1. Contacts among avalanche reports users
Dipl. ing. Adrian David
Mtg. Narcisa Milian

2. Services involved in avalanche warning and accident prevention
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE
Meteorological and specific snow observations
Weather Forecasting
Avalanche risk estimation – daily bulletins
Warnings in case of a high estimated avalanche risk
SALVAMONT (Mountain Rescue Team)
Monitorizing of important touristic risk area
Tourists information about risk conditions
Interventions in case of accidents
Acces forbidding – if necessary –in the areas with high risk (!)

3. Munţii Carpaţi

4. Principalele centre “SALVAMONT”
Baia Mare
Bistriţa
Bihor
Piatra Neamţ
Cluj
Alba
Sibiu
Zărneşti
Petroşani
Lupeni
Caransebeş
Braşov
Buşteni
Sinaia
Argeş
Gorj
Principalele centre “SALVAMONT”

5. Information dissemination
Internet sites of the involved services:
Internet sites of mountaneous touristic interess:
European Services Avalanche site:

6. Information dissemination
Ways :
to the touristique organizations and clubs
mass-media

7. Information dissemination
Aims:
Information about the estimated avalanche risk
Tourists sensibilization:
Salvamont meeting with the touristic clubs – SKV Sibiu
Book launching: Mihai Tanase “Zapada” (Snow), december 2006
February 2007: initiation in individual avalanche protection equipments using
March and april 2007 : avalanche rescue procedures - specialised course for mountain rescue teams
May 2007: initiation in PIEPS equipments, products presentation, short presentation about avalanches
Conferrence about traumas – Sinaia: short presentation about avalanches

8. Information dissemination
In the mountaneous areas:
Warnings posters
Mass-media:
Audio, visual and written media (intense mediatisation
in the last year)
warnings
estimated risk and concerned areas
accidents

9. Feed-back
Phone – about meteorological conditions, estimated avalanche risk, state of the mountaneous rutes and skiing areas - to:
National Mountain Rescue Center
Regional Mountain Rescue Public Services (from the Făgăraş and Bucegi Mountain area)
Meteorological Services

10. Feed-back Positive feedback : Negative feedback :
A great number of callings for complete informations about:
snow state and conditions
estimated risk level
accesible areas – restricted areas
restriction duration (especially in week-ends, legal free days and vacations)
Professional assistance demands on the high areas sport competitions
Negative feedback :
ignoring the warnings of the Mountain Rescue Teams and Meteorological Services – the march 7, 2007 avalanche in the Făgăraş Mountains

11. Future development
Extending the number of snow observation locations in other mountain massifs
Information based on observations made by the mountain rescue teams, in places were there are no meteorological stations
Displaying the nivo-meteorological bulletins in the starting points to the risk areas
Proper marking of the risk areas
Proper legislation about avalanches accidents prevention
Increasing the educational actions concerning the specific mountaneous conditions and risks, as well as the sportif and recreational activities in the mountain areas, through:
presentations on the specific sites (touristique, alpine, climbers, etc)
presentations in schools, high-schools and touristique clubs
mass-media

12. THANK YOU! DANKE! MERCI! MULŢUMESC!