EUROPEAN UNION HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF CONTRIBUTIONS
ASSISTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM: NOTED IN BOLD TYPE* Country Austria Item “Crisis Intervention Team” of 4 personnel from the Austrian Red Cross: 1 team leader 1 medical doctor 1 psychosocial skilled worker 1 psychologist Support Unit Austria: Set up of a communication network using IT and communication equipment (satellite phones, notebooks, radio communication, etc.) for assistance/support (OSOCC) MPT trunking radio system office equipment (laptops, printer, scanner) radios for intervention teams satellite phone internet access DECT phone system digital alert system with pagers personnel: up to 6 equipment: 600 kg. in 16 standard alu boxes Fire Brigade Association of Upper Austria: 10 sets petrol driven dirty water pumps capacity: 1.600 liters/minute, including hoses for operation weight: 1.000 kg., 4 m³ Delivered: 500 pieces tarps/plastic sheeting 10m. x 4 m., thickness 2 mm. stored on 5 euro pallets/weight: 2,500 kg. Delivered: 300 camp beds, weight: 1,500 kg./stored on 10 euro pallets Belgium Deployed: B-FAST team with 10 personnel (embedded in Red Cross operation) 3 Medical teams: 2 triage teams of 15 and 7 personnel 1 treatment team of 9 personnel (4 doctors and 5 nurses) 1 Logistic team of 10 personnel: 1 logistic officer 3 officers for movement planning 4 warehouse specialists
2 purchase specialists 1 Coordination team of 4 personnel, including satellite communication Interface between Belgian team, local authorities and international organizations 1 Civil engineering team of 10 personnel 1 Diving team Balloon-lamps Low and high capacity pumps Small generators Bulgaria Czech Republic Ready to deploy medical teams Flood rescue unit of 14 personnel SAR operations in buildings, collapsed structures, high angle rope rescue, etc. Self-sufficiency – 5 days With full equipment (list in MIC) 2 Flood pumping unit 2x5 persons (needed for installation) Each 360-2,400 m3/h (100-670 liters/second) Big water purification unit with personnel Part of a Field Hospital Chemical analytical team of 10 persons Medical doctors + medics (14 persons) General medicine, traumatology, internal medicine, psychiatry, urology, surgery, intensive care, neurology Delivered: 24,000 blankets Delivered: 600 camp beds Delivered: 14 large tents Special water purification kits: 19,000 Aquasteril CAMP (100 liters)* 6,000 Aquasteril WELL (1,000 liters)* Cyprus Financial assistance to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund Cash – $50,000 The Cyprus Red Cross Society sent, on Monday, September 12, 2005, to the American Red Cross an additional cheque of $20,000 towards that cause. The Society has also appealed to the public in Cyprus for donations for the same purpose. Denmark 10 Water purification units Water tanks, generators and cables included Capacity: 1,000 liters/hour
Easily operated and demands little maintenance Limited duration if purifying salt water 2 technicians Delivered: 10,000 blankets Delivered: 2 Rub halls Delivered: 3,500 First Aid kits Estonia Finland 1 Disaster Relief Team (USAR and logistics) 1 SAR team of 30 personnel Search, rescue and paramedics Equipment: listening devices for searching, thermo cameras, satellite phones, hydraulic tools, generators for its own use. Mobilization time: 6 hours Deployed: 3 logistic experts 300 tents (16 m2) 1 water purification unit 36,000 pairs sterile gloves Delivered: 9,000 sheets Delivered: 200 small tarps Delivered: 200 first aid kits Delivered: 120 cooler cases Delivered: 1,000 pillow covers Delivered: 3,500 thermo-sheets France French Government: -Delivered: French Foreign Ministry in liaison with Armed Forces (09/06): 2 CASA aircraft based in Martinique landed in Little Rock with 6.1 tons of freight: 20 25m2 tents, 20 4x4 meter tents, 200 8x6 meter tarps, 1,000 food rations (for 24 hours): 6.1 tons of freight; 4 autonomous personnel (Armed Forces and Civil Security) for 5 days; - Delivered: French Foreign Ministry in liaison with Armed Forces and Airbus Industries (09/08): an Airbus BELUGA aircraft took off from Toulouse carrying some 12.7 tons of emergency equipment (9 25m2 tents, 50 4x4 meter tents, 40 rolls of tarp, 170 8x12 meter tarps, 300 flexible jerry cans, 1,000 bars of heavy-duty soap, 500 cooking kits); after a stop in London, the plane landed in Mobile, Alabama (for distribution in Harrison County); - In Progress: (09/11): The French Armed Forces are sending by air (1 C-135) 17 military divers (1 officer, 1 nurse, 15 divers) with expertise in underwater engineering; 1 tugboat (RHM Rari); takeoff from Istres; after landing in Pensacola and then Pascagoula, MS, they will contribute to the rehabilitation of port facilities, dock clearance and all obstacle removal; - Proposed: Criminal Research Institute of the Gendarmerie Nationale (IRCGN)
(09/08): sending forensic police: 1 specialist in identifying disaster victims, 4 forensic dentists, 2 forensic experts, I logistics expert; - Proposed: French Foreign Ministry in liaison with Armed Forces and Airbus Industries (09/09): 20-30,000 food rations to be shipped via Air France. Local Communities: - Proposed: (09/02): The Municipality of Orleans: 50 students welcomed from Loyola University (or Southern University); - In Progress: The Association of Mayors of Major Metropolitan Areas of France: opening of special solidarity account whose funds will be donated to the Red Cross. NGOs: - In Progress: (09/04): French Red Cross: 18 staffers from Paris joined the American team in Baton Rouge via Atlanta - Proposed: (09/04): French Red Cross: essential supplies from the AmericanCaribbean Regional Intervention Center (Guadeloupe) to cover the immediate needs of 1,000 families (5,000 persons); - In Progress: Telecom sans frontiers (TSF) (09/05): from Paris, followed by Managua, to Houston: 4 staffers and 200 kg. of equipment (6-7 inmarsat lines and 3-5 Internet centers) to help re-establish phone and internet links; - In Progress: Groupe de secours catastrophe françcais (GSCF) (09/09): firefighters specialized in natural disaster emergency aid; water purification unit (1,500 liters of water per hour) and EUR 10,000 in medicines (400 kilos): from Paris to Baton Rouge via Houston (tickets donated by Air France); in liaison with the firefighters of Baton Rouge: operation in St. Bernard Parish with 50 Chicago firefighters; - In Progress: Pompiers humanitaires français (09/05): 5 medical personnel (2 doctors, 2 firefighters, 1 nurse) with resuscitation equipment and medicine: from Paris to Baton Rouge via Atlanta. Private Sector: - In Progress: Eurocopter USA (08/30): 2 helicopters based in Gulfport, MS, for search and rescue operations, in liaison with the National Guard; - Proposed: Véolia Environnement USA (09/01): hydraulic expertise with water transport trucks: from Houston; present in Texas and Louisiana; - Delivered: EADS (Airbus) (09/08): 1 BELUGA from Toulouse to Mobile, in liaison with French and British Foreign Ministries; - Proposed: Air France (09/06): 1 aircraft transporting humanitarian supplies; - In Progress: Zodiac: $250,000 in boats; 5 technicians, 20 boats, 20 motors (with Navy’s 82nd Airborne); other boars for Coast Guard; organizing fundraising campaign: to New Orleans;
- In Progress: Sodexho: 500,000 meals (in liaison with FEMA and the Red Cross). - Deployed: Dassault Falcon (09/07): support for reception of 2 CASA aircraft in Little Rock. Germany Delivered: 23,112 MREs
Deployed: THW unit with 94 personnel + 15 pumps and other equipment; part of the team returned 10x15,000 liters/minute available within 6 hours 5x15,000 liters/minute available within 36 hours 30x5,000 liters/minute available within 6 hours 25x5,000 liters/minute available within 36 hours With all supplementary materials, including power generators (European standard!!!) Operating team with all equipment to work under LEMA THW Technical Assessment Team of 5 experts covering multidisciplinary range of expertise: To give specialized information and counsel 4 Drinking water supplies (THW) 4 water purification plants in each Overall capacity: 400,000 liters/day For approx. 20,000 people (20 liters/day/person) For camps, small towns, other settlements Water analysis by mobile laboratories THW Infrastructure Unit for provisional shelter: To provide different infrastructure solutions. Provisional installation of electricity, pumps, etc., THW Logistic Unit: For catering and maintaining technical equipment Field kitchens + catering places Mobile units for maintenance THW Technical Unit – Command, Control and Communication: Mobile offices Mobile communication tools Mobile units for repair and reinstallation of telecommunication services THW – Others: Technical Unit – Water Hazards Technical Unit – Bridge Construction
Technical Unit – Blasting Technical Unit – Oil Pollution German Red Cross: 35,000 blankets 7,000 adult camp beds 2,500 pillows 3 water trucks (8,000 liters) 10,000 comfort supplies 450 large tents (30 m2) Johanniter International Assistance: 1 Medical Rescue Team + 1 Mobile medical ambulance truck and trailer + 1 doctor + 4 paramedics / nurses For supporting EU teams Offers from the Lander: 1,050 blankets 200 adult camp beds 100 pillows 100 crutches 50 wheelchairs 200 sets of comfort supplies Disinfectants 45 large tents 4 logistic crews 150 shovels + 25 spades 20 pairs of rubber boots 1 rescue divers squad 1 Task force C (analysis of Chemical dangers) 14 rescue dog teams 2 drinking water purification team 1 team for camp management 1 team for basic healthcare 5 teams for handling laid of chemicals 5 teams for psychosocial support 50 mattresses
25 boat teams (without boats) body sniffle dogs Experts for body identification Experts for hygiene and epidemic hygiene, medicine Experts for drinking water purification and hydraulic engineering Greece Accepted: 2,000 towels Deployed: cruise ship Hungary Returned: 8 personnel deployed with charity organizations Rescue team of 3 personnel From the Baptist Charity Service on request of their partner organization Rescue team of 5 personnel (Baptist Charity Service – to operate a field kitchen) Cash ($5,000) – symbolic assistance Special Rescue Team of 9 personnel: will be composed of experts according to US needs. Iceland Ireland 1 SAR team first aid kits blankets and pillows 3,000 MRE crutches wheel-chairs 2 water treatment / purification plants (2x100 lit/h, 1x1,000 lit/h) with 6 personnel 65 tents for approx. 500 people + team of 20 personnel to run a camp of this size Appropriate specialist personnel for specific request (e.g., medical, civil protection, logistics, social care, etc.) Italy Delivered: 300 beds Delivered: 300 blankets Delivered: 600 sheets Delivered: 1 pump Delivered: 6 rafts Delivered: 11,200 chlorine tablets Delivered: 5 first aid kits Delivered: 1,000 pounds baby formula Delivered: 6,000 pounds food Returned: emergency team already returned Latvia Disaster relief team of up to 25 persons Financial support for reconstruction of infrastructure
Blankets Bottled water Lithuania 8,160 MREs Medical supplies: 1,000 semi-wool blankets 1,000 cotton sheets 25,000 bandages non-sterile cotton (1.5 tons) Water pumps – 10 units/Type CGC 15-3 Luxembourg Deployed: 1 team of 5 personnel (with German THW) Delivered: 1,000 camp beds Delivered: 2,000 blankets Malta Netherlands Financial assistance to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund Material and cash Assessment experts 1 group of divers 9 group of construction experts USAR specialist RIT specialist 100 first aid/nursing staff surgical teams psychological/aftercare experts infectious disease expert 1iInspection team for dykes 1 mobile drinking water installations Deployed: 3 water pumps with full equipment, including hoses + 5 personnel (team leader + 4) + truck with a trailer Dimension: Pump: 4.5x1.25x1.9m Equipment: 6.0x2.0x2.4m Long pipes: length from 12m/diameter 0.6m (total 4,140 kg.) Truck: 9.8x2.6x3.6m/18,160 kg. Trailer: 7.8x2.6x0.87m/5,000 kg.
Disaster Victim Identification Team (DVI; Rampen Identification Team) Returned: HHNLS Van Amstel Norway Cash Delivered: 12,000 blankets Delivered: 7 first aid kits Delivered: 8 tents (Model Alpha – 6x8m) 1 team of 5 divers Medicines 1 team of 8 logistical experts/Norwegian Red Cross Poland SAR team 26 personnel + 6 sniffing dogs Heavy technical equipment Geophones, thermal cameras Logistic equipment Medical equipment for first aid 3 Forensic experts (DNA analysis) Portugal 100 tents 500 hygienic kits 1,500 blankets 1,000 mattresses Romania Delivered: 100 tents 2 teams of medical experts 1 team of 7 surgeons 1 team of 7 physicians specialised in emergency rescue Slovak Republic 500 sets + 300 pcs. sleeping bags Delivered: 25,000 blankets Delivered: 500 camp beds Delivered: 1,000 first aid kits Delivered: liquid soap 65 packets of water disinfectant (50 liter/packet) 100 packets of hand disinfectants (24x500 ml./packet) Slovenia Delivered: 250 camp beds Delivered: 2,000 first aid kits Delivered: 780 blankets
250 mattresses Spain Volunteers of fire fighters with full equipment Health personnel with full equipment: doctors, auxiliary personnel, emergency experts SAR experts: urban, underwater and speleo Delivered: 20 tents 100 camp beds 50 sleeping bags Delivered: 200 blankets 3 water treatment systems 10 air heating systems Health emergency kit Clinical material Delivered: Medical supplies 1 mobile hospital Delivered: 6,200 MREs Bedding material Bottled water (10,000 liters/day) 1 emergency electricity generator High capacity water treatment system Generators and transformers Medical and pharmaceutical resources Disaster Support Unit: 1 SAR group of 14 people 1 Health group of 9 people 1 Logistic group of 2 people With full equipment (List in MIC) Sanitary materials: 1,700 vinyl gloves 8,500 latex gloves Dressing and bandages 49 adhesive membranes Others (Full list in MIC) Sweden First aid kits Blankets (more than 30 000 in warehouse)
MRE Generators Plastic sheeting 2 Heavy water purification plants (with instructions of use) Deployed: Telecom equipment, 2 technicians, 1 coordinator 2 Pumps UK Coordinating team to US Office of Disaster Assistance Civil Contingencies expert Delivered: 468,000 Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) 12,000 Collapsible Jerry Cans 10,000 blankets 10,000 camp beds Tents for 500 people 1,000 filed kitchens (for 40 people each) Approx. 10,000 tarpaulins Bottled water and water purification assets USAR equipment Counter-pollution equipment High volume pumps 120,000 doses of MMRII vaccines First aid kits/antibiotics Doctors Wheelchairs Limited amount of bedding Medical experts: Water-borne diseases Inspect-borne diseases Urban Search and Rescue equipment, incl. rigid inflatable boats Marine engineers and high-volume pumps Skilled personnel including engineers who could support recovery efforts for refinery and other related installations, and installations and systems Technicians who could support recovery efforts Staff trained in coordination, assessment and organization of disaster management and emergency response activities *
KEY: Accepted = acceptance by US authorities confirmed Deployed = deployed personnel in field with specialist equipment or skills Delivered = delivered material assistance Returned = were deployed and have now returned to country of origin