Southeastern Europe

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Southeastern Europe Simulation Network SEESIM
2004 SLOVENIA - SCENARIO Istanbul, Turkey Sep
tember 2003 Ministry of Defence o
f the Republic of Slovenia
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Situation before the accident (I.)

• Terrorist attacks all around Europe cause
  destabilisation in the South Eastern Europe
  
• Also the Republic of Slovenia receives a threat
  about a potential terrorist attack
  
• The existence of information about the planned
  terrorist attack on the infrastructural and
  nuclear object in the Republic of Slovenia
  (Nuclear Power Plant Krko, Port Koper,
  Airport)
• The Police of the Republic of Slovenia have
  increased the control at the borders security
  inspection in all important objects is increased
  

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Condition before the accident (II.)

• The Slovenian Intelligence Security Agency and
  the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hold a reliable
  peace of information that a group of people,
  suspected to plan a terrorist attack, has entered
  the territory of the Republic of Slovenia
• The Slovenian Police are exchanging information
  and acquiring data with police forces in other
  countries
  
• The information that a large amount of explosive
  and radioactive means were smuggled into the
  territory of the Republic of Slovenia is
  received
• The control at the borders is additionally
  increased and the Police start searching for the
  terrorists in the area of the Republic of
  Slovenia

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Draft scenario (I.)

• A small air plane was hijacked at one of the
  minor airports in the Republic of Slovenia
  
• The plane which in not identified flies in the
  direction of the Brnik Airport
  
• Slovenian Armed Forces are attempting to
  intercept the hijacked plane, the action is
  unsuccessful
  
• The plane hits into the passenger terminal of the
  Airport Brnik where a major group of people is
  waiting for the arrival of the plane with
  sportsmen
• An explosion that is followed by a heavy fire
  takes place

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Draft Scenario (II.)

• Consequences of the attack
• a major part of the passenger terminal is
  destroyed
  
• the fire is spreading rapidly to other objects at
  the airport
  
• the survivors are leaving the scene of the
  accident in panic
  
• there were around 1,500 persons in the passenger
  terminal at the time of the attack and it is
  assumed that many people are injured or dead
  

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Draft Scenario (III.)

• The Police Station of Kranj receives an anonymous
  threat that a dirty bomb is foisted in the
  restaurant at the airport
  
• The police launches an inquiry that is
  unsuccessful
  
• An explosion occurs
• At first, the protection and rescue forces are
  activated and gradually also other crisis
  mechanisms
  
• CBR Civil Protection and Army units determine an
  extraordinary increase of radiological radiation
  
  

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Activities of the protection and rescue forces

• Fire extinguishing
• Rescue form debris
• First medical aid
• CBR reconnaissance
• CBR decontamination of people
• Evacuation
• Declaring the expansion of radiological
  contamination
  

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Forces

• The main actors involved
• the competent civil protection commander
• fire fighting units
• CBR civil protection units for reconnaissance and
  decontamination
  
• first medical aid units
• Ecological Mobile Laboratory - ELME
• Slovenian Armed Forces
• Police units
• Fire - rescue service of the Airport Brink
• Security service of the Airport Brnik

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Situation Report

• The major part of the airport building is ruined
  
  
• Terrorists have not been identified and there are
  no further threats
  
• 60 people are reported dead, more than 250 people
  are wounded, mostly burned around 150 people
  have heavy burns
  
• Some of the injured have symptoms that indicate
  the radiation illness
  
• The fire is not extinguished yet

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Requests for assistance

• Assistance in the nursing of wounded with heavy
  burns
  
• Assistance in the care for radiologically
  contaminated persons
  
• Assistance in the assuring blood and needed
  drugs

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Ministries involved

• the Ministry of Defence
• the Ministry of the Interior
• the Ministry of Transport
• the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• the Ministry of Health