— Contribute to the extinction of large forest and vegetal fires by performing aerial firefighting.

— 2 airplanes with a minimum capacity of 3 000 litres each or 1 airplane with a minimum capacity of 8 000 litres (1).

— Ability to perform continuous operations.

— Airplane.

— Minimum of two crews.

— Technical staff.

— Field maintenance kit.

— Communication equipment allowing air-to-air and air-to-ground communication.

— Equipment storage and maintenance of the equipment of the module;

— Equipment for the communication with the relevant partners, notably those in charge of the coordination on site.

— Availability for departure maximum 3 hours after the acceptance of the offer in the case of a rapid intervention response (2).

— Ability to be deployed in a range of 2 000 km within maximum 24 hours.

—  ►C1  Contribute to the extinction of large forest and vegetal fires by performing aerial firefighting ◄ .

— 1 helicopter with a minimum capacity of 3 000 litres (1)

— Ability to perform continuous operations.

— Helicopter with minimum two crews.

— Technical staff.

— Water bucket or releasing kit.

— 1 maintenance set.

— 1 spare parts set.

— Rescue hoists.

— Communication equipment allowing air-to-air and air-to-ground communication.

— Equipment storage and maintenance of the equipment of the module;

— Equipment for the communication with the relevant partners, notably those in charge of the coordination on site.

— Availability for departure maximum 3 hours after the acceptance of the offer in the case of a rapid intervention response (2).

— Ability to be deployed in a range of 2 000 km within maximum 24 hours.

— Aerial transport, including in-flight treatment of highly infectious disease (HID) patients to specialised health facilities in the Union.

— Aircraft with a capacity to transport one or more HID patient per flight;

— Ability to fly day and night.

— System for safe in-flight medical treatment of HID patients, including intensive care (1):

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— Support:

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— Equipment storage and maintenance of the equipment of the module;

— Equipment for communication with the relevant partners, notably those in charge of the coordination on site.

— Availability for departure maximum 24 hours after the acceptance of the offer;

— For intercontinental evacuations, ability to perform a 12-hour flight without refuelling.

— Aerial transport of disaster victims to health facilities in the Union.

— Aircraft with an overall capacity to transport at least six patients in need of intensive care and with a capacity to transport patients on stretchers or sitting patients, or both;

— Ability to fly day and night.

— In-flight medical treatment, including intensive care:

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— Support:

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— Equipment storage and maintenance of the equipment of the module;

— Equipment for communication with relevant partners, notably those in charge of the coordination on site.

— Availability for departure maximum 24 hours after the acceptance of the offer;

— For airplanes, an ability to perform a 6-hour flight without refuelling.

— Provide inpatient referral care and complex surgery as described by the WHO global EMT initiative.

— Minimum treatment capability in accordance with the standards of the WHO global EMT initiative;

— Day and night services (covering 24/7 if necessary).

— In accordance with the standards of the WHO global EMT initiative.

— The team should ensure self-sufficiency during the entire deployment time. Article 12 of Implementing Decision 2014/762/EU applies and, in addition, the standards of the WHO global EMT initiative.

— Availability for departure in maximum 48-72 hours after the acceptance of the offer, and ability to be operational on site within 5-7 days.

— Ability to be operational for at least 8 weeks outside the Union and for at least 14 days inside the Union.

— Stockpiling of medical countermeasures, comprising of vaccines or therapeutics, intensive care medical equipment, personal protective equipment, or laboratory supplies, for the purpose of preparedness and response to a serious cross-border threat to health (1).

— Adequate number of doses of vaccines necessary for individuals considered to be at risk (2) linked to one or more cases of serious cross-border threats to health.

— Adequate number of doses of therapeutics necessary to treat one or more cases of serious cross-border threats to health.

— Vaccines and therapeutics shall fulfil one of the following requirements:

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— Adequate intensive care medical equipment (3), to provide supportive care to one or more cases of serious cross-border threats to health, in accordance with WHO standards.

— Adequate number of sets of personal protective equipment (4) for individuals considered to be at risk (5) linked to one or more cases of serious cross-border threats to health, in accordance with the standards of the ECDC and the WHO.

— Adequate number of laboratory supplies, including sampling material, laboratory reagents, equipment and consumables (6), to ensure laboratory diagnosis capacity for one or more cases of serious cross-border threats to health.

— Appropriate storage facilities in the Union (7) and adequate stockpiling monitoring system.

— Appropriate procedures ensuring the adequate packaging, transport and delivery of the products referred to under capacities, where needed.

— Appropriately trained personnel to handle, and administer the products referred to under capacities.

— Availability for departure maximum 12 hours after the acceptance of the offer.

Tasks

— Decontaminate from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents of infrastructure, buildings, vehicles, equipment, critical evidence or affected persons, including fatalities.

Capacities

— Adequate decontamination capability for infrastructure, buildings, vehicles, equipment and critical evidence;

— If the capacity covers the decontamination of persons, adequate decontamination capability for at least 200 ambulant persons per hour and 20 non-ambulant persons per hour as well as fatalities;

— Ability to decontaminate from common toxic industrial chemicals, recognised warfare agents, biological infectious agents (pathogens) and toxins, and radionuclides;

— Ability to erect temporary decontamination facilities within a safe radius, to monitor the decontamination area in order to keep the work environment safe and to evaluate the decontamination effectiveness.

Main components

— Appropriate equipment, technology and solutions to decontaminate from common toxic industrial chemicals, recognised warfare agents, biological infectious agents (pathogens) and toxins and, radionuclides;

— Appropriate equipment to monitor progress of decontamination operations;

— Appropriate equipment and personnel to perform decontamination of infrastructure, buildings, vehicles, equipment, critical evidence and capabilities;

— If the capacity covers the decontamination of persons, appropriate equipment and personnel to perform decontamination of ambulant and non-ambulant persons;

— Appropriate capability and procedures to monitor the decontamination area to keep the work environment safe and to verify the decontamination effectiveness;

— Appropriate personal protective equipment to operate safely in a contaminated environment for the complete period of deployment;

— Adequate pumping system and containers to take-up water locally;

— Secure and safe waste management system and procedures during and after decontamination, including containment solutions to temporarily and safely store contaminated waste, pumps, waste combustion remains, contaminated water and wastewater treatment equipment. The management of hazardous waste, including contaminated water and other by-products, will be carried out in accordance with relevant Union or international regulations, or the legislation of the host nation, whichever is more stringent and with support from the host nation.

Self-sufficiency

— Article 12(1) and (2) of Implementing Decision 2014/762/EU applies;

— Ability to decontaminate the capacity’s own personnel.

Deployment

— Availability for departure maximum 12 hours after the acceptance of the offer;

— Ability to maintain operations for at least 14 continuous days.