Orsec-Novi plan
It was then extended to the whole French territory by 28 October 1986 the circulaire (ministerial instruction) #86-318 (ministry of Interior/French Home Office).
[1] The Novi plan is started in case of a disaster with limited consequences (accident catastrophique à effet limité, acel), when there are – or when there might be – numerous casualties.
In Paris, the following rules apply: In case of a Novi plan, it is necessary to simultaneously: Due to the complexity of these three missions, two command chains are formed, under the authority of the "commander of the rescue operations" (COS: commandant des opérations de secours) : the fire-and-rescue chain, and the medical chain: The préfet of the département (or the préfet de police for Paris and its suburbs) is the director of rescue operations (DOS: directeur des opérations de secours).
The chief officer of the local fire and rescue department (SDIS: service départemental d'incendie et de secours) is the "commander of the rescue operations" (COS: commandant des opérations de secours).
The main resources are the firefighters and Samu, but other organisations can contribute, such as the first aid associations (e.g. French Red Cross, volunteers of the civil protection/FNPC), who can contribute to the non-medical evacuations or deal with the relative emergencies, light wounded people and logistic for psychological aid (CUMP: cellule d'urgence médico-psychologique).
He must be easily spotted and has thus a yellow chasuble-like jacket on his clothes, with the inscription "Commandant les Opérations de Secours".
He has an operational headquarters (PCO: poste de commandement opérationnel) near the site of the disaster.
He manages: He has a yellow chasuble-like jacket with the inscription Directeur des Secours Incendie et Sauvetage.
The casualties are transported by a stretcher chain (noria) to the advanced medical post (field hospital).
He has to manage: He commands: In urban environments, the advanced medical post (PMA) is often placed in a public location (bar, restaurant, hall of sports...).
