Disasters and Risks: Information Service and Communication

Prevention and when it is happening.

Czech Republic: Flood 1997

Czech Republic: Flood 2002

Prague: Flood 2002

Floods: GIS, Maps

Flood zones

• http://www.dibavod.cz/70/prohlizecka-zaplavovych-uzemi.html

• Urban planning • Private planning

Data Collection and Management

• Responsibility: Ministry of Environment, specialised institute: VUV TGM

• Data come from: Regional water authorities, Municipalities, Citizens (very often not reliable information from citizens).

• This official maps are used for Prevention Planning and published on internet

Flood information and early warning • Ministry of Environment:

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

• Real time information

• Published on internet • Actual situation, 24hours a day • http://hydro.chmi.cz/hpps/

Flood early warning– regional view

Flood early warning– detail view

Flood early warning– information for citizens and municipalities

• Prague 2002 – Mayor: “The situation is excellent”

• Citizens and small municipalities have an independent access to information and can take proper measures

Practical information

• Practical information – hygiene, sanitation, food & drink during floods - published on internet by Ministry of Environment, during flood also by NGOs (ADRA, PIN, Charity) and Municipalities.

• Practical information – legislation, plans, Q & A, FAQ - published on internet by Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

• Actualization after each flood based on new experience

Floods • Warning (Municipalities, Police, Firebrigades, Army) • Evacuation & Rescue (Municipalities, Firebrigades, Army…) • Humanitarian aid (NGOs, Municipalities) • Security & Renovation works (Authorities, Police, Army) • Material help (State, Municipalities, NGOs) • Psychological help (NGOs, Professionals)

Floods

• Lessons learned & Planning (Municipalities, Public participation)

- Legislation, Plans, Equipment, Trainings for disaster

- Prevention (Urban planning, Resilience, Regulation in flood zones, etc.)

• Education, watch dog activities (NGOs…)

News related to floods • Various – mostly popular and / or educative – articles related to floods • Published by Ministry of Environment, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute • Valuable content but not prepared by journalists, so the content and editor’s strategy is not properly developed – this type of publishing should be role of NGOs, also.

Landslides risks: Register • Ministry of Environment: Czech Geological Service • http://mapy.geology.cz/sesuvy_cgs/

Landslides risks: Register Detail view

Landslides risks: Register Detail view, with detail information about landslide

area

Landslides risks: Register

Landslides risks: Register “The landslide”

Czech Geological Service - News

Earthquake - Maps • Czech Academy of Science – Institute of Geophysics • http://www.ig.cas.cz/struktura/observatore/zapadoceska-seismicka-sit-webnet/mapa-ohnisek

Earthquake - Maps Details – monitoring point

Ekolist.cz – Floods Publishing, education – role of media and NGOs

• http://ekolist.cz/cz15/zpravodajstvi/zpravy?kategorie=Voda&region=Praha&btn=Vybrat

• http://ekolist.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zpravy/forum-ekolistu-jsou-povodne-ktere-ceska-republika-zaziva-v-poslednich-desetiletich-projevem-meniciho-se-klimatu

• http://ekolist.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zpravy/sit-meteorologickych-stanic-se-zlepsila-lokalni-privalove-povodne-ale-predpovedet-stale-nedokaze

• http://ekolist.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zpravy/analyza-srpnove-povodne-vody-muze-byt-jeste-o-tretinu-vic

• http://ekolist.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zpravy/prazska-zoo-ztratila-stovku-zvirat-povoden-poskodila-radu-pavilonu

• http://ekolist.cz/cz/zelena-domacnost/rady-a-navody/co-delat-po-povodnich-se-zahradou-plnou-bahna-uhynulymi-zviraty-nebo-zatopenymi-spotrebici

• http://ekolist.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zpravy/ochranari-mnohe-upravy-toku-po-povodnich-jsou-zbytecnym-vyhazovanim-penez-a-skodi-prirode

Ekolist.cz – Floods

Ekolist.cz – Floods

Ekolist.cz – Floods

Ekolist.cz – Floods

Ekolist.cz – Floods

Ekolist.cz – Floods

Ekolist.cz – Floods

Thank you for your attention!

pavel.cincera@ecn.cz