CAPABILITY OF THIS SPECIAL GROUPS?

DO COORDINATORS OF OTHER STATES KNOW THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THIS SPECIAL GROUPS?

THE CULTURAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN STATES IS THE BASE FOR A COMMON SAFETY CULTURE.

ONLY A COMMON SAFETY AND RESCUE CULTURE CAN OPTIMIZE THE ACTIONS IN CASE OF DISASTER.

EXAMPLEDURING AN EARTHQUAKE SOME PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED UNDER THE GROUND FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.

IT HAPPENS IN THE AREA ASSIGNED TO THE STATE “X”.

ITALIAN “SAF” OPERATORS CAN PROVIDE MORE SAFE RESCUE OPERATION.

THE COORDINATOR OF THE STATE “X” WILL ASK FOR ITALIAN “SAF” ACTION ONLY IF HE KNOWS THE CAPABILITY OF THIS SPECIAL GROUP.

THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE IS ALSO:

IMPROVE THE RESCUE OPERATION IN THE COMMON FIELD OF ACTION;

PERFORM A COMMON PLANNING OF THE ACTIONS DURING A DISASTERS USING THE SPECIAL GROUPS OF EACH STATE;

CREATE A COMMON DOCUMENT TO BE USED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING OF THE LOCAL DISATER MANAGER AND TO USE A COMMON LANGUAGE.

Contents of Official Program Courses

• English language;

• International agreement for Civil Protection

management;

• Crisis Communication;

• Vehicles and equipments use;

• Cultural Exchange Programs;

• Special Force management (SAF,NBCR,etc.);

Quality Management System for educational training

The management of schools, the quality control of the education they provide, and the support available for students and teachers, as well as services for guidance and counselling, are important aspects of the educational process.

In Italy, the Officials educational training is made by I.S.A.

(Fire-Fighters High School)

I.S.A. manages the educational process according to UNI EN ISO 9001:2000

Quality Management System principle

•PLAN: Design or revise business process components to improve results

•DO: Implement the plan and measure its performance

•CHECK: Assess the measurements and report the results to decision makers

•ACT: Decide on changes needed to improve the process

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