Flood Prevention & Response Dutch policy P. Glerum Former Deputy Head National Operations Centre - Projectmanager EU-Floodex & EU WaterSave.

Flood Prevention& Response

Dutch policy P. Glerum

Former Deputy HeadNational

Operations Centre-

ProjectmanagerEU-Floodex &EU WaterSave

10-04-23

Civil Protection in the Netherlands•Civil protection policy: national responsibility

•25 safety regions responsible for disaster relief management, each in their own region;

– Fire services, Police services, Health services are assigned to regions

•Reinforcement of the regions disaster relief forces is coordinated by the National Operations Centre;

– Assets are mainly coming from (not affected) regions, (national) rescue organisations and the Army

•New development;– National Command and Control on disaster relief in case of

large scale (national) disaster

10-04-23

ROT

PCC

RPT

MPT/IPT

NCC NOC

Den Haag Driebergen

National Interdepartmental Preparation en Coordination;-Policy-Operations-Communications & Information

Provincial Coordination Centre-Authorised to give directives -In actual practise; no role

Local incident

Regional Policy and Operations Team-Disaster relief

Crisis management in the Netherlands

National Policy Decisions

Flood risk policy in the Netherlands

After 1953•Focus on prevention

The last few yearsDue to climate change and risk analysis•Spatial planning•Disaster management

Enhancement by Taskforce Management on flooding

Flood risk in the Netherlands

Legal Safety Level

20000 miles²

16.000.000 inhabitants

800 persons per mile²

25 safety regions

Cabinets’ Taskforce Flood Management2007-2008

- Governmental awareness after Katrina + Cab. research- Safest delta in the world but no 100% safety guarantee- Governmental operational preparedness not sufficient- More balance prevention/preparation to mitigate effects of flood (safety chain) - Preparation on national scale; based on safety regions- Installed by the Cabinet (BZK/V&W; 06-08)

Kop- en Voettekst regel 2

Cabinets’ Taskforce Flood Management

•Develop credible realistic scenario’s

•support regional planning

•Provide cooperation government and water management

•Raise a national expertnetwork

•Develop strategies on:- Risk and Crisis Communication- Recovery

Exercise on a national level

Flood risk in The Netherlands

Worst Credible

Flood coast

Evacuation is preferable

Hurricane

C+C

Mono disciplinair

T+..T+1T0T-1T-2T-3T-4T-5T-10..6

reinstall command and control

Filled roads

Winds to strong

preparing

Making choices

T+..T+1T0T-1T-2T-3T-4T-5T-10..6

Evacuating everybody

Evacuating vulnerable

No evacuationCtirical path

Time of selfsufficiency?

Noord Holland Noord

Flevoland

Zeeland

Rotterdam Rijnmond

Haaglanden

Kennemerland

GroningenFryslân

Amsterdam Amstelland

Hollands Midden

Zaanstreek Waterland

91584 61056

9158 67162

72122 42358

190.609 44711

210.643 81917

46526 7574

13929 41976 24320 25312

29312 84

95909 88531

15188 201.052

Aantal personen in gebied met grotere waterdiepte / stroomsnelheidAantal personen in gebied met geringere waterdiepteEffectgebiedenOnderstroomgebieden

D 0 D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5

Verdrinken

D -1

Stormletsel

Onderkoeling Uitdroging Verhongeren

INFECTIEZIEKTES

D 0 D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5

Verdrinken

D -1

Stormletsel

Onderkoeling Uitdroging Verhongeren

INFECTIEZIEKTES

72 h self sufficiency

Resulta succesfull evacuation means 80% of the inhabitants are evacuated

in many situatuations evacuation is not possible solution: vertical evacuation

There is still a lot of people who need to be rescued.

A large scale rescue operation is nescesary..

SA Gilze-Rijen1x Bam (ICMS)1x HF 1x DARESpost (backup)

SA Amersfoort1x Bam (ICMS)1x HF 1x DARESpost (backup)

SA Assen1x Bam (ICMS)1x HF 1x DARESpost (backup)

LOCC Driebergen1x Bam (ICMS)47x DARESpost (backup)

Module (20x)1x HF 1x Remote client

Operations concept

Conclusion

• National command is necesarryStrategical operational lead

• International assistance is necesarry• To house evacuated people• To assist in the rescue operation.

Capabilities

Water based search and rescue units

Looking at the number of people, air assets are important but not a large contribution for the rescue of people

Flood Rescue ModuleCompliant with EUmodule FRMBCapable of fulfilling the tasks:

SearchingRescuingDelivering suppliesSelfsufficient

(air transportable)

Content Module

35 persons 24 rescue workers(6 boat teams) 11 command and support staff

Comparable whit M-USAR team Each country 2 boatteams and 4 staff

Thank you for your attention

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