NATO’s Role in Disaster ResponseNATO s Role in Disaster Response
the Framework of
NATO Civil Emergency Planning
Guenter Bretschneider
Operations Division, NATO HQ
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European Congress on Disaster Management
Bonn / Bad-Godesberg
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Five CEP Roles in NATOFive CEP Roles in NATO
• Civil Support for Alliance Operations under Article 5
• Support for non-Article 5 Crisis Response Operations (CRO)pp p p ( )
S t f N ti l A th iti i Ci il E i• Support for National Authorities in Civil Emergencies
• Support for National Authorities in the Protection of Populations
Against the Effects of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
• Co-operation with Partners
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CEP InstrumentsCEP Instruments
Two pillars:
• Structures• Structures
– SCEPC
– 8 Planning Boards and Committees
• 380 Civil Experts
– International staff
EADRCC– EADRCC
• Procedures and Tools
– Crisis Management ArrangementsCrisis Management Arrangements
• Crisis Management and Advisory Element
• Civil Expertise Catalogue
• Rapid Reaction Team
• Advisory Support Team
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SCEPCSCEPC
Senior Civil Emergency Planning CommitteeSenior Civil Emergency Planning Committee
• The Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee (SCEPC) meets in NATOonly
format @ 26 (28) and Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) format
@ 50 plus members of the NATO Military Authorities (NMAs)
• All SCEPC decisions are taken by consensus
– Advise NAC on civil aspects of a crisis– Advise NAC on civil aspects of a crisis
– Advise on the use of civil resources
M it ll i il i d h it i /di t i t i id t– Monitor all civil emergencies and humanitarian/disaster assistance incidents
– Meets in permanent session (twice a month) and plenary session with
i i i f i l ( i )participation from capitals (twice a year)
– Provides oversight and guidance to eight Planning Boards and Committees
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CEP StructuresCEP Structures
SCEPC Planning Boards and Committees (PB&Cs):
– Civil Aviation (
– Ocean Shipping (Transport
– Inland Surface Transport (
– Food and Agriculture (SupplyFood and Agriculture (Supply
– Industry
C i ti (C i ti– Communications (Communications
– Civil Protection (Protection of Populations( p
– Medical
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Examples of Civil ExpertiseExamples of Civil Expertise
PB&Cs’ Civil Experts :
– Examples of civil expertise available in PB&Cs :
- Air, Sea, Road Transport - Industrial production and supply
- Airport operations; cargo movement - Veterinary and Phytosanitary
- Aircraft and Ship brokers - Water and water contamination- Aircraft and Ship brokers - Water and water contamination
- Intermodality/Containers - CBRN medical defence
- Ports - Medical supplies
- Shipping experts for movement planning - Movement of casualties
(RO/RO – Reefers – Ferries – etc.) - Tropical medicine
- Shipping experts for execution - Disaster medicinepp g p
(RO/RO – Reefers – Ferries – etc.) - Communications
- Population movement and evacuation - IT security
P bli I f ti d i i i P t l i- Public Information during crisis - Postal services
- WMD consequence management - Waste management
- Disaster and Humanitarian assistance - Critical Infrastructure Protection
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The International StaffThe International Staff
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OrganisationOrganisation
Operations Division
ASG
Training Activities Coordination
and Aviation Section
Divisional Support
Section
Operations Directorate
DASG
Planning Directorate
DASG
NATO
Situation Centre
DASG DASG
Crisis Management Policy
Section
Civil Emergency PlanningCrisis Exercises
Management System
Operations
Section Planning SectionPlanning Section
Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response
Coordination Centre
Section
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The Rapid Reaction TeamThe Rapid Reaction Team
– The RRT Concept (which was approved by SCEPC in
January 2006) will:January 2006) will:
– rapidly (within 24 hours after approval whenever possible)
provide a team capable of evaluating civil needs at the
request of either a nation, the NATO Military Authorities, or
other agencies or bodies as approved by Council/SCEPC;
(f f– provide timely expertise (for the minimum amount of time
but not more than 14 days unless acceptable to the expert
and their nation) and provide ongoing situation reports untiland their nation) and provide ongoing situation reports until
no longer needed; and
– report to the SCEPC through the Euro-Atlantic Disaster
Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) when appropriate.
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Advisory Support TeamAdvisory Support Team
• Provides expert advice to assist requesting nations in
assessing and further developing their level of national
preparedness, response and recovery capabilities
• Nations can request AST assistance for several reasons,
including but not limited to:
Assess overall national preparedness and response plans and– Assess overall national preparedness and response plans and
systems – mainly related to CBRN risks
– Advise on national training plans for responders to CBRN incidents
– Support planning and conduct of exercises
– Support preparations for high-visibility events
Ad i di d l t ft CBRN i id t– Advise on medium and long term recovery after CBRN incidents
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RRT & AST PrinciplesRRT & AST Principles
• Deployed upon a voluntary request of a nation
• Not a label « NATO Assessment » - but advice provided
to the nation;
Th d i i id d fid ti l th• The advice is provided on a confidential manner - the
requesting nation decides what could be disclosed.
• It is up to the requesting nation to implement theIt is up to the requesting nation to implement the
recommendations
• The team of experts can be re-invited at later stages to
assess progress.
• Procedures for deployment of experts are similar to the
Crisis Management ArrangementsCrisis Management Arrangements
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NATO’s Disaster Response CapabilityNATO’s Disaster Response Capability
The EuroThe Euro--Atlantic Disaster ResponseAtlantic Disaster Response
12Coordination CentreCoordination Centre
The EADRCCThe EADRCC
• Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response
Coordination Centre, NATO HQ, Brussels
– Created 1998 by 46 EAPC nations
– Role: coordination of EAPC nations’
assistance to each other in case of disaster.
Since 2001, also terrorism consequence
management; Coordination, at government
l l t d d t llevel - not command and control
– Scope: EAPC geographical area, MD and ICI
(Gulf Co operation) countries areas where(Gulf Co-operation) countries, areas where
NATO is involved militarily
– 24/7 duty officer system
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24/7 duty officer system
Fundamental PrinciplesFundamental Principles
• Responsibility for disaster response is with the
stricken nationstricken nation
• Primary role in international response is with they p
United Nations
• Gateway to Civil Emergency organisations in 50
nationsnations
• EADRCC has standing mandate
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Disaster Responses 1/2Disaster Responses 1/2
• 1998 – Floods, Ukraine
• 1999 – Landslides Moldova
• 2004/05 - Tsunami, SE Asia
• 2005 – Floods Georgia, Romania,• 1999 – Landslides, Moldova
• 1999 – Earthquake, Azerbaijan
• 1999 - Earthquakes 1&2, Turkey
2005 Floods Georgia, Romania,
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan
• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina
• 2000 – Floods, Hungary and
Romania
2000 Drought Georgia
• 2005/06 - Earthquake, Pakistan
• 2006 - Floods, Algeria
• 2006 - Snowfall Kyrgyzstan• 2000 – Drought, Georgia
• 2000 - Extreme weather, Ukraine
and Moldova
• 2006 - Snowfall, Kyrgyzstan
• 2006 - Floods, Slovak Republic
• 2006 - Floods, Bulgaria
• 2000 - Forest fires, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia *
• 2001 Floods Ukraine
• 2006 – Forest Fires, Georgia
• 2007 – Forest Fires , Albania, Bulgaria,
Bosnia and Herzegovina the former• 2001 – Floods, Ukraine
• 2002 – Floods in Central Europe
• 2003 - Forest Fires, Portugal
Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*
• 2008 – Floods, Moldova and Ukraine
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2003 Forest Fires, Portugal
• 2008 – Forest fires Bulgaria
* Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name
Disaster Responses 2/2Disaster Responses 2/2
TECHNOLOGICAL
FROM TERRORIST ACT (INCL CBRN)
2002 - Air show accident, Ukraine
2008 – Ammunition storage site explosion, Albania
FROM TERRORIST ACT (INCL. CBRN)
2001 - Terrorist attacks on the United States
OTHER ASSISTANCE
1998 - Kosovo Refugee Crisisg
1999 - Kosovo
2003 - Assistance to Turkey in case of possible civil emergency
2004 - Support to Greece during Summer Olympics and the
Paralympic games
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EARTHQUAKE PAKISTANEARTHQUAKE PAKISTAN
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Earthquake PakistanEarthquake Pakistan
• 10 OCT 05 - Pakistan request NATO assistance• 10 OCT 05 - Pakistan request NATO assistance
• 11 OCT 05 - North Atlantic Council approval of11 OCT 05 North Atlantic Council approval of
NATO Humanitarian air bridge to Islamabad
• 13 OCT 05 - UNHCR request for air-lift support
• 14 OCT 05 - First NATO relief flight arrives
• 8 FEB 06 - Last flight of NATO airbridge
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NATO Air BridgeNATO Air Bridge
• Transportation assistance for United Nations more
than 130 flights, 2,300 tons
• NATO Air-bridge used by 19 EAPC, 2 nonEAPC
nations, WFP, UNJLC and UN-HCREAPC nations, WFP, UNJLC and UN HCR
• More than 160 flights with almost 3,500 tons of
relief goods (18,000 tents; 510,000 blankets;
17 000 heaters; 30 000 mattresses; 55 00017,000 heaters; 30,000 mattresses; 55,000
sleeping bags; many tons of medical supplies)
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NATO Air BridgeNATO Air Bridge
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NATO Disaster Relief TeamNATO Disaster Relief Team
• Field hospital and mobile medical teamsField hospital and mobile medical teams
• Five transport helicoptersp p
• Three light engineer units
• One heavy engineer unit
• Four water purification teams
• Helicopter refueling station (fuel farm)
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Training and ExercisesTraining and Exercises
O l b i t i i d i• On a regular basis training and exercises
• Maximise interoperabilityp y
• Regional Approach
• UN-developed programmes to be taken into
accountaccount
• One field exercise and one table-top
exercise each year
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ExercisesExercises
• Trans-Carpathia 2000 - Ukraine - Flood scenario
Taming the Dragon Dalmatia 2002 Croatia Wild fire• Taming the Dragon - Dalmatia 2002 - Croatia - Wild fire
scenario
• Bogorodsk 2002 - Russia - Terrorist initiated chemical incidentg
• Ferghana 2003 - Uzbekistan - Earthquake, floods, mud slides
and chemical incident
• Dacia 2003 Romania Radiological Dispersion Device• Dacia 2003 - Romania - Radiological Dispersion Device (“Dirty
Bomb”)
• Joint Assistance 2005 – Ukraine – Chemical Weapon
• Lazio 2006 – Italy – Joint NRC / EADRCC exercise – „Dirty
Bomb“
• Idassa 2007 Croatia Earthquake chemical & biological• Idassa 2007 – Croatia – Earthquake, chemical & biological
incidents
• Uusimaa 2008 – Finland – Floods, CBR incidents
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Contact informationContact information
NATO / EADRCC
Phone: + 32-2-707-2670
Fax: + 32-2-707-2677
E M il d @h t i tE-Mail: eadrcc@hq.nato.int
Web site: www.nato.int/eadrcc
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