Xynthia Storm: "SERIOUS DEFECTS IN THE ANTICIPATION OF RISK "
The mission of informing the Senate on the impact of the storm
Xynthia has just submitted its progress report
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The lessons of this storm is expected to improve risk management
France.
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During the parliamentary session of May 12, 2010 a
deficit risk culture in France had particular was singled out. At his hearing by the Senate, Mr. Yannick
Chenevard , president of the National Federation of Civil Defence, had "insisted
lack of risk culture . If significant expenditures are incurred to protect infrastructure, and whether the legal instruments and technical means are sufficient
training citizens is it, however
very inadequate. "
He "saw the main issue in prevention. He recalled that the law of modernization of the civil security August 13, 2004 was a citizen of
the first of its stakeholders , advocating mandatory for each student, and the second class and that of terminal, to choose a security association to train for civil and obtain a pre-requisite
it would be asked during the days of calling and defense preparation. "
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Among the first ways to improve risk management in France, the progress report advocates:
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a "comprehensive and integrated approach"
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the establishment of a "real risk governance"
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"sharing of experiences to events which by definition can not be reduced to a Franco-French framework "
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"the need to develop a better culture of risk danger of being forgotten by his Centennial character but could increase due to rising sea levels "
Finally, this report does not hesitate to underline" OF SERIOUS FAILURES IN ANTICIPATION OF RISK :
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While noting the exceptional nature of the meteorological phenomenon and welcoming this mobilization and effective mass following the storm, your mission observes that its consequences were compounded by a series of failures in anticipating the risk . She identified these
failures in five areas that relate to any chain risk management:
- a prediction that failed to correctly anticipate the risks on land;
- a insufficiently vigilant operational ;
- an incomplete risk prevention marine submersion;
- a land are at risk of flooding;
- a very uneven maintenance levees. "
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