Luigi D’Angelo - Italian Civil Protection Department

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LESSONS LEARNED – FROM L’AQUILA TO AMATRICE

Pop. 60.000.000

8100 municipalities

72% with a pop. < 5000

20% of the population is distributed on 55% of the territory

Italy: a disaster prone country

Seismic

Volcanic

Hydro-geological

Forest fires

Technological

Industrial and nuclear

Environmental

Risks

1966 Flood of Arno river

1968 Earthquake of Belice1976 Earthquake of Friuli

1908 Earthquake of Messina

A long history of Lessons Learned…

1944

2006

and mistakes…

In November 1980, a strong earthquake

struck Southern Italy. About 3,000 people

were killed and some 10,000 injured.

During the event, national assistance was

not coordinated by a central authority.

The Italian Department of Civil Protection

was established in 1982.

The turning point

Mandate (L.225/1992)

The National Civil Protection System aims at

safeguarding human life and health, goods, national

heritage, human settlements and the environment from

all natural or man-made disasters.

The “Actors”The Department of Civil Protection is today the coordination

body of the Italian National System of Civil Protection.

This System was established by a specific law (n. 225) in

1992 and involves many different Organisations:

- Public (Government, Ministries,

Regions, Provinces, Municipalities,

Operational Bodies etc.)

- Scientific/Academic (Universities,

Research Institutes, etc.)

- Civil Society (Volunteers, private

companies)

Department of Civil Protection

PRESIDENCY

OF THE

COUNCIL

OF

MINISTERS

National Fire-fighters Corps

Police

Prefectures

I.N.G.V.

C.N.R.

National Institutes

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Revenue Guard Corps

Army

Navy

Air Force

Carabinieri

TERNA

Costal Guard

ANAS

National Highway

National Railway

State Forest Corps

APAT

Interior

Economy and Finance

Foreign Affairs

Environment, land and sea safeguard

University and Research

Infrastructures

Defence

Agricultural Policy and Forestry

Communications

Economic Development

Health

Cultural Heritage

Regions

Provinces

Municipalities

Transportation

Public Education

Sala Situazione Italia

• Monitoring and coordination

centre

• 24/7/365

• Modular structure

Permanet presence

• Department of Civil Protection

• Fire Brigade

• Army

• Police

• Carabinieri

• Red Cross

• Finance Police

• National Forest Corps

National Fire

Brigades

Army

Air Force

Navy

Police

Regions and Local

Autonomies

Italian

Red

Cross

State Corps

of ForestersAgency for

environment

protection

National Institute

for geophysics

and volcanology

Alpine Rescue

Corps

National

health

system

National

Research Council

Volunteers

organisations

Head

Department of

Civil Protection

The Operational Commiteeis set up within the Department of Civil Protection to ensure a

unified direction and coordination of emergency management

Dams

Agency

Agency for road

maintenance

HighwayTrains

Postmaster

Railway

Electricity

management

agencies

Monitoring

forecast

team

Telecommunications companies

Italian Television

Agency for

flight control

L’Aquila, April 6th, 2009

CoordinamentoOperational Committee

Operational Committee on site

Di.Coma.C.

Di.Coma.C.

April 6th, 2009 H. 3.32 a.m.Ml 5.8 – Mw 6.3

Vittime 308

Feriti 1500

Senza tetto 65.000

MCS ≥ 6

55 comuni

(Decree n. 11 20/07/2009)

Extensive damages to public and private buildings

Extensive damages to the culturale heritage

Santa Maria del Suffragio

S. Maria di Paganica

S. Maria di Collemaggio

National museum

Search and rescue

24 hours after 48 hours after

Fire brigades 2010 2400

Army 1520 1650

Police 1500 2000

Red cross 800 800

Volunteers 2000 4300

K9 units 108 134

8 regional mobile

columns

14 regional mobile

columns

Comitato operativoApril 6th, 2009

4.15: Crisi unit- DPC

4.40: First team for macroseismic evaluation deployed from rome4.40: National civil protection commeet meeting

ore 4.40: First cootrdination teams deployed from rome

9:00: institution of the - Di.Coma.C. – presso la Caserma della “Guardia di Finanza” – L’Aquila

Operational Committee on site

Di.Coma.C.

Di.Coma.C.

Coordination

Base of operations on site

Di.Coma.C.

Campo base VV.F.

48 hours afterRecovery camps: 30Tends: 2962 (circa 18.000 posti)Population assisted: 28.000 (10.000 in hotels)Field kichens: 24AMP: 131 field hospital set up

Recovery camps for the IDP’s

•Temporary shelters for 12.000 people within 7 mounths.

•Reuse after the reconstruction will be completed.

24 August 2016 earthquake in the central

part of Italy

Situation overview

Deaths 297

246 in Rieti province (234 in Amatrice, 11 in

Accumoli)

51 Ascoli Piceno Province

Injured 390

Affected people present in the area 35000

Regional Cross border earthquake

3.36 am – MI 6.0

4 Regions affected: (Lazio, Abruzzo, Marche, Umbria)

Epicentral municipalities of: Accumoli, Amatrice (Rieti

Province) Arquata del Tronto Montegallo (Ascoli Piceno

Province) Norcia (Perugia)

Amatrice

Arquata

Pescara del Tronto

Search & rescue

Medevac

3.36 am earthquake

COORDINATION IN THE FIRST HOURS after the event4.00 am Operational Committee meeting4.30 am - Provincial coordination centre established in Rieti5.00 am Assessment Teams deployment from National CP Dept.6.30 am First press conference – Civil Protection Dept10.00 Head of Civil Protection Dept & Minister Del Rio on siteAfternoon Prime Minister visited the affected areas

24 August h. 4.00 am

Operational Committee meeting

National coordination to the responseThe Operational Committee met permanently until 28 August 2016

Resources mobilised 24-29 August

Staff and Vehicles

First 48 hours

First assistance to the population – Tents Camps

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Amatrice main road access

BEFORE

AFTERLandslide road network

Cultural Heritage

Collaboration is ongoing with the

Ministry of Cultural Heritage, the

operational structures, the

Competence Centres and DPC

officers to manage the cultural

heritage present in the epicentral

area, including both artworks and

monumental buildings, churches

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The National coordination system on site

Direction of Comand and Control (Di.Coma.C.) 28 August 2016 Di.Coma.C. was

established in Rieti at 12:00

Di.Coma.C main clusters:

assistance to the affected population

damage assessment

short term countermeasures

environmental activities

health activities

site survey

temporary schools

legal support

facilitating link and cooperation among local and

central coordination centres

National coordination centre on site

Damage and usability

assessment of buildings

The assessment survey is

actually performed by

experts coming from

Regions, National Fire

Brigades, by researchers of

the DPC, Competence

Centres and by engineers,

architects and surveyors

coordinated through the

related national professional

Councils.

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Damage assessments Total number

Schools & Public buildings(completed) 754 (70 % usable 30 % damaged)

Private buildings

(updated 23/09/2016)9191 (47% usable 53% damaged)

September - School re-opening

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Accademic year started according to the

National calendar

Lessons take place in:

• Usable School buildings

• 5 Tent structures

• Temporary modules

Mid term response:

Emergency temporary shelter

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From L’Aquila to Amatrice

some considerations

How the system changed:

• New legal framework for public tenders, including in emergency situations

• New authority of control in the sector of public works

• Ordinance power trasferred to the dead of the CP department

• New timing for emergency status declaration (limit: 180 days)

From L’Aquila to Amatrice

some considerations (2)

What is still an issue

• Reinforce the local emergency response capacities

• Work on prevention and invest in retrofitting measures

• Promote further Disaster risk awareness campaign

Launched in 2011

Earthquake, Tsunami and Flood

Local authorities, reasearch and scientific centers, volunteer organisations,

citizens

National awareness Campaign

I don’t take the risk

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

N. City

Squares9 101 208 220 435 800

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