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Expert meeting on hazard and disaster 19 th – 20 th of May 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark

Expert meeting on hazard and disaster 19 th – 20 th of May 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark. National perspective on hazards and disasters in Romania. Nicolae MERL Ă General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. Backgrounds. RO MA NIA

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Expert meeting on hazard and disaster 19 th – 20 th of May 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  1. Expert meeting on hazard and disaster19th – 20th of May 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark National perspective on hazards and disasters in Romania Nicolae MERLĂ General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations

  2. Backgrounds ROMANIA is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south. Romania has the 9th largest territory and the 7th largest population (with 21.5 million people) among the European Union Member States. It’s capital and largest city is Bucharest, the 6th largest city in the EU with 1.9 million people

  3. The National System for the Management of Emergency Situations In Romania, the NSMES is organized and works for the prevention and management of emergencies and to ensure and coordinate the human, material and financial resources. Main Actor MAI - GIES NCES Ministries Horizontal coordination Vertical coordination In case of an emergency situation, a National Committee for Emergency Situations comes into action, overseeing directly General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations and working closely with the other ministries involved in a given crisis situation, to ensure the horizontal coordination. County prefects Mayors

  4. Information flow of The National System for the Management of Emergency Situations

  5. Natural risks Technological risks Biological risks • 1. Dangerous meteorological • phenomena • - Storms; • - Floods; • - Tornado; • - Draught; • Ice storm; • 2. Forest fires; • 3. Avalanche; • 4. Geological devastating • phenomena • Landslides; • - Earthquakes. 1. Accidents, damages, explosions And fires; 2. Water pollution; 3. Collapse of buildings, installations or arrangements; 4. Public utility failure; 5. Falling down of different objects from the atmosphere or from out of space; 6. nonexploded ammunition. 1. Mass disease - epidemics; - epizootic. Types of risks according to G.D. nr. 2288 from 09/12/2004

  6. P 60 Application According to GD nr.1490/2004 and GD nr.1492/2004,G.I.E.S. is responsible of the emergency situations data-base • Disaster database • 1912 fires (different papers) • 1953 more detailed • 1993 SIAMUD • 1995 called “P 60” – (fire causes) • 2000 all types of risks (floods, pyrotechnical missions, SMURD, landslides, earthquakes) • 2005 all types of disasters Event C.O.J. of C.I.E.S. G.I.E.S. C.O.C. of M.A.I. C.S.G. Government Guidelines for using the P 60 Application

  7. The report • if professional services notthan private, volunteer or city hall personnel (public); • checking the information by C.O.J.’s chief or district ‘s commander GIES The Office for Preventive Measures, Statistics and Risk Analysis Mrs. Constanta ENE, head of the office, constanta.ene@mai.gov.ro • GIES website – www.igsu.ro • - Daily situation with the response activities • Statistical analysis of the preventive and response activities in case of emergency situations (quarterly, half-yearly and annually).

  8. Different statistic information available on annual report • Fire safety and civil protection authorizations • Preventive actions and surveillance • Deficiencies solved during control activities • Different sanctions applied • Early warning and evacuation exercises • Activities for raising the awareness of the public • Activities for preparing and asisting voluntear and private emergency management services • Different response statistics between different periods of time • Rescue activities during response • Fire & different hazards causes

  9. Period 01.01.2010 – 01 04 2010

  10. Period 01.01.2010 – 31.04.2010 – Victims in case of fires

  11. 87876 90000 59994 58019 80000 70000 TOTAL : 244.572 60000 50000 21959 40000 8380 30000 4356 3988 20000 10000 0 Press Radio TV instructions leaflets brochure prospectus articles shows shows Raising public awareness in 2009

  12. The way forward… • SMISU (Integrated Management System for Emergency Situations) • pilot system first in 5 counties • web-based system • geo data-base • hazards maps and risk maps • connects al the ESOC & other entities • all the actors that are part of the ES Committee in case of an emergency situation • used in prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and reconstruction phases • monitoring an coordination

  13. Thank you for your attention!

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