FLOODS IN THE REPUBLIC OF - RESPONSE AND LESSONS LEARNED

COLONEL PhD Katarina Strbac SEE FLOODS 2014 FLOODS-May 2014 LEGAL FRAMEWORK

1. CONSTITUTION (clause 139, 140 и 141) 2. Law on Defence (clause 41) 3. Law on the Military (clause 2) 4. Service Regulation (clause 170 и 171) 5. Law on Emergencies (clause 12) 6. Military Doctrine (third mission) STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

Military Doctrine

Defence Strategy

National Security Strategy III Mission: providing support in case of natural disasters and SAF in the catastrophes protection and Basis for security policy and rescue analyzing security threats which can cause emergencies

TASK: providing support in case of natural disasters and catastrophes of larger proportion where lives are at stake, as well as the environment and material property.

5 SAF COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM IN EMERGENCIES

Strategic level MoD and SAF MoD and GS Chief, memb. State Headquarter for emergency JOC and J GS Experts, Liaison officers situation ------Operational level------

Operational Commands Experts, Liaison Province and district officers headquarters

------Tactical level

Tactical Commands Experts, Liaison Municipality headquarters officers

SUPPORT SAF UNITS Police, local self-government, civil defence SERBIAN MILITARY FORCES ENGAGEMENT DURING FLOODS

- evacuation, - acceptance, accommodation and care, - food, water and medicaments supply, - biological decontamination, - water pumping, - terrain sanitation and veterinary tasks, - medical tasks - engineering tasks - military police tasks

EVACUATION

LAND  Busses,  Lorries  Of road vehicles

AIR  Helicopters Sabac Pozarevac Obrenovac Sopot Osecina  Infantry landing crafts WATER Cacak  Amphibious vehicle Armoured personnel carrier

Total SAF 10.300

8 ACCEPTANCE AND ACCOMODATION

ACCEPTANCE AND ACCOMODATION IN THE MILITARY FACILITIES

ACCEPTANCE EFFECTS 2.500 EVACUEES

S.Mitrovica ObrenovacBeograd

ACCOMODATION EFFECTS Pozarevac • Seven military facilities were G.Milanovac opened Svilajnac

SUPPLIES

FLOOD AFFECTED POPULATION DELIVERED:

• FOOD 20 t • WATER, TOILETRIES, MEDICAMENTS • LOGISTICS EQUIPMENT • WATER PUMPS

AIR LIFT SUPPLIED:

63 t and 52.000 l water BIOLOGICAL DECONTAMINATION

NBC units

Обреновац ENGAGED: 15 TEAMS Лозница

В. Црљени См. Паланка Лазаревац Свилајнац DECONTAMINATED:

Параћин Појате Terrain and roads: hectares 231 Трстеник

Buildings: 1.200

11 ENGINEERS ENGAGEMENT

•Installed 12 heavy mechanized bridges and 1 pontoon bridge •Dam strengthening •Reconstruction and roads building Obrenovac Lazarevac • M.Zvornik Landslide recovery Kosijeric •Terrain clearing of and construction B.Basta preparation

Roads reconstruction

Landslide recovery

12 R1 R1 Vt

Jakovo R1

SRB R-2 LM Vt

Vt MILITARY MEDICAL SUPPORT

• 1 OF as coordinator in Crisis Staff in Obrenovac / 13 days • 1 medical team in / 9 days • 1 medical team in Jakovo near Obrenovac / 15 days • 1 medical team in Obrenovac / 12 days • 1 field hospital in Obrenovac / 12 days / near 900 patients MILITARY VETERINARY SUPPORT

• Collection of animal carcasses • Collection of strays and abandoned animals • Collection of groceries destroyed by floods • DDDDD measures

Humanitarian assistance to civilian community and environmental protection AID DELIVERED

•Immediate help in equipment and rescue teams: Russian Federation, Montenegro, Macedonia and Belorussia •EU civil protection mechanism: Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Denmark, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, France, Croatia and Cyprus •Special rescue teams: UN and EU •Equipment: Japan, China, Azerbaijan, UN, WFP, EU, OSCE, OCHA, USAID

AFTERMATH ACTIVITIES

ASSISTANCE CONTINUATION LESSONS LEARNED

COMMAND AND CONTROL

EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENACE TERRAIN SANITATION TRAINING ENGEENERS ENGAGEMENT PLANS REVIEWING

CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT

17 EXPERIENCES

4. RESPECTING 1. INFORMATION PRINCIPLES OF EXCHANGE AT GRADUALITY THE RIGHT TIME ACCORDING TO FORCES AND EQUIPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 2. GENERATING REQUIREMENTS 5. MEASURES THAT CREATE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE 3. PROCEDURES OF DEPLOYMENT OF SERBIAN COORDINATING ARMED FORCES FORCES

LESSONS LEARNED

18 ACTIVITIES DURING FLOODS IN SERBIA-LESSONS LEARNED

•EARLY WARNING SYSTEM •PREVENTION •DEDICATED FORECES AND RECOURCES •ENGAGEMENT ADITIONAL FORCES AND RECOURCES •ADAPTATION OF LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ADEQUATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM •INTERNATIONAL AID ACCEPTANCE-LIBERALIZATION OF PROCEDURES

PROPOSALS

 PREVENTION PLANS REVIEW

 IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVENTION PLANS

ESTABLISH MOBILE TEAMS FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL IN THE FIELD

3  PLANING AND EXECUTION OF JOINT EXERCISE RECOMMENDATIONS

• Natural disasters, including climate ones, are getting stronger and more intensive in the last decade, but the number of victims is kept steady • Disasters that are caused by climate changes will probably create another catastrophe in the future • Floods from 2014 are hundred year floods – not only because of rainfall, but also because of other factors (erosion, deforestation, terrain configuration etc.) • Changed geomorphological structure of the terrain can result in earthquakes all across the region • Importance of cross-border cooperation

RECOMMENDATIONS

• EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES • COMMUNICATION IN SOCIETY • BETTER CONTROL OF FLOOD AREAS, CONTROL AND CONSTRUCTION MONITORING • INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR PREVENTION OF FLOODS AND OTHER DISASTERS IN THE SEE • RISK ANALYSIS • EU FLOOD DIRECTIVE 2007/60/EC • DEVELOPMENT, PREVENTION AND RESILIENCE TO FLOODS

22 CONCLUSION

1 PROTECTION AND RESCUE FORCES ACTIVATED ON TIME

2 SPECIALIZED FORCES OVERSTRETCHED

3 INSUFICIENT AMOUNT OF RESCUE EQUIPMENT

4 COMPLEX COORDINATION AND REALIZATION FIELD ACCTIVITIES

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