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In Estonian

Ha pyccκoм

    
 EU Chemical and Radiological Emergency Management Exercise 2011

 15th-21st of May 2011 in Estonia

Estonian Ministry of the Interior with the contribution of the Civil Protection Financial Instrument of the European Union (Grant Agreement No: 070401/2009/544190/SUB/A4)is organising a Full Scale chemical and radiological emergency management exercise including in addition to the Field Exercise also a Command Post part. The exercise name is EU CREMEX 2011 (acronym from: EU Chemical and Radiological Emergency Management Exercise 2011).  

The aim of the exercise is to test the understanding, knowledge and response in the framework of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism. One of the challenges will be testing of the coordination of assistance through the MIC (EU Monitoring and Information Centre). In addition testing the new Estonian Emergency Act (in force from 2009) in action., EU CREMEX 2011 will provide a valuable exercise experience to the Civil Protection teams of the different participating EU Member State's organisations who are partners in the project. The exercise will provide materials for future learning for tactical response and inter-organisational co-operation.

In order to really test the whole crisis management system implemented in Estonia the exercise will be conducted in two different places in Estonia with a very complicated CBRN scenario - in the city of Tartu and in Tallinn Airport involving all relevant authorities who have their role in Estonia responding to Chemical and Radiological incidents.

Most important objectives of EU CREMEX 2011:
 
- To verify operational and strategic procedures/plans of all actors involved for resolving a radiation, chemical and hostage emergency including mass evacuation
- To test the Union Mechanism for Civil Protection and coordination of assistance through the MIC
- To test the receiving of help from EU member states
- To verify the ability to coordinate EU member states forces in the crisis area
- To test the intervention of an EU Civil Protection team on site and the incoming EU member states’ assistance
- To enhance operational cooperation between involved parties
- To provide learning opportunities for all civil protection actors involved, also providing materials for future learning for tactical response and inter-organisational co-operation

Partners of EU CREMEX 2011:

Coordinating Beneficiary: Estonian Ministry of the Interior (EE)
Associated Beneficiaries:
Emergency Services College / Crisis Management Centre Finland (FI)
Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Repuclic of Lithuania (LT)
Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit "ARAS" (LT)
The Netherland's Safety Region of North and East-Gelderland (NL)
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (SE)
Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (UK)