Evaluation report. Barents Rescue 2015 Exercise
Sisäministeriö. Pelastusosasto
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016111616334
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016111616334
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TheBR15 Exercise was carried out in Kittilä in Western Lapland, Finland between 28 September and 1 October 2015, hosted by Finland. The exercise scenario was a real possibility of a severe flood requiring different rescue activities simultaneously (water rescue, landslide, traffic accidents) and a mine accident. Rescue teams from Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden participated in the exercise which included the following main sub-scenarios:
- bus accident and chemical leak
- landslide accidents
- mine accident and vehicle fire
- evacuation, water and mountain search and rescue
The BR15 Exercise participants comprised over forty organisations from Finland and key rescue and medical actors from the neighbouring countries. The exercise tested various aspects of the Barents Agreement regarding requesting assistance from neighbouring countries, dealing with border crossing formalities, managing international rescue operations, sharing and communicating information and handling the media. The main focus was on Host Nation Support, which refers to functions needed to ensure support to the assisting country and effective reception of assistance in the country which has requested assistance.
The BR 15 Exercise was organised by the Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC Finland) and the Ministry of the Interior Department for Rescue Services in collaboration with the Lapland Rescue Department and Agnico Eagle Goldmine Finland. Laurea University of Applied Sciences from Finland was named to be responsible for the BR15 Exercise evaluation. The evaluation was conducted by over 30 evaluators from Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, who followed and reported on all exercise events. The participating agencies and organisations also evaluated themselves and sent their exercise evaluation reports to the Finnish Ministry of the Interior and to Laurea University of Applied Sciences. All the material has been analysed, and the key findings are presented in the BR15 Exercise Evaluation Report.
- bus accident and chemical leak
- landslide accidents
- mine accident and vehicle fire
- evacuation, water and mountain search and rescue
The BR15 Exercise participants comprised over forty organisations from Finland and key rescue and medical actors from the neighbouring countries. The exercise tested various aspects of the Barents Agreement regarding requesting assistance from neighbouring countries, dealing with border crossing formalities, managing international rescue operations, sharing and communicating information and handling the media. The main focus was on Host Nation Support, which refers to functions needed to ensure support to the assisting country and effective reception of assistance in the country which has requested assistance.
The BR 15 Exercise was organised by the Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC Finland) and the Ministry of the Interior Department for Rescue Services in collaboration with the Lapland Rescue Department and Agnico Eagle Goldmine Finland. Laurea University of Applied Sciences from Finland was named to be responsible for the BR15 Exercise evaluation. The evaluation was conducted by over 30 evaluators from Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, who followed and reported on all exercise events. The participating agencies and organisations also evaluated themselves and sent their exercise evaluation reports to the Finnish Ministry of the Interior and to Laurea University of Applied Sciences. All the material has been analysed, and the key findings are presented in the BR15 Exercise Evaluation Report.