During the National Civil Protection Week, CIMA Research Foundation participate to local and national events
The National Civil Protection Week, from October 13 to 19, organizes conferences, exhibitions, drills, schools events. The week starts in conjunction with the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction of the United Nations, which is this year dedicated to the reduction of disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services.
During these days it will be possible to spread the knowledge of civil protection good practices and system, to promote the active participation and to share policies. As a Competence Centre of the Italian Civil Protection Department, CIMA Research Foundation won’t miss the meeting. From the scientific knowledge to the awareness of citizens, and from the awareness to the choice of the behaviours to follow: this is our vision for the risk reduction, the civil protection and sustainable development. This is the common thread that will accompany us during the week.
«Risks deriving from natural phenomena have always been present in our society, but they have evolved over time. We need to learn to recognize them from a scientific point of view in order to understand not only how to face them, but also how to live with them in a perspective of sustainable development, as is required by the Sendai Framework and the Agenda 2030», says Luca Ferraris, president of CIMA Research Foundation. «The week is a great opportunity to share the knowledge about risk reduction between experts, the citizens and policy-makers: awareness originates from knowledge, and it is crucial for activating society and keep the correct behaviours, both in the public and private sectors ».
I do not risk comes back
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13
The ninth edition of the national campaign I do not risk will take place on October, 12 and the 13. The campaign is dedicated to the promotion of good practices and to the awareness of citizens about different kind of natural risk. Promoted and realized by the Italian Civil Protection Department, the National Association of Public Assistance (ANPAS), the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the Laboratories University Network of Seismic Engineering (ReLUIS) and CIMA Research Foundation, the campaign will have information stands in over 850 places (a complete list is available here) .
Civil Protection Party. Colonna Mobile in piazza, the event of Liguria Region
Genoa, Saturday 12 October
Within the Civil Protection Party. Colonna Mobile in piazza, promoted by Liguria Region, in Genoa Luca Ferraris will meet the schools to talk about the science in civil protection, focusing on fire risk. The meeting is on Saturday, 12, at Piazza De Ferrari, starting from 11.00 am. There will also be the head of the Civil Protection Department Angelo Borrelli, the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti and the regional assessor for civil protection and land protection Giacomo Giampedrone.
Science in civil protection
Rome, Monday 14
Savona, Wednesday 16
The topic of scientific knowledge as a crucial support and base for an efficient civil protection will be explored during a national event which will take place in Rome on Monday, 14, in presence of the Minister of Education, University and Research Lorenzo Fioramonti. The directors of the Competence Centres, Luca Ferraris among others, will meet at a round table. At the end of the day, they will read a conclusive declaration.
The national event will be accompanied by local events organized by the Competence Centre, and which will take place during the week. In accordance with its vision, included in the key words “science, awareness, behaviours”, CIMA Research Foundation has planned, on Wednesday 16, a day dedicated to the dissemination of its research activities, focused on wildfire and hydro-meteorological risk and the operative implications of their management.
Our researchers will explain the mechanism influencing hydro-meteorological events, i.e. storms and floods, and the wildfires, highlighting their risks and how forecasting and prevention activities have changed over time. There will also be a visit at the Operations Centre, where participants can learn about the developed tools and assist to a simulation of past events.
Stefano Vergante (executive of Liguria Region Civil Protection), Francesca Giannoni (executive of meteo-hydrological centre of Liguria Region -ARPAL) and Fulvio Borsano (vice-executive of the National Firefighter Corps, comando provinciale of Savona) will also be guests. The programme is available here.
Volcanic risk: the Exe Flegrei drill
Napoli, October, 16-20
The Phlegraean Fields are a broad area in the north-west of Naples. Some years ago, an updating of their civil protection plan started.
During the National Civil Protection Week, there will be a drill, which will take place between Wednesday 16 and Sunday 20. During the drill, a variation of monitoring parameters will be simulated, with the shift from the yellow, to the orange, to the red alert (representing the imminent eruption) and there will be the evacuation of part of the population from the Red Zone. The drill will be an important opportunity to test and implement the operative aspects and the procedures of risk management.
CIMA Research Foundation will be in the Quarto Municipality, one of the Red Zone municipalities, where in May an experimental participatory path for the civil protection planning was launched. During the drill, the researchers will observe the impact of a participatory approach on the drill activities.