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Contacts among avalanche reports users

Contacts among avalanche reports users. Dipl. ing. Adrian David Mtg. Narcisa Milian. Services involved in avalanche warning and accident prevention. METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Meteorological and specific snow observations Weather Forecasting Avalanche risk estimation – daily bulletins

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Contacts among avalanche reports users

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  1. Contacts among avalanche reports users Dipl. ing. Adrian David Mtg. Narcisa Milian

  2. Services involved in avalanche warning and accident prevention • METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE • Meteorological and specific snow observations • Weather Forecasting • Avalanche risk estimation – daily bulletins • Warnings in case of a high estimated avalanche risk • SALVAMONT (Mountain Rescue Team) • Monitorizing of important touristic risk area • Tourists information about risk conditions • Interventions in case of accidents • Acces forbidding – if necessary –in the areas with high risk (!)

  3. Munţii Carpaţi

  4. Baia Mare Bistriţa Bihor Piatra Neamţ Cluj Alba Sibiu Zărneşti Petroşani Lupeni Caransebeş Braşov Buşteni Sinaia Argeş Gorj Principalele centre “SALVAMONT”

  5. Information dissemination • Internet sites of the involved services: • www.0salvamont.ro • www.inmh.ro • Internet sites of mountaneous touristic interess: • www.alpinet.org • www.carpati.org • www.clubulalpinroman.org • European Services Avalanche site: • www.slf.ch/laworg/map.html

  6. Information dissemination • Ways : • e-mail to the touristique organizations and clubs • mass-media

  7. Information dissemination Aims: • Information about the estimated avalanche risk • Tourists sensibilization: • Salvamont meeting with the touristic clubs – SKV Sibiu • Book launching: Mihai Tanase “Zapada” (Snow), december 2006 • February 2007: initiation in individual avalanche protection equipments using • March and april 2007 : avalanche rescue procedures - specialised course for mountain rescue teams • May 2007: initiation in PIEPS equipments, products presentation, short presentation about avalanches • Conferrence about traumas – Sinaia: short presentation about avalanches

  8. Information dissemination In the mountaneous areas: • Warnings posters Mass-media: • Audio, visual and written media (intense mediatisation in the last year) • warnings • estimated risk and concerned areas • accidents

  9. Feed-back Phone – about meteorological conditions,estimated avalanche risk, state of the mountaneous rutes and skiing areas - to: • National Mountain Rescue Center • Regional Mountain Rescue Public Services (from the Făgăraş and Bucegi Mountain area) • Meteorological Services

  10. Feed-back • Positive feedback : • A great number of callings for complete informations about: • snowstate and conditions • estimated risk level • accesible areas – restricted areas • restriction duration (especially in week-ends, legal free days and vacations) • Professional assistance demands on the high areas sport competitions • Negative feedback : • ignoring the warnings of the Mountain Rescue Teams and Meteorological Services – the march 7, 2007 avalanche in the Făgăraş Mountains

  11. Future development • Extending the number of snow observation locations in other mountain massifs • Information based on observations made by the mountain rescue teams, in places were there are no meteorological stations • Displaying the nivo-meteorological bulletins in the starting points to the risk areas • Proper marking of the risk areas • Proper legislation about avalanches accidents prevention • Increasing the educational actions concerning the specific mountaneous conditions and risks, as well as the sportif and recreational activities in the mountain areas, through: • presentations on the specific sites (touristique, alpine, climbers, etc) • presentations in schools, high-schools and touristique clubs • mass-media

  12. THANK YOU! DANKE! MERCI! MULŢUMESC!

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