RETINA KICK-OFF MEETINGPONTA DELGADA, AZORES
2-43 FEB 2002
Draft Schedule of Friday 2002-01-25
Agenda
2002-02-01 (Friday)
arrivals
arrivals, transfer to Residencia Hortensia
informal dinner for those interested
2002-02-02 (Saturday) field trip
07h00 Breakfast at Residencia Hortensia
07h30 depart for field trip to be arranged by Joao Gaspar
20h00? Dinner, wine to
be bought by John Haines
2002-02-03 (Sunday) Kick-off
meeting at CVUA office
SRBCA Azores Regional Civil Protection Service
Maj. António Cunha, from
notes by Kurt Feigl
Four parts of Civil Defense organization in the Azores
CVUA
Fire brigades
including 1300 men
first to arrive, e.g. mountain rescue
Health group
Armed forces
Police, security, national guard
Also includes 15 groups for rescue at sea (joint
with Canary islands)
Structure
of Civil Defense organization in the Azores
Above groups connected by dedicated communication
network spanning 9 islands (600 km of distance)
Depends on Minstry of Equipement
Between 1980 and 1997, this structure was
incipient.
Present structure grew out of 1997 landslides
Each county must have a civil defense service
Central service is located on Terceira island
Helicopters ready to fly in 35-40 minutes
Many presidents
Cunha’s
background
Pilot in Air Force, trained in California, among other places
Previously responsible for Air Force maritime
rescue center, which collects beacon data and saves sailors
On job since December 2000 under a 3-year contract
Still on active duty
Interested in simulations
Case
studies
1999
plane crash on St. Jorge island
Interactions with journalists were challenging:
shocking photos of mangled, bloody wounded and dead were not published
Now SRBCA runs courses for journalists
Simulation
exercises
1 per year
most recent example simulated a large earthquake at
west end of San Miguel Island
RETINA
As partner P8, SRHE/SRBCA is responsible for WP2600 “EQ-VO-LS coupling
disaster response”
Will work with CVUA to draft User Requirements
Document before May 2, 2002
Confirmed
participants (give a
complete list with affiliations for everyone, all all from Azores group:
1.John
Haines
1.Joao
Gaspar
1.Freysteinn
Sigmundssson
1.Kurt FeiglRikke Pedersen
1.Amy
Clifton
1.Kristin
Vogfjord (Icelandic Meteorological
Office)
1.Solveig
Thorvaldsdottir (Iceland National Civil Defense)
1.Agust
Gunnar Gylfason (Iceland National Civil Defense)
1.Benedicte
Leturcq
1.Philippe
Bardey
1.Paul
Tregoning (Nice)
08h00 Breakfast
at Residencia Hortensia
09h00 Feigl
Welcome, introductions
Objectives of meeting, schedule
Changes to RETINA project since original
submissions
Recent examples of triggered events
09h30 Icelandic
participants
Overview of RETINA activities and plans in Iceland
(WP 1300)
10h15 Bardey
Overview of RETINA activities and plans in Alps (WP
1400)
11h00 Coffee,
discussion
11h30 Gaspar
Overview of RETINA activities and plans in Azores
(WP 1500)
12h15 Solveig
Thorvaldsdottir or Agust Gunnar Gylfason (Iceland
National Civil Defense)
Case study of a recent
hazardous event and response in Iceland (June
2000 earthquakes / recent eruptions)
Anticipating user requirements for EQ-VO coupling
disaster response (WP 2100)
12h35 SRBCA
Azores Regional Civil Protection Service
Case study of a recent hazardous event and response
in Azores
Anticipating user requirements for EQ-VO-LS
coupling disaster response (WP 2600)
12h55 Lunch
14h30 Visit SRBCA Azores Regional Civil Protection
Service
Preliminary division of splinter groups
15h00 Splinter group I meets to compare and contrast disaster responses
(Solveig Thorvaldsdottir to lead)
Agust Gunnar Gylfason
Dionisio Silveira
Someone from France
15h00 Splinter
group II meets to discuss CGPS & other
implementation issues InSAR work in the
Azores(Kurt Feigl to lead?)
Joao Gaspar
Paul Tregoning
Antonio Trota
Rikke Pedersen
15h00 Splinter
group III meets to discuss “clustering” with other projects (Freysteinn to lead?)
Oceanographic cruises, other GPS
projects, PREPARED, ongoing tectonics research
Benedicte Leturcq
John Haines?
Miguel Miranda
Gabriela Queiroz
José Madeira
15h00 Splinter
group IV meets to discuss “status of earthquake-landslide triggering work (John
Haines?)
John
Haines
Amy
Clifton
Kristin
Vogfjord
Someone from Azores
16h00 Break,
splinter group leaders prepare their reports
16h30 Splinter
group I reports
16h35 Splinter
group II reports
16h40 Splinter group III reports
16h45 Discussion
17h30 Action
items
Plan next meeting, the 6-month requirement review.
The Iceland Group has offered to host us in Reyjavik, June 6-9 2002.
2002-02-03 (Monday) splinter
field trip to identify CGPS sites
People present in Ponta Del Gada
1.Kurt
Feigl
1.Amy
Clifton
1.Rikke
Pedersen
1.Paul
Tregoning?
1.John
Haines
07h00 Breakfast
at Residencia Hortensia
07h30 depart
for field trip to be arranged by Antonio Trota
20h00 Dinner