Building Road Crash Resilience in Moldova

Bruce Hoad

Director, Operation Florian

Treasurer and Trustee, FIRE AID

The ability to save lives at the scene of a crash is very different in

different parts of the world….

Survival Rates Comparison

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% Fatality rate among road casualties

Moldova UK

UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 5 Pillars of Activity

• 1. Road Safety Management

• 2. Safety of Road Infrastructure

• 3. Safety of Vehicles

• 4. Road User Behaviour

• 5. Post-Crash Care

Elements of Effective Community Safety

Protection -

Enforcement

Intervention -

Operations

Prevention -

Education

Protection – Enforcement • Modernisation of Traffic Police

– personnel – cars – equipment – Uniform

• White Nights Initiative • Speeding • Drink-Driving • Seat Belts • Clamp-down on ‘Maxi-Taxis’

Protection - Education

EASST and ACM activities: High Visibility Campaigns for vulnerable road users e.g. children and farmers Road safety education across Moldova e.g. school competitions, road safety playgrounds Don’t Drink-Drive campaign partnering with local nightclubs in Chisinau Seat belt and child restraint campaigns across Moldova Training for public transport drivers and a focus on occupational road safety

SMURD Initiative

Project Partners Charities, NGOs, In-country partners, Funders

• EASST • Ministry of Interior, RM • CPESS • Automobile Club of Moldova • UCRM • Endava, Chisinau • Operation Florian • Blythswood Care • UKRO • Bassel El-Osta • British Embassy • US Embassy • FIA Foundation • Ballyclare Ltd • QSI International School • P&O Ferries

Fire & Rescue Services

• East Sussex • Kent • West Sussex • Surrey • London • Mid & West Wales • Northumberland • Scotland • Greater Manchester • Gatwick Airport • Buckinghamshire • Derbyshire • Wiltshire • Hertfordshire • Gloucestershire • Isle of Man • Wiener Neudorf Volunteer Fire Service - Austria

Inputs – delivered to date

• 20 fully equipped fire appliances • 40 sets RTC equipment • Introductory, Familiarisation, Trainer and Advanced Rescue Techniques

Training Courses • 6 Ambulances • Rescue Boat and engine • Transformer Car and Trailer • Personal Protective Equipment • Water Rescue Equipment • Advanced Trauma Care Conference • Assessment of Incident Command and Fire Investigation Capabilities • Participation in Romanian Rescue Challenge • Inaugural Rescue Challenge October 2015

2015 Convoy en-route

Transformer Car in Use Orhei Training Centre

RTC Presentation - Orhei

Rescue Challenge Concept

UNITED

KINGDOM

RESCUE

ORGANISATION

• Share technical knowledge, skills and ideas

• Demonstrate and enhance knowledge, skill and

understanding

• Be assessed by National and International assessors

against recognised world performance criteria

• Be provided with constructive feedback that will provide

learning opportunities leading to an improvement of

service delivered to local communities

• Opportunities to become National and International

assessors

• See the reduction in road deaths and injuries through

education, training and enhanced operational

capabilities

Rescue Challenges create a sustainable self-developing organisation

Moldova

UNITED

KINGDOM

RESCUE

ORGANISATION

• Delivered RTC train the trainers programme (18 CPESS

Instructors)

• May 2015 support the CPESS develop its Rescue

Organisation

• Delivery October 2015

– National Assessor programme

– Rescue Challenge Logistic training

– Trauma Course

– Extrication Team training

– Trauma Team training

– Inaugural National Rescue Challenge

• 2016 – 2018 Support to increase Rescue Challenge capacity

and future sustainability.

Outcomes

• Reduced attendance times

• Casualty focus

• Closer inter-agency working

• Speedier extrication

• Seamless casualty care

• Earlier presentation to trauma specialists

• Enhanced survivability

Case Study - Ialoveni

• Early 2014 – RTC involving ‘Maxi-taxi’ – 14 fatalities

• May 2014 – identified by CPESS as priority. Received Volvo appliance, RTC gear with full training

• May – Oct 2014 – 3 serious RTCs, 13 casualties: 3 dead on arrival, 3 walking wounded, 7 extrications, 7 survivors

Building Road Crash Resilience in Moldova

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