Environmental Emergencies classified as category 1

The environmental emergencies in category 1 may present one of the following characteristics (for illustration purposes):

• The consequences of the environmental emergency on the environment and the habitats are minor and easily identified
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• the consequences of the environmental emergency are controllable by habitual intervention means, well known and tried
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• the impacts on material goods is relatively minor and human health is not affected.

Example: Truck accident with a spill of its diesel reservoir occurring.

 

Environmental Emergencies classified as category 2

The environmental emergencies in category 2 may present one of the following characteristics (for illustration purposes):

• The event entails dangerous goods that are susceptible of having a significant impact on the environment
  or
• the consequences of the environmental emergency on human beings, the environment or habitats are important or hard to identify
  or
• the control of the event is complex or necessitates particular methods
  or
• the event disorganizes momentarily the affected population, the material costs can be important and the health of the population is menaced or could be affected.

Example: Derailment of a train which was transporting dangerous goods which results in the spilling of various products.
For precautionary measures, an environmental emergency can be classified as a class 2 if it’s susceptible of presenting one of the previously described characteristics.  

 

Environmental Emergencies classified as category 3

The environmental emergencies in category 3 may present one of the following characteristics (for illustration purposes):

• The event implicates one or many of the dangerous goods that are susceptible of having a very important impact on the environment
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• the consequences of the environmental emergency on human beings, the environment or habitats are catastrophic
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• the consequences of the environmental are difficult to identify; the situation is out of control                                                                                                                                 
  or
• the emergency intervention implicates measures that necessitate the contribution of numerous organisms
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• the physical health and/or psychological health of the population is affected ; the material costs can be important
  or
• the information detained by citizens and medias represent a major challenge and necessitates important measures.

Example: January 1998’s Ice storm

For precautionary reasons, an environmental emergency can be classified as category 3 if it is susceptible of presenting one of the following characteristics describes above.

 

 

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