Summary of Civil Protection System for Population: Large Families and Groups (CIPPO LF/GR) in English
TABLE OF CONTENTS / PAGE
a. Sign / Emblem of (CIPPO LF/GR) of Political Bodies (in Greek and English)
b. Sign / Emblem (CIPPO LF/GR) – of Reserve Officers – National Guard Low Visibility Operational (in Greek and English)
I. Purpose and description of the Civil Protection System for Population: Large Families and Groups (CIPPO LF/GR)
II. General Operating Instructions of the CIPPO LF/GR
III. Planning for the inclusion of the CIPPO LF/GR in the National Civil Protection System
IV. Material Standardization and Specifications of CIPPO LF/GR
V. System of Emergency Sacks and Collections
A. Emergency Backpack of IMMEDIATE ESCAPE for 8 persons / 24 hours
B. Emergency Backpack for inaccessible areas for 72 hours: SURVIVAL, NUTRITION, HYGIENE
C. Emergency Backpack for inaccessible areas for 72 hours 72 Hours. SHELTER
D. Emergency Backpack of Minors
E. Emergency Vanity Case for direct portability
F. Fire Protection Sack of Executives of Organizations, Business Services, Camps, Outdoors, etc
G. Collection of Emergency Vehicle Materials
ANNEX I. Personal Data Card
ANNEX II. Shelter of eight (8) persons / 24 hours of the Emergency Backpack A
ANNEX III Housing in inaccessible areas (Emergency Backpack D) of 8 people with storage space, 72 hours
ANNEX IV. Supplementary Collection of Supporting Material of Reserve Officers of Special Forces participating in Civil Protection System for Population: Large Families and Groups (CIPPO LF/GR)
ANNEX V Frequencies and Channels of Wireless Telecommunications
Literature- Sources
Legislation - Regulations
Summary of Civil Protection System for Population: Large Families and Groups (CIPPO LF/GR) in English
PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM (CIPPO LF/GR)
1. Purpose:
The Civil Protection System for Population: Large Families and Groups (CIPPO
LF/GR) is a multi-role system, designed to contribute to the survival of any
large group or family in the event of natural disasters, technological
accidents or other needs occurring in peace periods. Due to its versatility its
use is further adapted so as to be suitable for every individual. It can also
be used in wartime periods, while observing the more specific regulations of
the Authorities. Its International and English name is Civil Protection System for Population: Large Families & Groups and its abbreviation CIPPO
LF / GR.
2. It is a specialized application on the Hellenic
Civil Protection Plan "Xenocratis", i.e. of Art.3 para. 10 and
art. 4 Phase 4 of the Ministerial Decision 1299/2003, concerning the preparation and assistance of the
population by the competent bodies.
3. Our country [Greece – Hellas] has already suffered a
number of natural disasters (fires, earthquakes, floods, snowfalls,
technological accidents, etc.) and the population that suffered the
consequences generally admitted that it was not ready or unprepared for such
incidents. Furthermore, it is not always easy for the Authorities which
implement the Civil Protection plans to protect the general population at the
time of the crisis, to adjust their
benefits and the quantities of survival materials to families or groups of
persons including sick people, the elderly,
infants or large families and need special handling.
4. The System is addressed to:
(a) Families as a guide to their
preparation
(b) Authorities in order to:
5. take special care for the management of
large families or groups in the design and implementation of Civil Protection
and the education and training of the population.
6. Define a nationally certified Emergency Backpack for large families, but also proportionally
for the rest of the population, to be included in the wider Civil Protection Planning.
7. The quantities
of this System were calculated for a family of 8 persons or another equivalent group, where its composition may
differ (e.g. two parents, five children and one elderly) for living in survival
spaces or in an urban environment, or in a mild natural environment.
8. These
specifications are not a complete
Survival Guide, nor are they superseded by the directives of Civil
Protection Bodies. There
are special guides and, on a case-by-case basis,
instructions that each family and every citizen should consult from valid
government and non-websites, printed or extraordinary announcements.
9. The Emergency Backpack A is intended for every family and for all cases of immediate escape from home (e.g. in
case of earthquakes, fire, floods, etc.) and aims to survive for at least 24
hours with little to non-existent assistance of the Rescue Authority. It
includes all the necessary materials up to emergency shelter. The quantities of
secondary materials are not all equal in the Emergency Backpack A for eight (8) people due to space restrictions
and total weight of the load, so they are used in rotation without any particular
problems. It has a total weight of approximately
10. Emergency Backpacks B and C complete
the Emergency Backpack A and are for inaccessible
areas, where help from the Saving Authorities may not arrive soon. They
are intended for at least 3 days of living with little Rescue Authority
assistance in water, food, and doctors.
11. The Emergency
Backpack A is an elementary household of
8 people. Every family can tailor some according to their needs.
Specific materials of Emergency Backpack A are repeated in other
Emergency Backpacks (B and C), either because they have to be in sufficient
quantities or if one Emergency Backpack is lost not to deprive the family of
some basic materials.
12. The materials
of each Emergency Backpack are contained within it in a grouped modular system
(MODULE) in independent light pouches
(pouch or shoulder bag), so that it is easy to search for and use them in the
time of need without having to force someone to empty the whole bag to find
something at the end of it. Also, if someone needs to distance with the content
of one material group (eg pharmacy for treatment of an injured) he can
separately take the light backpack which contains only the medicine. There are
self-adhesive labels indicating to which Emergency Backpack they belong and are
packed as far as possible into transparent or translucent nylon bags.
13. The above
system helps to reduce the weight of the backpack carried by each person,
because after the immediate escape of the family / group from the outbreak,
some detachable Module pouches can be detached from the Emergency Backpack
interior and delivered to other people of the group (e.g. Pharmacy, water
bottles, etc.).
14. Some
materials are multi-purpose so that
some materials can be used for different tasks, depending on the needs and
inventiveness of each. They can also serve, outside the groups of eight (8), as
rescue materials for other people at risk, but have not been provided with
adequate supplies.
15. The Emergency
Backpack A also contains a life jacket of approximately 15kg to float on the water if the population
is to remain in water due to flooding or a fire in a seaside area. It also contains
a small sea bed as a cruise aid for
people (e.g. children, elderly people) who are unable to remain alone in the
water.
16. The Emergency Backpack B (food) has the
basic items and is further developed by each family, taking into account the
particularities of the diet of vulnerable people (patients, pregnant, infants,
allergens, elderly, etc.).
17.. WATER:
• Immediate
escape with Emergency Backpack A is
done with 2 750 ml water bottles and additional 2 bottles of 1500 ml in an
independent pouch for immediate use, saving
• Also included
are 2 bottles of 500 ml in each Emergency Backpack B and C, i.e. another
• This is because
the minimum quantities of water that are internationally acceptable for the
survival of 8 people for about 1 day for drinking and hygiene [8 people x
• When the family
arrives at the establishment, (CIPPO LF/GR) provides for the role of some
members of the family to rush quickly to buy bottled water, if any, or to find
drinking water, while making use of the other means of Emergency Backpacks,
such as a folding water bag
18. All Emergency
Backpacks are suitable for abandoning either the family flees walking, either with a passenger car or public use
vehicles and have an external label with the family name.
19. After the
first three Emergency Backpacks there are other types of Emergency Backpacks,
depending on the case when required: Juveniles
Backpack , Fire Safe Backpack of Executives for evacuation of public spaces,
Vehicle, as well as an Emergency Vanity Case in size slightly larger than a palm, which
can be easily transported to any bag or backpack.
20. Some
Emergency Backpacks also include consumable materials (food-pharmaceuticals,
etc.) of the longest possible expiration. They are inspected every 1 year
concerning their expiration, replaced, and then older expiration dates are
consumed. An easy reminder for an inspection is a specific date, is March 1, which has been established as a
World Civil Protection Day by the International Civil Defense Organization
(ICDO).