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Acronym

ESS

Title of the project

Emergency Support System

Contract number

217951

Start date

01/06/2009

End date 30/05/2013

Duration

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48

Total Budget

14.025.625 €

Total Manpower(pm)

1329

EC Financial Contribution

9.142.126 €

Partners

19

Countries

9

Project Coordinator

Gideon HAZZANI

Project Administration

Martin DUIFHUIZEN

Project Officer

Maria SPULBER

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www.ess-project.eu
Home Events Field Tests (FT) The Sisteron road tunnel chemical truck incident field test (FT2)
The Sisteron road tunnel chemical truck incident field test (FT2) Print E-mail

Place: Tunnel de Baume, Sisteron (F)

Date: 5/7/2012 (updated)

Organizer: CEREN

Players:The Fire authorities of Alpes de Hautes Provence department (CODIS04), the SaR team (SAP), Technological Risk Experts Group (RT), Clean-up group (DEPOL), Operational and Information Center of Police (CORG), Departmental Operational center of Alpes de Hautes – Prefecture (COD), Company of Highways of the South of France (ESCOTA) and the  Comune of Sisteron will actively participate in the demonstration.

 

Summary

Sisteron is located in Alpes de Haute Provence in Southern France. The scenario that will be demonstrated and tested refers to an accident in the national road A51 in front of a road tunnel (Tunnel de la Baume) involving a truck transporting dangerous substances. The situation includes injured people, blockage of the local traffic, formation of a toxic cloud which threatens the inhabitants of Sisteron, and leakage of the chemical truck load to the adjacent river.