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Field report: EU Exchange of Experts between

Austria and Sweden Tyrol Risk Assessment

Participating Organisations and Expertsitution* Email Participating Experts from Sweden Ms. Ulrika Postgard (MSB) Mr. Omar Harrami (MSB) Mr. Magnus Winehav (MSB) Ms. Erica Storckenfeldt (County Administrative Board in Jnkping) Mr. Fredric Jonsson (Jnkping Municipality) Mr. Jan-Eric Bengtsson (Jnkping Municipality) Mr. Eric Blomdahl (Jnkping Municipality) Participating Experts from Austria Mr. Marcel Innerkofler (Land Tirol) Ms. Bettina Wengler (Land Tirol) Mr. Herbert Walter (Land Tirol) Ms. Michiko Hama (alpS) Mr. Stefan Ortner (alpS) Mr. Andreas Koler (alpS) Mr. Christian Zangerl( alpS) Mr. Martin Presslaber (City of Lienz) Mr. Oskar Januschke (City of Lienz)

Programme Summary Day 1: 28.01.2013 National and Provincial Risk Assessment Visit at Provincial Emergency Warning Centre

Welcome and introduction of all participants

Disaster management

Visit to the Provincial Emergency Warning Centre

Provincial Emergency Dispatch Centre

Emergency Management Dispatch System the Tyrolean approach

Visit to the Provincial Emergency Dispatch Centre

Transfer, lunch and visit at alpS

alpS Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Technologies

The Eibelschrofen Rockfall an introduction

Excursion to the Eiblschrofen Rockfall

Transfer to Lienz and Check-In

Dinner (hosted by EU THW)

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Day 2: 29.01.2013 Municipality Risk Assessment Visit to the City of Lienz

The City of Lienz from a non-risk perspective

Area wide Risk Assessment in all Tyrolean Municipalities

The Basic Approach (applied in 279 municipalities)

ORTIS Software tool and GIS

Risk Management in the City of Lienz

Discussion

Lunch hosted by the Fire Brigade of Lienz

Natural Hazard risk reduction in the District of Lienz

The Isel Flooding: Analysis and measures taken

Site visit: Isel Flooding, excursion outside the City of Lienz

Visit to the District Emergency Dispatch Centre and at the Fire Department of the City of Lienz

Dinner, hosted by the Tyrolean Government

Day 3: 30.01.2013 Other Aspects of Risk Assessment in the Tyrol Transfer to Dolomitenhtte

The role of Volunteers in the Civil Protection System in the Tyrol

Cooperation between Science/Public Authorities/United Nations Lunch hosted by alpS Field Exercise organised by the Mountain Rescue service Lienz Final Discussion

Conclusions

Options for future collaboration Transfer to Lienz by rodel Dinner hosted by the City of Lienz

Day 4: 31.01.2013 Transfer to Innsbruck Transfer to Innsbruck End of official programme Departure from Innsbruck

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Day 1 - 28/1 - 2013 Welcome and introduction - Herbert Walter and Bettina Wengler

All participants assembled at the Provincial Government Hall and were met by a warm welcome and short introduction to Tirol by Herbert Walter. Bettina Wengler then presented the legal framework for DRR in Austria and in Tirol, giving a background to the Austrian federal

system as a foundation for the regional DRR. There are nine districts in Tirol and 279 communities. The area of Tirol is 12640 km2 and the settlement area is only 1503 km2. The population is 714449 and most of them live in the valleys. The Civil and Disaster Protection Department is responsible for:

Civil and disaster protection

Regional Alarm and Warning Centre, avalanche warning service

Digital alarm system and digital radio system

Fire services

Rescue ambulance and helicopter services

Substitute service for the military service (Zivildienst)

There are different authorities responsible for preventing and managing disasters and different laws regulating these matters. The authorities responsible for disaster preparation and management are:

Local disasters the local Mayor

District disasters the District Authority

Regional disasters the Regional Government This presentation set off the first discussion on responsibilities and cooperation between different geographical authority levels and organisations within the Tirol DRR system, and comparisons to the Swedish system.

Provincial Emergency Warning Centre - Leitestelle Tirol

At the Tirol Provincial Warning Centre Marcel Innerkofler presented different tasks of the Centre:

Advicing and analysing disasters engaging the Dispatch Centre

Information centre for the operational controller of the federal state

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Informing and alerting members of government, departments and other experts

Set tasks for different authorities of the Tyrolean government out of office hours

Monitoring different alarm systems: nuclear, flood warning, server alerting

Warning and alerting

Request for assistance of Austrian army

Operations and crisis coordination

Exercises for the different organisations of the civil protection system

Training, advice and assistance to the districts and communities The presentation evolved into a discussion of common and different challenges, which also brought up previous projects in both countries, which the other country respectively may be interested in for its own further work. One of the issues brought up was the handling of critical infrastructure.

The presentation was followed by a guided tour through the Warning Centre, for a deeper understanding of its function and technical operational possibilities.

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Provincial Emergency Dispatch Centre

Thomas Mayr and Martin Eberharter presented the tasks of the Provincial Emergency Dispatch Centre. The Centre gives emergency assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The centre is financed by the Federal State of Tirol. During every emergency call different entry questions are asked in order to:

Assigning the location

Evaluate signs of possible risks

The answers to the entry and key questions generates a dispatch code and the information is sent to the dispatcher, who alarms and supports the emergency teams. The centre also gives life support guidance until the emergency teams arrive. The centre have different tasks: Task 1 Emergency service, fire departments and HEMS Task 2 - Mountain rescue service, Water rescue service, Cave rescue service, Mine rescue service. Task 3 Tunnel surveillance and other tasks

They also demonstrated their CAD system and how the status for each mission is shown on the screen and on a digital map. The system also suggests witch unit shall be sent to the emergency scene. The detailed presentation gave a deeper understanding of the more detailed operative functions, and thereby also the possibilities and possible weaknesses of the Tirol system.

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Introduction to Alp S

Michiko Hama gave an overview of AlpS, which is a research, development and consultancy centre focusing on:

Natural hazards research and risk management

Climate Change and Adaptation

Sustainability in mountain regions They work together with:

Public authorities

Scientific or research institutions, eg. universities

Private companies Michiko also mentioned different project that the centre is involved in, for example:

H03 MUSICALS Multi-scale snow and ice melt discharge

C06 Klim Tour Climate change as opportunity for Tourism in the alps

H01 Hydrox Flood modelling

ENVELOP part 2 of an Facade element development project, which can improve constructions of buildings

The risk support services AlpS offer are for example:

Climate sensitive risk mapping

Multi risk assessments

Climate change impact on critical infrastructure

Support to Health Facilities

Capacity building for DRR and climate change adaptation

ORTIS software for risk management

Energy planning

Mitigation and adaptation

Introduction to Rockfall Risks in Tirol and three Examples, including Eiblschrofen Rockfall

Christian Zangerl and Christoph Prager from AlpS gave an overview of land slide projects and selected case studies. AlpS do for example:

Multi-disciplinary analysis of processes for and monitoring of unstable slopes

Process analysis and forecasting of landslides

Geological, geotechnical and hydrogeological field surveys

Studies on creeping slopes Current research topics are the prognosis possibilities, risk assessments and mitigation possibilities associated with the risks of rock falls. Case study Hochmais Atemkopf rockslide The rock fall area I situated just above a large water reservoir and a rockslide may result in major consequences. Hence, different monitoring systems are set up to study changes, eg. a tunnel

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