Campi Flegrei, more than 24 hours without shocks. The evacuation plan

More than 24 hours without tremors and in Campi Flegrei there is a sigh of relief even if the alert continues to be high.

During the night just passed there were no citizens sleeping in the streets but in a state of "vigilant attention" in their homes.

And while politicians and technicians discuss and prepare to update the evacuation plan, citizens are asking for quicker responses.

Musumeci, yellow alert remains on Campi Flegrei

“The yellow alert remains on the situation in the Campi Flegrei area.” Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said yesterday, after having “taken note of the final minutes of the National Commission for the Forecasting and Prevention of Major Risks, specifically convened by the head of department Fabrizio Curcio and which remained in session for the entire day.”

The commission, on the basis of the reports of the competence centers of the Department of Civil Protection (INGV and CNR/IREA), which provided a broad representation of the multi-parameter monitoring data of the volcanic system, has assessed that at present there are no immediate reasons to modify the yellow alert level for volcanic risk.

With reference to seismicity, connected to the bradyseism, la maggiore frequenza degli sciami sismici, l’aumento della loro magnitudo e il perdurare del lift del suolo, suggeriscono che gli stessi eventi sismici possano ripetersi in futuro.

Exodus plan under study for severe bradyseism

The measure on the Campi Flegrei area that is being studied by the government, in particular by the Ministry of Civil Protection, provides for an exodus plan in the event of severe bradyseism, with assistance to the population and possible forms of temporary removal in territories particularly affected by the phenomenon. This is what we learn from informed sources.

In the meantime, on the Civil Protection website you can consult the interactive map of the red zone and yellow zone for the Campi Flegrei volcano. Here's everything you need to know.

Red area

La zona rossa è l’area per cui l’evacuazione preventiva è, in caso di “allarme”, l’unica misura di salvaguardia per la popolazione. È infatti esposta al pericolo di invasione di flussi piroclastici che, per le loro elevate temperature e velocità, rappresentano il fenomeno più pericoloso per le persone. Sono ricompresi in zona rossa i comuni di Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Monte di Procida e Quarto, per intero; parte dei Comuni di Giugliano in Campania, di Marano di Napoli e alcune municipalità del Comune di Napoli. Nell’area vivono circa 500mila abitanti.

Yellow zone

The yellow zone is the area, outside the red zone, which in the event of an eruption is exposed to significant volcanic ash fallout. For this area, temporary evacuations of the population living in buildings made vulnerable or difficult to access by the accumulation of ash may be necessary. The yellow zone includes the Municipalities of Villaricca, Calvizzano, Marano di Napoli, Mugnano di Napoli, Melito di Napoli and Casavatore and 24 neighborhoods of the Municipality of Naples. Over 800 thousand inhabitants live in the area.

Evacuation

The removal of the population from the red zone begins with the declaration of the alarm phase. The map shows in blue the Waiting Areas provided for by the municipal civil protection plans, i.e. the areas from which citizens who choose to leave with assisted transport will depart. From the Waiting Areas, citizens will be transferred to the Meeting Areas provided for by the national civil protection planning, which are shown in green on the map. From here they will reach the twinned Regions or Autonomous Provinces by ship, train or bus. Already in the "pre-alarm" phase, people who want to leave can do so, but only autonomously. They can move to alternative accommodation (e.g. second home, relatives or friends, rented house) receiving a financial contribution from the State. When the "alarm" is declared, however, the entire population must leave the red zone and can choose to do so autonomously or in an assisted manner.

Time of data processing

The total estimated time for this operation is 72 hours (3 days), divided as follows: first 12 hours to allow people to prepare and to arrange the necessary traffic regulation measures; subsequent 48 hours for the simultaneous but cadenced departure of the population from all the Municipalities in the red zone, according to a timetable defined in the municipal plans; last 12 hours, as a safety margin for the management of any critical issues and to allow the removal of civil protection system operators.

Twinning scheme

For those who choose to be assisted, a twinning scheme has been defined that provides for the transfer of the population of the Municipalities in the red zone to the Italian Regions and autonomous Provinces. In this case, the assisted movement of people from the "Waiting Areas", defined in the Civil Protection Plan of each Municipality, to the "Meeting Areas", identified outside the red zone, will take place with buses made available by the Campania Region. Their subsequent transfer to the "First Reception Points" in the twinned Regions and autonomous Provinces is planned with different methods (buses, trains or ships) depending on the destinations, to limit the load on mobility infrastructures and inconvenience to the population.

Shifts

Those who choose to move independently, with their own means of transport, will have to follow only the exit routes from the red zone established in the Removal Plan. Those who choose the alternative accommodation provided by the State will have to continue towards the "First Reception Points" identified in the twinned Regions and Autonomous Provinces; alternatively, those who choose to receive the contribution for autonomous accommodation will be able to continue towards the alternative accommodation identified independently. Traffic regulation during the autonomous removal phase will be managed through the activation of gates that will guarantee the correct timing of the vehicular flow exiting the red zone.