1. FORMIDABLE F riendly O perational R isk M anagement through I nteroperable D ecision A id B ased on L ocal E vents 1st IST Environment Concertation Meeting 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Marco FOLINO - Project Coordinator 1st IST Environment Concertation Meeting 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Marco FOLINO - Project Coordinator

2. 2 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Why FORMIDABLE? Disaster management is a problem of EU dimension requiring competence on: applications operations ICT Disaster management is a problem of EU dimension requiring competence on: applications operations ICT An integrated strategy is necessary to cover present lack of operational applications, products, systems, methods and standards

3. 3 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Project Objectives Ê Propose a European Standard Methodology for Emergency Management based on the consensus of major Mediterranean operational actors Ë Develop a prototype of a Decision Support System operating, during the emergency, according to the resulting guidelines Ê Propose a European Standard Methodology for Emergency Management based on the consensus of major Mediterranean operational actors Ë Develop a prototype of a Decision Support System operating, during the emergency, according to the resulting guidelines

4. 4 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Intended Users Main users Civil Protection Authorities and Local Administrators Service users addressing all entities that will access the system to provide auxiliary data Operational users operators with the need to access the system during the execution of emergency Generic users mass media citizens Main users Civil Protection Authorities and Local Administrators Service users addressing all entities that will access the system to provide auxiliary data Operational users operators with the need to access the system during the execution of emergency Generic users mass media citizens

5. 5 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Consortium Partners

6. 6 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Methodology: contents The resulting methodology will contain: procedures to generate and maintain emergency plans basic information used to classify natural disasters guidelines to guarantee flexibility during the different emergency management phases Methodology Specification will be carried out in close co-ordination with participating CPAs. The resulting methodology will contain: procedures to generate and maintain emergency plans basic information used to classify natural disasters guidelines to guarantee flexibility during the different emergency management phases Methodology Specification will be carried out in close co-ordination with participating CPAs.

7. 7 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Methodology: the I-CPA methods assess the availability of the required resources identify the responsibility of each specific function for maintenance of the relevant part of the Emergency plan. assess the availability of the required resources identify the responsibility of each specific function for maintenance of the relevant part of the Emergency plan. Two goals matched:

8. 8 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Methodology: operations

9. 9 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Data communication server: ISDN/CDN Satellite Link … Firewall Web server Printers/Scanners Plotters OPERATIONAL CENTRE SupportFunctions (1, 2, …, 13)Clients OperationalCo-ordinationClient (SupportFunctions 14) Fax & server SERVER applications multimedia database RAIDunit fastethernet Telephone System Architecture EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS INTERNET EVENT DATA PROVIDER eventmonitoring network EARTH OBSERVATION DATA PROVIDER EOsatellites meteorological radar meteorological satellites meteorological in-situsensors METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION PROVIDER Public phone network GPS handheld/mobile remote operator terminals

10. 10 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Application & Validation Sites ¶Earthquake - Italy with a possibility for an additional site in Greece ·Flood - Spain ¶Earthquake - Italy with a possibility for an additional site in Greece ·Flood - Spain

11. 11 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Project Planning

12. 12 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels Concertation Action What we will provide Operational contacts with CPAs Information on main project results User requirements and methodology Technical approach (system architecture, adoption of standards) What we are expecting Enlarge project user group Promote dissemination Receive technical feedback Getting information from the other projects (clustering activity, CLIFF) What we will provide Operational contacts with CPAs Information on main project results User requirements and methodology Technical approach (system architecture, adoption of standards) What we are expecting Enlarge project user group Promote dissemination Receive technical feedback Getting information from the other projects (clustering activity, CLIFF)

13. 13 IST ENV CM1 4-5 May 2000, Brussels For Further Information folino@datamat.it