2014A NEW FOCUS ON

EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSEPart 2 of 2 Parts

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna,

Virginia, USA 

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO

FACILITATE PLANNING FOR THE 3rd WORLD CONFEENCE

TO BE CONVENED IN JAPAN IN 2015

THE PERSPECTIVE IS THE USA, BUT IT CAN BE

CHANGED TO THAT OF ANOTHER NATION BY SUBSTITUTING THE

APPROPRIATE PICTURES AND INFORMATION

YOUR YOUR

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION

HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

•MONITORING•HAZARD MAPS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•LOCATION

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE

•PREPAREDNESS•PROTECTION•EM RESPONSE•RECOSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY

EARTHQUAKE DISASTER EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

PREPAREDNESS AND

EMERGENCY RESPONSE ARE ESSENTIAL PILLARS OF

EARTHQUIAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE

THE GOALTHE GOAL

DEMANDS ON DEMANDS ON COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

EARTHQUAKE DISASTER EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE:RESILIENCE:

CAPABILITIES OF CAPABILITIES OF COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

REALITYREALITY

UNANTICIPATED UNANTICIPATED DEMANDS ON DEMANDS ON COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LACK OF EARTHQUAKE LACK OF EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESSPREPAREDNESS

INSUFFICIENT INSUFFICIENT PREPAREDNESS OF PREPAREDNESS OF

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

REALITYREALITY

URGENT DEMANDS ON URGENT DEMANDS ON COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LACK OF EMERGENCY LACK OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITYRESPONSE CAPABILITY

INSUFFICIENT INSUFFICIENT CAPABILITY TO CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO RESPOND TO DEMANDS ON DEMANDS ON COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

WHAT IS EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS?

Preparedness is a state of readiness on individual, urban, sub-regional, and national

scales that is sufficient to keep the expected and unexpected effects of an

earthquake from causing a disaster

ANTICIPATION IS THE KEY TO PREPAREDNESS

• STRONG GROUND SHAKING• TSUNAMI WAVE RUNUP• LIQUEFACTION• LANDSLIDES• AFTERSHOCKS• VULNERABILITIES

WHAT IS PROTECTION?

(Protection is a legally mandated state of planning and verified robustness, strength,

and ductility for important buildings and essential - critical infrastructure

to prevent loss of function

WHAT IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE

(Emergency Response is All of the scripted and unscripted

heroic and historic responses during the “race against time” after a quake

to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: HAZ-MAT RELEASE AND FIRE

• ALASKA (1964): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: DAMAGE TO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

• JAPAN (2011): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: SEARCH AND RESCUE

• CHINA (2013):• Timely responses

during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL

• CHINA (2008): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL

• CHINA (2008): • Timely responses

during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: CONCENTRATION OF RESOURCES

• PAKISTAN (2005): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: MASS CARE

• CHILE EARTHQUAKE: “The race against time” to save lives and protect property starts immediately.

EXAMPLE: A TENT CITY

• HAITI (2010): Timely mass care during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: DEBRIS FROM TSUNAMI WAVE RUN UP

• SENDAI, JAPAN AFTER THE MARCH 2011 TSUNAMI: Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: PACIFIC RIM FORECAST OF TSUNAMI

• CHILE: TSUNAMI: Timely responses during the forty-eight hour and a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE: TAKING CARE OF THE DEAD

• IRPINIA, ITALY EARTHQUAKE (1980):

• Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property

CONCLUSIONEVERY TIME AN EARTHQUAKE

DISASTER OCCURS, WE HAVE NEW KNOWLEDGE TO ADD TO OUR

“BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE” FOR ANTICIPATING FUTURE

IMPACTS