Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC)

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The Italian Experience with a System for Planning
and Managing Emergencies Following Major
Accidents ENVIREG SIMAGE
Pietro La Grotta 1 Jean-Pierre Nordvik 2 1
Italian Ministry for the Environment 2 European
Commission, Joint Research Centre

• SUBREGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
• OF THE CONVENTION ON THE TRANSBOUNDARY
• EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
• (Erevan, Armenia 13-15 March 2003)

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The SIMAGE Project

• Framework agreement between the Joint Research
  Centre of the European Commission and the Italian
  Ministry for the Environment
• October 1999 June 2005
• 13 millions Euro
• Continuation of previous large activities in
  Sicily
• 1996-1999
• 4.5 millions Euro

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The SIMAGE Project

• Objective
• Design, realization and implementation of
  cost-effective, operating, lasting integrated
  systems in highly industrialized areas for
• monitoring and management of environmental
  emergencies industrial accident and air
  pollution and)
• information exchange concerning industrial risk,
  air, water, soil, networked with the major
  existing Italian risk areas.
• the planning and management of emergencies
  associated with industrial accidents or
  transportation of dangerous goods

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Major project characteristics

• Environmental assessment data collection and
  verification, monitoring campaigns and analyses
• Air quality monitoring and air pollution
  management network design and positioning,
  modelling
• Data registers and geographical representations
• Detection and management of
• industrial accidents
• accidents associated with transportation of
  dangerous goods
• Flexible telematic network and information to
  the public
• Decision support tools for environmental
  remediation
• Involvement of national, regional, provincial and
  local public authorities
• Integration of existing local networks and data

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SIMAGE in Puglia
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SIMAGE in Sicily
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Milazzo
Roma
Messina
Milazzo
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Palermo
Messina
Caltanissetta
Augusta
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Gela
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Siracusa
Priolo
Centro elaborazione dati
Centro d'interazione remoto
Gela
Punto dinformazione al pubblico
Area di monitoraggio
Siracusa
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Logical Architecture for each industrial area
Monitoring Network Mngt. Center
Video Camera Mngt.Center
Traffic Monitoring Center
Emergency Management Center
Public Information Center
Remote Interaction Center
Public Information Point
Air quality sensor
Data signals
GPS - GSM system for transport monitoring
Instantaneous request and exchange of data
Meteorological sensor
Alarm signal
Visible and IR video Camera
Industrial gas detector
Multiple data input
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Main SIMAGE Centers

• Air quality monitoring data center (CED)
• Environmental data center (CEDA)
• 7 registers
• Advanced air transport modelling
• Environmental crisis management
• Industrial emergency and planning center
• Information to public (Web server)

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Fixed monitoring Networks

• Networks
• Designed and integrated with existing networks
• Sensors
• For environmental monitoring
• Accidental gas release detectors
• Conventional and infrared videos

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Involved partners
Involvement of all relevant institutional and
private bodies

• 2 Ministries
• 3 Regions
• 5 Prefectures
• 6 Provinces
• 18 Communes
• Industrial Associations
• numerous service and transportation companies

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Distretto di Gela modifiche alle reti di
monitoraggio
5.3. Comune di Gela
8. Agip Pozzo 57 Acquisizione dati meteo
13 e 3.5. CED - Provincia Acquisizione dati meteo
4.5. Assessorato Ambiente Ecologia
16. Museo Archeologico Telecamera nel visibile
15. Ingresso A - Agip HF e NH3
7. Agip Mineraria Telecamera nel visibile HF e NH3
14. Stazione ISAF Acquisizione dati meteo HF e
NH3
Stazione della Provincia nuova o potenziata
Centro elaborazione dati
Centro d'interazione remoto
Punto dinformazione al pubblico
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Major Network Links
Palermo
Milazzo
Messina
Caltanissetta
Priolo
Gela
Siracusa
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Distretto di Gela flusso dei dati
Gela
Caltanissetta
Roma, Palermo
Meteorological station
Dedicated line
Area under control
Data processing Center
Leak detector or camera
Request of meteo data
Public information point
Environmental Data
Remote interaction
Alarm signal
Remote interaction Center
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Camera management system

• Infra-red and visible spectrum camera
• Real-Time image tracking
• Hot and cold points detection and alarm
  generation
• Multi-camera management
• Remote zoom and movement control
• Programmable camera recording trajectory
• Image archival

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Transport of dangerous goods

• Call for tender realisation and installation of
  a pilot system for the control of hazardous goods
  transport in the Italian provinces of Brindisi,
  Taranto and Venice
• Objectives
• to monitor, in a near real-time manner, the
  transportation of hazardous goods in Italy, in
  particular in the three industrial areas of
  Brindisi, Taranto and Porto Marghera,
• to monitor and control the risk posed by their
  transportation,
• to provide early warnings in case of emergency
  associated with these goods and
• to support to the management of the
  transportation hazardous goods in case of
  emergency.

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Emergency Management System (EMS)

• Objective
• provide support to the relevant institutional
  bodies for the management of emergencies
  associated with industrial accidents and
  transportation by road of dangerous substances
• High-level requirements
• compatible with procedures of Civil Protection
  Authorities
• installed physically close-by the official
  Emergency Rooms
• covers the standby, pre-alarm and alarm stages,
  and also training and post-emergency analysis
  activities
• integrates analytical methods and tools
  recognized by Italian authorities
• connected functionally with environmental
  network, camera management and fleet management
  systems

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EMS - main features

• Main features
• Automatic alarm recognition
• Identification of the place and type of emergency
• Inform all relevant entities
• Consequence assessment and definition of impact
  zones
• Identification of most vulnerable areas
• Coordination of available resources
• Identification and tracking of procedures
• Communication, coordination and reporting

Real-time modeling of release phenomena
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Emergency planning

• Databases on
• Chemicals
• Industrial systems
• Safety Reports
• Accident scenarios
• Vulnerable areas
• Resources
• Procedures
• Communication
• Population distribution
• Yellow-Pages
• land-use, adm. borders
• Models for
• First impact zones
• Traffic
• Population
• 3-D terrain
• Source Terms
• Consequences

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CIPA - Simulazione di prova 31/5/2001 0000 -
1/6/2001 0000 Particelle e concentrazioni al
suolo immagini orarie
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Information to the public
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Area Risk Analysis - ARIPAR

• Aggregation of all risk sources associated with
  fixed installation and transportation of
  dangerous substances (by roads, railways, ships
  and pipelines)

• Calculation and display of
• local point risks and iso-risk curves
• individual area iso-risk curves
• relative contribution of risk sources
• F-N curves and I-N histograms
• Identification of major causes of risk in the
  area
• Adopted already by 3 Italian Regions
• Uses in future SIMAGE installations

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HARIA-2, a Methodology for Emergency Planning
(supported by the National Research Council
under the sponsorship of the Italian Civil
Protection Department).

• AIM OF HARIA-2 (1998-2002)
• modeling and simulation of dynamic systems
  interacting during a severe accident in chemical
  and petrochemical industries
• Physical System accidents that could impact
  the surrounding environment
• Territorial and Social System population and
  other targets that could be affected by the
  accident
• Civil Protection System rescue services and
  resources available for consequence mitigation
• Output of the project
• a set of models and tools for the analysis and
  optimization of emergency plans

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