1

Radio Emergency Communications

in the

Voluntary Service in Italy

GAREC-ZURICH 2013

2

Major emergencies in Italy

Vulcanic eruptions: active Volcanoes

•Above sea level : Vesuvio –Etna-Stromboli

•Below sea level : Cassini-Magnaghi-Vovilov-Poseidone-Palinuro-Marsili

Earthquake : Italy is the country with the highest sismic risk in Europe

Hydrogeological events:due to man - territory (2/3mountains) - climate

changes

Total Victims in the last 100 Years : 135.000

3

4

Italian System of Civil Protection

•Until 1992 :based on Army - Red Cross - Firemen and

spontaneous Voluntary service

•Since 1992: the Voluntary Service has become a national

operative structure integrated in the Public System with

State law

5

Structure of the system

as per National Law

6

For Emergencies of Type A and B

Emergency that is geographically limited to circumscribed areas and with

reduced size

System of Civil Protection present on the territory as follow

•Structure for each municipality

•Regional operative mobile columns

•Headquarter H24 in every seat of Province and Region

connected with the Civil Protection center in Rome

For a total of 3.850 Groups of Regional volunteeers

7

For Emergencies of Type C

Emergency that is for territorial extension or for the dimensions of a very

large event.

In this case there is a direct intervention of the central structure of Civil

Protection in Rome trough:

•Operative and Coordination Room H24 in Rome

•Activation of the the national associations of

voluntary service and each one active the relevant

National mobile columns of emergency distributed on

the whole territory

Total of volunteers of territorial and national groups

800.000 8

National Associations of Voluntary Service for Civil

Protection

In case of activation it operates in Rome

1. National secretariat :to define the movements of the

mobile columns of the associations on the territory

2. An operative Room: to coordinate the functions of

• Logistics

• Health and social care to the population

• telecommunications

9

Financings of the Voluntary Service

•Privates

•Foundations and Banks

•International organizations

•State and public bodies and institutions

•Stipulation of agreements with local administrative structures

10

Italian radioamateurs in emergencies

11

National associations in Italy

A.R.I. Associazione Radioamatori Italiani

C.I.S.A.R. Centro Studi Italiano Attività Radiantistiche

E.R.A. European Radioamateur Association

A.R.S. Amateur Radio Association

12

STEPS IN THE RADIOAMATEURS

EMERGENCIES SERVICE

IN ITALY

13

SPONTANEOUS PHASE

With the intervention of radio-amateurs on personal basis and

with their equipments.

The radioamateurs were involved mainly trough A.R.I.

A.R.I. was working with a team called before ARI-CER and

after ARI-RE

•in force of an agreement signed 28 years ago with Interior

Ministery for connecting all Prefetture with Rome

• on the territory following adimistrations requirements

14

COORDINATED PHASE

This step was following the new law for Voluntary Service.

13 radioamateurs groups was born in order to operate following

new rules dealing only for R.Emergencies:

•operating on direct activation by the President of the Council

•receiving financial support

On 2009 all these group were creating national coordination

R.N.R.E. Raggruppamento Nazionale Radiocomunicazioni Emergenza

15

R.N.R.E.

•Created after L’Aquila earthquake as a structure of national Voluntary

service of Civil Protection

•Operating on direct activation by Presidence of Council

•Having its owns national headquarter H24 able to connect the various

associative networks distributed on the territory operative in

VHF/UHF/HF/Pactor

•Having its own national mobile column of emergency, financed by the

Gouvernment and banks, distributed on the territory

16

STRUCTURE

• Central headquarter H 24 in Biella with

Radio Station HF:IQ1HR (phone)- IZ1SCO (digital)

• N°7 Mobile units on territory

• National Pactor Net with 30 stations

• N° 6 radio stations centers in Nord-O.E-Center-South-

Sicily-Sardinia

• 400 Repeatears connected in links for analogic and

digital transmissions VHF/UHF

• Echolink conference

• Team Speak Conference

17

18

R.N.R.E. Mobile Unit : Defender+Caravan 19

20

2013 RNRE-Quad during emergency snow 21

R.N.R.E. Mobil Radio Unit

22

Portable pactor radio station

23

24

Analogic

National

Link

UHF

50 Repetears

25

WiFi

National

Link

2.4 Ghz/ 5 Ghz

40 Repeaters

26

National

Link

D-Star

27

TWIST 2013 Tidal Wave In Southern Tyrrenian Sea

European Emergency Simulation

Scene:

• Palinuro vulcan 80 mt under sea level eruction

• Tsunami on the west italian coast

Countries involved : Italy-Croatia-France-Greece-

Malta-Portugal-Spain

Date: 24-27 october

Civil Protection

•Regional

•National

28

29

For more info :

•www.protezionecivile.gov.it

•www.ingv.it

•www.rnre.eu

•www.cisar.it

•www.era.eu

•www.ars-italia.it

•www.ari.it

All copyrights reserved / Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone

All copyrights reserved / Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone (in Polish)". All copyrights reserved / Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone (in Polish)".