TranSAFE-Alp connecting Transport regional networks to Security and

emergency Advanced strategy Frameworks of European and Alpine Regions decisional platforms.

WORKSHOP SICUREZZA STRADALE IN MONTAGNA RISPETTO AI RISCHI NATURALI

St. Vincent, 15 October 2013

Paolo Santinello

Project Coordinator

IndexIndex

TranSAFE-Alp Background

Project Vision

Project structure

International Framework

Elaboration of GIS-Database

TranSAFE-Alp in numbers

TranSAFE-Alp friends

JITES Decision Support SystemJoint Pilot Activities

TranSAFE-Alp BackgroundTranSAFE-Alp Background

• 24-03-1999 Mont BlancAn accident unleashes a fire

causing 39 victims

• 04-06-2005 Fréjus TunnelAn accident unleashes a fire causing 2 victims and 20

intoxicated, including some firefighters

Two past critical events on Alpine transport network

TranSAFE-Alp BackgroundTranSAFE-Alp Background

• 05-06-2012 Gotthard TunnelA landslide causes a 1-month closure

of the tunnel.

• 05-08-2012 Brenner PassThe rail line between Austria and Italy

over the Brenner Pass was buried by a landslide overnight.

• 16-08-2012 Brenner PassA huge rock and mud slide hit cars and

kill 5 people.

Brenner pass, rail lines and a parallel secondary road were closed.

Three critical events in 2012 on the Alpine transport network

TranSAFE-Alp Background TranSAFE-Alp Background EU Policy Framework

White Paper on Transport 2011• Reducing the number of deaths on the European Roads

• Improving the use of ITS toward a full modal integration

Directive 2004/54/EC 29 April 2004 (basic security requirements for tunnels of Trans-European road network)

• TranSAFE-Alp aims at improving the coordination capacity of cross-border infrastructure operators responsible for emergency intervention, and the elaboration of intervention plans in a critical situation

Alpine Convention for Transports• To ensure safety in tunnels in terms of infrastructure, equipment and

the organization of emergency

• To encourage the transfer of long-distance traffic to more appropriate transport modes others than the road, thus decongesting existing road infrastructures

Project VisionProject Vision

TranSAFE-Alp is an innovative project aiming at improving joint

decision-making for emergency and rerouting actions under

critical events on major cross-border road sections of the Alpine

transport network.

Project Vision Project Vision

TranSAFE-Alp is the first project developing a Decision Support

System called JITES (Joint integrated ICT Technologies for

Emergency and Security management) which is able to set-up,

simulate and share joint emergency and rerouting plans to be

prepared on hazardous events on Alpine Space road networks.

Project structureProject structure

Work packages related to JITES setting upWork packages related to JITES setting up

Transnational Framework

(AISCAT)

Transnational Framework

(AISCAT)

Information &

Publicity(Veneto Region)

Information &

Publicity(Veneto Region)

Pilot IT-simulation

(SITAF)

Pilot IT-simulation

(SITAF)

JITES set-up and testing

(FBK)

JITES set-up and testing

(FBK)

Joint governance (Veneto Region)

Joint governance (Veneto Region)

Evaluation(FHV)

Evaluation(FHV)

Elaboration of GIS DatabaseElaboration of GIS Database

Multilevel critical assets are defined in:

• Infrastructure data• Natural & Technical Hazard information system• Monitoring & Decision Support System• ITS• Road and traffic operation plans and procedure

1. Implementation of a transport vulnerability assessment methodology that identifies key intervention scenarios on The Alpine Space road transport network

ActivitiesActivities

Transport safety/security and emergency procedures analysis

State-of-the-Art analysis of application of ITS/ICT solutions

Identification of metadata for JITES implementation

JITES Decision Support SystemJITES Decision Support System

1. The development of JITES DSS tool to upload and share simulated critical scenarios.

JITES Decision Support SystemJITES Decision Support System

JITES is a WebGIS platform developed to facilitate the coordination of transnational actions that should be undertaken when a natural or technical event impacts on the regular traffic flow across the Alps.

JITES has been tested by:

•Operators of road transport infrastructure;

•Management and monitoring traffic centers;

•Civil Protection (and other organizations involved in the event).

JITES Decision Support SystemJITES Decision Support SystemJITES is able to activate the following tasks when a joint simulation needs to be set-up:

•to enable the localization and classification of risks and events;

•to notify the information required for the implementation of the Civil Protection plans;

•to give accessibility to all operators involved the list of actions implemented in the decision-making chain;

•to share all resources and organizations that are involved in the management plan for security and emergency;

•To upload, share and change check-lists of actions to be undertaken on the basis of existing action plans and to allow rerouting of traffic on automatic visualization of realistic alternative itineraries on basis of capitalized metadata.

JITES Decision Support SystemJITES Decision Support System

Summary

Actions / Check lists

Scenario definition

Actors

Actions graph

Attachments

text

image

pdf

JITES TranSafeAlp home

Managing Auth

JITES: scenario

Scenario definition

JITES: Join the Actors

Managing Auth

Regular Users

Managing Auth

JITES emergency

JITES: event management

Shortest and fastest path (rerouting)

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JITES: features

Action graph

Action detail

WebGis

Event Chronologiy

Current Events

JITES: Event Chronology

TranSAFE-Alp Pilot ActionsTranSAFE-Alp Pilot Actions

3. Organization of 2 Pilot Actions to test and evaluate the effective Decision Support System (JITES) among different key actors involved and at transnational level.

Involved actors:•SITAF•GEIE GEF•Turin Prefecture•Civil Protection – Province of Turin•Traffic coordination centre – Valle d’Aosta Autonomous Region•ARPA – Piemonte Region•4 municipalities of Susa Valley

TranSAFE-Alp Pilot ActionsTranSAFE-Alp Pilot Actions

Pilot Action 1Scenario Description: Flood in Susa Valley and Frejus closure

TIME: 6 hours

TranSAFE-Alp Pilot ActionsTranSAFE-Alp Pilot Actions

Pilot Action 2Scenario Description: Fire on Arlberg Tunnel

TIME: 3 hours

Involved actors:•ASFINAG •Tyrol Civil protection•Control Centre (Tyrol & Vorarlberg -> fire brigades)•Tunnel Operation Manager•Highway Police•Toll Collect Station•Press Relations Officer•Road Manager

International FrameworkInternational Framework

TranSAFE-Alp strategic support in joint cross-border transport security decision making in the Alpine Space is based on:

•active involvement of national and regional authorities dealing with transport and environment in the harmonization of decision-making processes to reduce natural and technological risks;

•sharing of a joint vulnerability and intervention scenario for a transnational coordination of emergency deployment;

•identification and improvement of ICT technologies and re-routing services.

TranSAFE-Alp in NumbersTranSAFE-Alp in Numbers

50+ Organizations involved in pilot activities from Austria, Germany, Italy and Slovenia;

1 Shared transport vulnerability assessment at transnational level;

18 Traineed operators on JITES system in 2 training days ;

1 Dynamic geo-referenced tool for the prevention and management of critical events in the Alpine transport network;

7 Operative stations configured on JITES during pilot actions;

2 Joint international virtual drills on Fréjus and Brenner crossing points;

250 Attendants at public events organized.

TranSAFE-Alp friendsTranSAFE-Alp friends

TranSAFE-Alp friendsTranSAFE-Alp friends

Thank youfor

Your Attention

Dott. Paolo Santinello – TranSAFE-Alp Project Coordinator

e-mail: paolo.santinello@regione.veneto.itTel. +39 041/2792268Fax. +39 041/2792022