Mesimex 2006 - Discovering Vesuvius: an exhibition to improve risk education in the high volcanic risk area of Vesuvius

摘要

In the framework of the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection, established bythe Council Decision (2001/792/CE) of 23 October 2001, the European Commissionhas promoted training activities including Major Emergencies Simulation Exercises.The project called “Somma Vesuvius Mesimex- Major Emergency SIMulation Exercise”on volcanic risk has taken place in October 2006 and has been coordinated bythe Italian Civil Protection Department.Mesimex’s scenario has dealt with the simulation of the Vesuvius reactivation, fromthe early warning phase up to the final evacuation of a sample of two thousand peoplefrom the area at risk, as established by the Emergency Plan. The exercise has beenfocused on the preparatory phase.One of the main goal of the exercise was “to spread information about volcanic hazardsto schools and among the population, in order to make them aware with theNational Emergency Plan for Vesuvius Area”.