Controlled (organized) evacuation of the population should be examined as a prevention measure that needs to be carried out timely under certain conditions, while the disastrous event ...
• To promote a common understanding of trigger buffer zones as a novel means to assess the time until an active wildfire approaches a sensitive site. • To improve operations relating to preparedness ...
Tabletop Exercise The objective is to design and present a base scenario of a wildfire approaching a Seveso II installation in the Thriassio Field near Athens as a preparation action for the operational exercise ...
• The concept of wildfire evacuation trigger buffers approaching a Seveso II site will be demonstrated by means of a large information day in Athens during Greek EU Presidency ...
Controlled (organized) evacuation of the population should be examined as a prevention measure that needs to be carried out timely under certain conditions, while the disastrous event is in progress. These conditions can only be evaluated at local level. The experience with wildfires in Southern European countries has shown that when it comes to minimizing risk, it’s better to be proactive than reactive. To that end, EVITA aims to help national and regional CP authorities as well as industrial managers, hoteliers and local inhabitants answer the following vital question in case they see a wildfire approaching:
“Should I initiate an evacuation and how long do I have to evacuate safely?”.
A conceptual diagram of a trigger buffer. A sensitive site is denoted by S.
Tabletop Exercise
The TTX took place on 28th March 2014, the day after the Large Athens Workshop. During the TTX, the EU EVITA model was tested at an operational level, and the results deriving from the TTX, the model's strengths and weaknesses and ways of improvement were discussed. After the exercise, a questionnaire was distributed which, along with the results of the workshop and the TTX, contributed to further improving the software. According to these results, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection (G.S.C.P.) will organize, at the end of October 2014, a Full Scale Exercise (FSE). The EU EVITA TTX is designed by the G.S.C.P. and is included in its official program for the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union (www.gr2014.eu). The G.S.C.P. is currently acting as President of the Working Group on Civil Protection (PROCIV) of the Council of the EU.
Full Scale Exercise
This is a single-day simulated scenario full scale exercise in real time. This exercise concerns the event of a wildfire approaching a sensitive site in Thriassio Field near Athens. Observers will attend the exercise from a conference hall. They will be provided with all the necessary material to follow the exercise.
EVITA Event | Place | Time |
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Large Information Day | Athens | 27 March 2014 (back to back with Tabletop exercise) |
Islands Workshop I | Sardinia | 27 June 2014 |
Islands Workshop II | Mallorca | 10-11 September 2014 |
Full Scale Exercise | Athens | 1-2 December 2014 |
Guidelines for citizens protection from technological accidents (in Greek) - produced by GSCP »
Infographic representation of EVITA project (in Italian) - produced by Region of Sardinia »
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