During public events our emergency services often need to establish a temporary mobile control room to support the field activities. In this session attendees heard about practical examples and experiences of mobile PSAPs and control room deployments.

1. Mobile Control Rooms:
The examples of Spanish
Guardia Civil and UME
Pedro Casatejada
Solution Manager for Defense and Security

2. 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 Civil
Guardia 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 with
different impacts
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Mobile Control Rooms
UME

3. 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.

4. Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME):
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5. Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME):
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6. 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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7. Guardia Civil – SIVE:
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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
Trans
ceiver
Trans
ceiver

8. Guardia Civil – SIVE:
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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.

9. Improving operational
answer against unexpected
emergencies – Agile resource
deployment
Covert Border Management
System – Constant vigilance
Interoperability with systems
from other countries, or
same country but superior
level (regional, national
level) – National,
international coordination
Operational challenges
solved technologically (real
time communications, real
time information in command
and control centre)
Command and Control
System adapted to reduced
environment – Continually
evolving and differentiating
intelligence
Better capability to adapt to
the scenario (regarding
changing trends,
threats,etc.) – Actionable
use of historic and real-time
data
How can modern technologies improve
effectiveness at acceptable and sustainable cost?
Conclusions
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