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El programa Copernicus de la Unión Europea GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL PROTECTION AND EMERGENCIES

Natural risks department

User Workshop of the Copernicus EMS

"User perspective on the current status

and future evolution“

SPANISH PERSPECTIVE

15th march, 2016

Angela Iglesias

Titulado Superior de Protección Civil

Dirección General de Protección Civil y Emergencias

C/ Quintiliano, 21 - 28002 Madrid

Tel: +34 915373225 - Fax:+34 915628941/26

[email protected]

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El programa Copernicus de la Unión Europea Copernicus EMS WORKSHOP, DG JRC, ISPRA (IT)

Law 17/2015, de 9 de julio, National System of Civil Protection in Spain.

Territorial Planning (Generic Risks)

For administrative regions

and municipalities

Special Planning (Specific Risks)

Basic Guidelines for Civil Protection Planning

Dang. Subs Floods Eatrhqu Wildfires

Reg1 Reg10 Reg 19

Volcanoes

Local Local Local

Nat P.

Reg. 19

Local

Basic Regulation in Civil Protection

No Basic Risk (Shared responsability: National,

Regional, Local)

Basic Risks (Only national responsability)

War Nuclear

Emergency

National

Planning

National

Planning Reg 19

Local

Nat P. Nat P. Nat P. Nat P. CECO CECO CECO CECO CECO

CECO: National Coordination Comitee

1. The Spanish Civil Protection System Brief overview of the organisation’s mandate


1. The Spanish Civil Protection System Emergency response workflow

Ministry of Interior

General Directorate of Civil

Protection

Natural Risks Department /

Operational Department /

National Civil Protection School….




Protection

National level:

Civil Protection Units

Risks technicians

Regional Government:

Department of Interior/ Civil Protection

/.. Regional C.P Department: Techn P.C.



Civil Protection Units

Regional C.P Department: 112


Protection

Local Government:

“Security” councillorship

Civil Protection service (if >20.000hab)

Risks Techn// Volunteers


1. The Spanish Civil Protection System The National Emergency Room: a 24/7 service


2. Information sources and comparison with Copernicus EMS

Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Slides:

http://www.ign.es/

http://www.igme.es/



Floods: SAIH (Automatical systems of hydrological information)

www.saihebro.com

www.saihtajo.com

www.saih.chduero.es

……

http://www.saih.chduero.es/



Floods:

National mapping service of flood zones

http://sig.magrama.es/snczi/



Floods: EFFAS



Tsunami: www.igme.es/

www.ign.es/

www.puertos.es/

www.ieo.es/web/ieo



Forest fires:

http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/

desarrollo-rural/temas/politica-

forestal/incendios-forestales/


RAPID MAPPING

RISK AND RECOVERING

3. Copernicus EMS activations

UNSUCCESSFUL ACTIVATIONS

EXERCISE



Zaragoza Flood 02feb. EMSR118



Zaragoza Flood 02feb. EMSR118



EMSR118 3. Copernicus EMS activations

Zaragoza Flood 02feb. EMSR118 ENDUSERS: o 112 ARAGON

o FADOT

o CONFEDERACIÓN HIDROGRAFICA del EBRO

o DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE PROTECCIÓN CIVIL

Well valuated (useful or very useful).

STRENGTHS

- The employment of radar images, like Sentinel data, has improved the service (in

particular, in this case of flood event)

WEAKNESSES

- Lower spatial resolution than needed for management operations.

- Mismatch of delineated flooded areas with real field observations,

- Lack of relevant information to understand the products.

- Two very different crisis information vector layers for the Detail 3 AOI (P3), which

could confuse the users.



Ebro Flood. 27 feb. EMSR120



Ebro Flood. 27 feb. EMSR120 ENDUSERS: o 112 ARAGON

o FADOT


Good evaluation despite the fact that within this activation the delivered products

could not be incorporated in their workflows.

STRENGTHS

-Products easy to understand the flooded areas and flood evolution (products

timeliness allowed the management of the emergency and take decision with the

information received)

- The quick delivery of products was a major benefit

WEAKNESSES

- Products did not characterize the maximum flooding extent, as the acquisition

time of the satellite images was far from the flood peak (time provided but not taken

into consideration).

- Satellite images and products have lower spatial resolution than needed



Forest fire, Montan. 7 jul. EMSR131



EMSR131 3. Copernicus EMS activations







Forest fire, Montan. 7 jul. EMSR131 ENDUSERS: o 112 Valencia


STRENGTHS

- The products were served quite quickly (appropriate time frame)

- Good quality product (delination)

- Very interesting the offer by the ERCC to make a flight

WEAKNESSES

- The format of the product: not the most effective


• Too many mails and contacts in the activation/request phase: the service providers should be more proactive. • When defining the AOI or scale, the simulations, forecasts or data sent by the AU should be strongly taken into account in order to get the most appropriate image near the peak of the emergency.


Activation phase


•Good communication with the service provider

•Usefull to know the time of the product acquisition in advance.


Experiences during the activation


•Delivery timeliness necessary to increase efficiency. •Good map Quality (Geopdf...) •More delivery Formats (raster, vectors) and original image required. •Good accessibility (SFTP and/or Copernicus EMS Portal, performance of access platforms, organization of deliverables)


Products


4. Use of products

Good impact on the users workflow but still weak.

Some other products and information sources would be still

more relevant.

Improving service.


5. Suggestions for improvement

Provision of so many products in different formats and

resolutions may hinder their use in the emergency management,

when time efficiency is critical, and slow down the emergency

management work=> Maybe only maximum resolution should

be provided in a first phase.

The free local cartographic sources suggested by the AU to the

Copernicus-EMS Mapping service should be taken into account

when generating the products.

Lack of high/very high spatial resolution satellite images at the

crucial moments of the emergency (flood, fire peak) may make the

delineation of the maximum damage extent very difficult.

Delivery of delineation products with lower than needed spatial

resolution, limits their operational use


5. Suggestions for improvement

It would be useful to:

• Receive the original satellite data along with the products.

• Receive the hi-res color satellite image, individual delineation and grading

rasters, and also individual satellite bands with metadata and radiometric

information (wavelength ranges, etc.).

• Get files with information about the reliability of the crisis information.

• The moment of satellite acquisition should be as closest as possible to the peak

of the emergency.

• Know the products that can be expected and the needs of different types of

End Users (avoiding misunderstandings on the type of poducts that can be

delivered.)

• Have the sensor footprint outlined, thus indicating more clearly the lack of the

crisis information wherever the image does not cover the AOI.

• Have an interactive map, both multi-layer or multi-frame, could be added to

official Copernicus-EMS products, in order to monitor events such as floods;

• Monitor the event on a daily basis.

El programa Copernicus de la Unión Europea DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE PROTECCIÓN CIVIL Y EMERGENCIAS

Área de riesgos Naturales

Thank you!

Angela Iglesias

Titulado Superior de Protección Civil

Dirección General de Protección Civil y Emergencias

C/ Quintiliano, 21 - 28002 Madrid

Tel: +34 915373225 - Fax:+34 915628941/26

[email protected] 15th march, 2016

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