Flood risk management plans and contingency planning
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Flood risk management plans and contingency planning
Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Flood risk management plans and contingency planning: Challenges and chances from a disaster prevention perspective Conference “Breaking fresh grounds in protecting Alpine Environments – Flood Risk Management Plans“ on 25 March 2014 in Graz Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport www.innenministerium.bayern.de Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Federal Republic of Germany 16 federal states („Länder“) Principles of devolution and subsidiarity Legislative power for disaster management is assigned to the federal states. Bavarian Act on Disaster Control = Bayerisches Katastrophenschutzgesetz (BayKSG) vom 24. Juli 1996 Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 2 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Bavarian Administrative Organisation 7 Administrative Regions/ Districts (Regierungsbezirke) 96 County authorities (Kreisverwaltungbehörden) 2,056 Municipalities (Gemeinden) Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 3 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Disaster Control Authorities in Bavaria The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport District government of Upper Bavaria District government of Lower Bavaria (Regierung von Oberbayern) (Regierung von Niederbayern) District District District government of government of government of Upper Palatinate Upper Franconia Middle Franconia (Regierung der Oberpfalz) county authorities Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport (Regierung von Oberfranken) (Regierung von Mittelfranken) District government of Lower Franconia District government of Swabia (Regierung von Unterfranken) (Regierung von Schwaben) county authorities 4 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr (Human) Resources for disaster response Approximately 470,000 forces, thereof approx. 450,000 volunteers about 330,000 fire-fighters about 115,000 members of voluntary relief organisations (BRK, MHD, JUH, ASB, DLRG) about 15,000 members of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief And subsidiarily on-demand Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) and Federal Police (Bundespolizei) Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 5 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Planning of disaster control General disaster control plans Special disaster control plans (for certain areas/institutions which are subject to specific risks or from which specific hazards emanate) e. g. for traffic, pipelines, nuclear power plants, thunderstorm Recording of all material and human ressources for coping with possible disasters Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport Special and proper instructions to follow in the case of emergency (alarm and deployment commands) 6 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Special Fire Brigade task forces Different kinds of special Fire Brigade task forces for the transregional, nationwide and cross-border disaster relief: Task force standard Task force flood – sandbag (32 in Bavaria) Task force flood – pumping (31 in Bavaria) Storm (loss) – motor saw Storm (loss) – roof safety CBRN defence Usually one task force = unit of 110 persons and their technical equipment Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 7 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Strategic Reserve of Sandbags Jointly financed by the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport and the Bavarian Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection 11 centres of distribution throughout Bavaria with about 2,100,000 sandbags in all, built up and provided by the water resources authorities In the case of emergency the requests of sandbags and their distribution are operated centrally by the Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport as supreme disaster control authority Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 8 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Flood risk management plans and disaster control plans In the framework of the implementation of the EU “Floods” Directive in Bavaria a uniform catalogue of measures was created Two measures of this catalogue concern and challenge the disaster control management: Creation of local alarm and action plans by the municipalities Creation of special disaster control plans flood by the lower disaster control authorities Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 9 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Challenges to the implementation of the measures First actions in general taken by local security authorities and not by disaster control authorities base of every disaster control planning is the analysis of hazards and risks Flood risk assessment needs enough data material to be analyzed flood hazard maps and the flood risk maps, which had to be built up till 2013 in the context of the EU-Floods-Directive and persons with local knowledge Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 10 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr The local alarm and action plan - proceeding Analysis of the flood hazard and risks and identification of the geographical areas and the objects or infrastructures which are likely to be affected by floods inside the municipality Risk assessment and scenarios, planning assumptions Identification and definition of measures to ensure rapid response and resources mobilization Specification of the defined measures and translation of them into alarm and deployment commands The summary of these alarm and deployment commands form the local alarm and action plan Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 11 Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr Special disaster control plan flood includes all local alarm and action plans in the administrative area of the respective disaster control authority the aim is to manage and coordinate the local plans in order to ensure a rapid, consistent and coordinated response to the threat of floods Eva Mayer, Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport 12