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AUSTRIAN ARMED FORCES NBC-Defence School „Lise Meitner“
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National and International
Disaster Response
Col Michael SCHUSTER
AUSTRIAN ARMED FORCES NBC-Defence School „Lise Meitner“
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1954 in VÖCKLABRUCK, Federal Province of UPPER AUSTRIA
Married (1980), 2 Children (1982, 1984)
Residence in VIENNA
1975 – 1977 Conscript time and squad leader training; Mechanized Infantry Battailion; RIED
1977 – 1980 Secondary school for military personnel; Military Academy, WR. NEUSTADT
1980 – 1983 Training as regular officer; Military Academy, WR. NEUSTADT
1983 - 1990 Assignment at the NBC-Defence School (Commander NBCDefCoy; Senior
Training Officer), VIENNA
1990 - 1993 Staff Officer; Special Operations Centre, WR. NEUSTADT
1993 - 1998 NBC-Defence Officer; HQ III. Corps, BADEN
1998 - 1999 Commander of the 9th Armoured HQ Battalion, GÖTZENDORF
1999 - 2002 Head of Section Disaster Relief and NBC-Defence; MOD, VIENNA
mar – apr 2000 Commanding officer of the Austrian disaster relief Contingent in MOSAMBIQUE
2002 - 2010 Evaluation Director NBC; Controlling Section, MOD, VIENNA
since 01 08 10 Commandant NBC-Defence School; Austrian Armed Forces, KORNEUBURG
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Outline of the Presentation
2 Disaster Response in Austria and the Role of the
Austrian Armed Forces (AAF)
1
3
4
5
The Role of the Military in International Disaster
Relief Assistance – General Remarks
Austria„s Military Contribution to International
Disaster Relief Assistance (IDRA)
Austria – interesting facts
Lessons Learned and Conclusions
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2 Disaster Response in Austria and the Role of the
Austrian Armed Forces (AAF)
1
3
4
5
The Role of the Military in International Disaster
Relief Assistance – General Remarks
Austria„s Military Contribution to International
Disaster Relief Assistance (IDRA)
Austria – interesting facts
Lessons Learned and Conclusions
AUSTRIAN ARMED FORCES NBC-Defence School „Lise Meitner“
www.bundesheer.at
SCHUTZ
& HILFE www.bundesheer.at
AUSTRIAN ARMED FORCES NBC-Defence School „Lise Meitner“
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35 km
60% montaneous
lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3 798 m
573 km
294 km
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2 Disaster Response in Austria and the Role of the
Austrian Armed Forces (AAF)
1
3
4
5
The Role of the Military in International Disaster
Relief Assistance – General Remarks
Austria„s Military Contribution to International
Disaster Relief Assistance (IDRA)
Austria – interesting facts
Lessons Learned and Conclusions
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Threats in Austria (amongst others)
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Structures in Austria
Competence principally on the Federal
Provinces
responsibility for crisis and disaster
protection management distributed over all
administrative levels
Laid down by provincial law
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Federal
Responsibility
Disaster Relief in Austria
Provincial
Responsibility
Disaster
Search
Dogs Mountain
Rescue
Fire
Brigades
Red
Cross
ASBÖ
FIRST RESPONDER
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Legal basis Military Law (since 1920)
Austrian Security Strategy 2011
Disaster relief as an essential element of the military’s area of responsibility
To cope with the consequences of nowadays threat-scenarios a close cooperation between all involved civil and military actors is a must
The Role of the AAF (1)
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Only on request and always under the
responsibility of civil authorities
Subsidiarity
NBC-Defence forces and other
military elements as vital part of
Austria’s national disaster
management system
The Role of the AAF (2)
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Floods
Aid for refugees
Collapse of the Vienna “Reichsbrücke” (1976)
Chernobyl (1986)
Pit disaster in Lassing (1998)
Avalanche disaster in Galtür (1999)
Tauerntunnel disaster (1999)
Cable car fire Kaprun (2000)
“Anthrax-Threat” (2001-2010)
Exeptional
Deployments
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LCC (Land Component Command):
• 556 deployed sodiers
• 5 179 days per soldier
• 57 474 hours per soldier
ACC (Air Component Command)
• 118h18 min total flight-hours
• 502 transported personell
• 24 ,240 t transported material
• 354 960 l transported firefighting water
• 54 rescues by winch
Deployments 2011
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2 Disaster Response in Austria and the Role of the
Austrian Armed Forces (AAF)
1
3
4
5
The Role of the Military in International Disaster
Relief Assistance – General Remarks
Austria„s Military Contribution to International
Disaster Relief Assistance (IDRA)
Austria – interesting facts
Lessons Learndes and Conclusions
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Basic Principles Assisting Country
Only after official request of the
affected country
To support the affected country’s
authorities
Humanity / impartiality / neutrality
Needs-driven
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Basic Principles Affected Country
Has the primary responsibility for
providing humanitarian assistance on
its territory
Should provide timely and accurate
information on the nature and
magnitude of the disaster, in order to
enhance the effectiveness of external
assistance
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UN: Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs
(UN OCHA)
European Commission:
Monitoring & Information Centre (MIC)
NATO/PfP: Euro-Atlantic Disaster
Response Coordination Centre
(EADRCC)
Coordination Mechanisms
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Logistic tasks
Medical treatment
Search & Rescue (SAR)
Urban Search & Rescue (USAR)
Reconstruction of infrastructure
EOD
NBC-defence
Water purification
Special Tasks for Military
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2 Disaster Response in Austria and the Role of the
Austrian Armed Forces (AAF)
1
3
4
5
The Role of the Military in International Disaster
Relief Assistance – General Remarks
Austria„s Military Contribution to International
Disaster Relief Assistance (IDRA)
Austria – interesting facts
Lessons Learned and Conclusions
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International Assistance
Legal Basis Federal Constitutional Act on Co-
operation and Solidarity in the Sending Abroad
of Units and Individuals
Due to globalisation importance of disaster relief
as international matter growing
International assistance & political interests
Coordination, cooperation and standardisation
as well as common training as prerequisite for
efficient use of forces
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Military Forces deployed
in International Disaster Relief (according to AAF‟s “Doctrine for Humanitarian
Operations”)
Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit (AFDRU)
Engineers
Medical Corps
Air Force
Experts
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AFDRU Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit
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AFDRU - Basic Facts
Unit for international deployment
Since 1990
Mobilising HQ
NBC-Defence School
Main Task
“Rescue of human beings after
natural and technological
disasters”
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AFDRU - Basic Facts
Effectiveness: 8 - 10 hours
Range: world-wide
Mission Duration: 14 days - 12 weeks
Personnel: up to 200 troops
Self-Sufficiency: 14 days
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Detection
Medical First Aid
Search & Rescue
Decontamination
Water Purification
EOD
Capabilities
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• Poland 1997
• Albania 1999
• Turkey I 1999
• Turkey II 1999
• Taiwan 1999
• Turkey III 1999
• Mozambique 2000
• Preparation AFDRU/US 2001
• Algeria 2003
• Iran 2003/2004
• Thailand 2004/2005
• Sri Lanka 2005
• Preparation AFDRU/US 2005
• Pakistan 2005
• Preparation AFDRU/MMR 2008
• Preparation AFDRU/CHN 2008
• Preparation AFDRU/HTI 2010
• Preparation AFDRU/CHL 2010
• Preparation AFDRU/JPN 2011 & expert mission with Austrian Airlines
International Deployments
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2 Disaster Response in Austria and the Role of the
Austrian Armed Forces (AAF)
1
3
4
5
The Role of the Military in International Disaster
Relief Assistance – General Remarks
Austria„s Military Contribution to International
Disaster Relief Assistance (IDRA)
Austria – interesting facts
Lessons Learned and Conclusions
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National / local emergency management
overwhelmed respectively not available
(due to disaster / general)
International contributions by UN, EU &
NATO
International coordination-mechanisms
but resource-mobilisation still under
national responsibility (depending under
which “banner” the request arrives)
Lessons Learned (1)
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Assistance quite often “resources-driven”
Disaster tourism
Inadequate assessment leads to misinterpretation of the real situation
Massive military support as turning point for more effective relief efforts
Lessons Learned (2)
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Nearly no scenario where military forces can be excluded
Interoperability between different military systems normally given
“Mutual understanding” between military forces & the civilian environment as a must
Conclusions (1)
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Disaster Relief is not the main task of the military,
but it is gaining more actuality every day.
Sometimes solutions offered by the military are the
„ultima ratio“ to save lives and provide survival
capabilities.
Conclusions (2)
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The worst case…
Austrian Armed Forces -
ready to help worldwide
„Call the Austrians“