Exercise Austria (FORMATEX) & DARTS (project cross-border-risk)

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Vaiko Vatsfeld

From: Toomas Kääparin

Sent: teisipäev, 18. mai 2021 14:36

To: Vaiko Vatsfeld

Subject: FW: Exercise Austria (FORMATEX) | DARTS (project cross-border-risk)

Attachments: FORMATEX_outline_description.pdf; DARTS letter of support_ESTONIA.rtf

From: Christian Resch [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 11:35 AM

To: Toomas Kääparin <[email protected]>

Subject: Exercise Austria (FORMATEX) | DARTS (project cross-border-risk)

TÄHELEPANU! Tegemist on väljastpoolt asutust saabunud kirjaga. Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada!

Dear Toomas,

As promised, attached find the outline description for the exercise project as introduced last week Friday.

The Austrian Fire Service Association gladly invites a HCP module to this exercise (FSX planned in September 2023 /

TTX in March 2023).

If you need further details I am gladly available.

And with regards to flood and landslide risk assessment (project DARTS) we are in touch with University of Tartu, they are very much interested and we will discuss their involvement in the project. Out contact point is: Robert

Aps, [email protected] (Estonian marine institute, University of Tartu)

We would be happy if you could Estonian national CP authority would support their participation by signing the

attached letter.

Kind regards,

Christian

Christian Resch

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Vaiko Vatsfeld

From: Christian Resch <[email protected]>

Sent: kolmapäev, 2. juuni 2021 13:37

To: Vaiko Vatsfeld

Subject: RE: Exercise Austria (FORMATEX) | DARTS (project cross-border-risk)

Attachments: FORMATEX23_LoS_ESTONIA.rtf; FORMATEX_TIMELINE.pptx; _FORMATEX23

_financial offer_CBRN-Modul ROU_final.xlsm; _FORMATEX23_financial offer_HCP

Estonia.xlsm

TÄHELEPANU! Tegemist on väljastpoolt asutust saabunud kirjaga. Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada!

Hi Vaiko,

I did but here once again (plus additional info) you find attached the LoS and an example from Romania on their

financial aspects / budget.

If you want I can also fill that table for you.

It is planned:

*2-3 participants at the 4 workshops

*3-5 participating in the TTX

*HCP module at the FSX

See attached time line.

It would also be nice if I could receive 1-3 CVs of relevant people involved.

For any further questions I am gladly available.

Best,

Christian

From: Vaiko Vatsfeld <[email protected]>

Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 12:16 PM

To: Christian Resch <[email protected]>

Subject: RE: Exercise Austria (FORMATEX) | DARTS (project cross-border-risk)

Hi Christian, Did you already send anything? Just to be sure it will come throw.

Regards

Vaiko

From: Christian Resch <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 2:43 PM

To: Vaiko Vatsfeld <[email protected]>

Cc: Hannes Kern <[email protected]>

Subject: RE: Exercise Austria (FORMATEX) | DARTS (project cross-border-risk)

TÄHELEPANU! Tegemist on väljastpoolt asutust saabunud kirjaga. Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada!

Of course – no problem at all! Best,

Christian

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From: Vaiko Vatsfeld <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 1:30 PM

To: Christian Resch <[email protected]>

Subject: RE: Exercise Austria (FORMATEX) | DARTS (project cross-border-risk)

Thank you Christian,

Is it ok, if I forward the meeting link to our Lithuanian and Latvian contact point?

Regards

Vaiko Vatsfeld

Emergency Preparedness Department

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FORMATE 23

Full Operational Response to Major Accidents

Triggerd by natural hazards - Full Scale

EXercise 2023 In Europe and around the world there are many vulnerable installations and critical infrastructures

close to rivers, coastlines, located in earthquake prone areas or subject to other kinds of natural

hazards. One decade after the Fukushima Disaster Natural hazards triggering technological disasters,

or so called Natech events, are still not represented widely enough in emergency preparedness and

response activities. Natech disasters as multi-sectorial emergencies pose a variety of simultaneous

effects and require a high level of collaboration and coordination of stakeholders from various sectors.

The river Danube region connects ten European countries and is one of the lifelines for the exchange

of goods in Europe. It is living environment for around 80 Mio. European citizens and basis for industrial

production in many countries. Besides the anthroposphere the river Danube region is a natural habitat

for a great variety of species protected by various national parks and European environmental

protection initiatives. The cyanide spill at Baia Mare (RO, 2000) revealed the terrible consequences of

a Natech event at an inland waterbody.

To improve and strengthen cooperation among European Member States in order to facilitate

coordinated response to Natech events, the planned exercise will focus on multiple industrial accidents

along in the river Danube region triggered by an intensive flooding event. The exercise will especially

deal with the impact of CBRN events, like toxic spills or the release of radioactive material, triggered

by the flood event. UCPM Modules active in

the field of CBRN hazards, as well as technical

experts will get the opportunity to train in a

multi-hazard environment together with local

civil protection and emergency response

experts in the scope of a full-scale exercise.

The full-scale exercise is prepared and

accompanied by a table top exercise as well as

by a thematical conference on Natech risk

management and emergency response.

Coordinator: Oberösterreichischer Landesfeuerwehrverband

Participating CBRN Modules: Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Romania

Evaluation: Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany

Contact: Oberösterreichischer Landesfeuerwehrverband, Petzoldstraße 43, A-4021 Linz, Austria

Phone: +43 (0)732 770122 0 | Fax: +43 (0)732 770122 90 | Mail: [email protected]

The following scenarios have been triggered by the quickly escalating flood event:

- one or more explosions followed by fires with the propagation of toxic clouds in the area of

Linz

- multiple localized leaks of oil or liquid toxic products from the production sites at Chem-park

Linz and Linz harbour

- a spread of some radioactive sources unsealed from the measuring devices of the industrial

sites.

- water pollution of the Danube river strongly affecting the Traun/Donau floodplain forest area

(Natura 2000) as well as drinking water sources in the area

- release of toxic waste (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metal legacies, etc.) from

brownfield areas in the industrial area of Linz

- displacement of several containers with different toxic substances from the container

terminal of the Enns harbour

- emergency shutdown procedures have been started in the Linz steel-mill due to the heavily

contaminated cooling water from the Danube river and the spread of the toxic cloud.

Since flooding scenario developed over several days plant and emergency personnel at the industrial

sites was strongly involved in flood management activities and was directly affected by the escalating

events. Emergency services from the city of Linz are fully stretched out, personnel active in securing

the industrial sites has been directly hit by the escalating events in the Chem-park. Toxic clouds are

spreading towards the town of Steyregg and Luftenberg, downwards the river Danube. Road

connections to both towns are strongly affected by the flood event.

Consequences are expected in particular on:

- people living in the affected areas

- the environmental protection zones

- industrial operations in the area

- the drinking water network.

- the river Danube as main inland waterbody and critical transport infrastructure

- the water-cooling capacities of some industrial processes

- the capacity to consider absolute and relative emergencies due to the already severe

involvement of local and national emergency services and organisations

- the ability to tackle an extensive industrial and environmental emergency in context of an

ongoing flood event

- the safety on operational personnel due to size, extension and simultaneous occurrence of

hazardous events