Mobile Control Rooms:The examples of Spanish

Guardia Civil and UME

Pedro Casatejada

Solution Manager for Defense and Security

The Military Emergency Unit - UME (MoD) is the military support body to the National Civil Protection System, being also the first of its kind when it was created 10 years ago.

When a big emergency or disaster occurs and the UME is called, they can deploy an Advanced Mobile Command and Control Centre from where they can manage communications and the overall situation

Guardia CivilGuardia Civil (MoI), through the SIVE program, focuses on controlling non regulated blue / green borders through Fixed Command and Control Centres and Mobile Units, using trailers that can transform a standard Mobile Unit into a Mobile CCC for extraordinary and large scale events.

It collaborates with Frontex and participates in joint operations such as Triton and Indalo

Two stories withdifferent impacts

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Mobile Control Rooms

UME

Unidad Militar de Emergencias (Spain) - Mobile Emergency Management:

The example of the Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME)

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Mobile Command and Control

When a big emergency or disaster

occurs and the UME is called, they

can deploy an Advanced Mobile

Command and Control Centre from

where they can manage

communications and the situation.

Mobile units capable of operating as

Deployable Command and Control

Centres that receive information

from different sources and manage

all communications between the

different organisations involved in

the emergency / disaster.

UME (MoD)

The Military Emergency Unit is

the newest branch of the

Spanish Armed Forces.

Responsible for providing

support in big emergencies and

disaster relief throughout Spain

and also abroad, if required.

Organisation:

• Headquarters (UCG)

• Five emergency

intervention battalions

(BIEM)

• A support regiment (RAEM)

• An aerial group

(AGRUMEDA)

Intervention

• Large wildfires and natural

hazards (floods, spill-overs,

earthquakes, landslides, large

snow storms and other severe

weather conditions)

• Technological hazards

(chemical, nuclear, radiological

and biological hazards)

• Terrorist attacks or illicit or

violent acts, including acts

against critical infrastructures,

dangerous facilities or with

nuclear, biological, radiological

or chemical agents

• Environmental contamination.

• Any other emergency situation

or disaster deemed appropriate

by the Prime Minister.

Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME):

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Guardia Civil (Spain) - Mobile Border Control system :

Fighting against people and goods smuggling. Spain has ~5,000 Km of mainland coastline, and ~2,200 Km around Balearic and Canary islands. Most is “unregulated” and cannot be policed at all times.

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Mobile Units

Using trailers that can transform a

standard Mobile Unit into a Mobile

Command and Control Center for

extraordinary and large scale

events.

Challenges include integrating all

features of fixed deployments on

terrestrial and maritime mobile

platforms based on trucks or

vessels constantly changing

location.

Benefits: Improved dynamic

coverage and great flexibility in

deployment and operations.

Guardia Civil (MoI)

The remit of the Guardia Civil

is wide, covering everything

from royal protection duty to

the pursuit of cyber-crime.

The 80,000 officers of the

Guardia Civil undertake ~3.9

million service interventions

every year.

Guardia Civil collaborates with

Frontex and participates in

joint operations such as Triton

and Indalo.

The SIVE program

It focuses on controlling non

regulated blue / green borders

through Fixed Command and

Control Centers and Mobile Units.

Maritime operations :

• Countering drug trafficking

• Anti-smuggling operations

(people & goods)

• Border security, with a focus

on illegal immigration

• Coastguard services, including

seafarer safety, and

Environmental protection

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• COLLECT observations from multiple sources: radio, imaging (radar, visible & IR cameras), sensors, human, open sources

• PROCESS efficiently large information bases, extracting meaning and pertinent signals from data.

• DECIDE based on prediction and diagnosis. Launch appropriate SOP, alerts and actions.

• SECURE the entire service chain, to maintain strategic advantage. Preserve confidentiality, ensure system availability and data integrity.

Radio

LAN

Radar

Service PC

Digitizer

Unit

Radar

Remote

Control

RADAR SENSOR

KVM

RADAR

Optronic Control and

Application Server

MPEG-4

encoders

Sensors

CCTV

Cameras

IR

Visible

Tracker

OPTRONIC SENSOR

Control Unit

Weather

Station

Video &

Alarms

Manager

Local Operation Post

Ruggedized Rack Console

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Command and Control Centre inside the Rio Segura oceanic patrol vessel.

As the SIVE project continues to evolve, it has become a real showcase for Guardia Civil.

SIVE is a great example of how timely analysis of real-time and historical data can help deliver real results, both in terms of making the most effective use of resources and in terms of delivering exceptional quality of service.

These are values with significant implications for any organization eager to understand what is going on around them, and to act to the best effect.

Improving operationalanswer against unexpectedemergencies – Agile resourcedeployment

Covert Border Management System – Constant vigilance

Interoperability with systemsfrom other countries, orsame country but superior level (regional, nationallevel) – National, international coordination

Operational challengessolved technologically (real time communications, real time information in commandand control centre)

Command and Control System adapted to reducedenvironment – Continuallyevolving and differentiatingintelligence

Better capability to adapt to the scenario (regardingchanging trends, threats,etc.) – Actionableuse of historic and real-time data

How can modern technologies improveeffectiveness at acceptable and sustainable cost?

Conclusions

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