conference on crises and disaster management and risk reduction “strengthening disaster...

Conference on Crises and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction

“Strengthening Disaster Preparedness for Effective Response”

byTony MooreAssociate Director,

The Resilience Centre,Cranfield University,

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.

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Skills

• Anticipation.

• Situation awareness.

• Decision-making.

• Communication.

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Teamwork

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Leadership

• Skills required to lead in response to a disaster are merely an extension of every-day management skills.

• Leadership when responding to disasters is a distinct discipline, with its own set of skills.

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“It is better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action has past.”

Karl von Clausewitz

Piper Alpha

“It is unfortunately clear that the OIM (Offshore Installation Manager) took no initiative

in an attempt to save life.”

Lord Cullen

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Piper Alpha

“… the death toll of those who died in the accommodation wassubstantially greater than it would have been if such an initiative had been taken, even allowing for the speed and voracity of the disasterwhich was engulfing the platform.”

Lord Cullen

Piper Alpha

The role of the OIM “…demands

a level of commandability which is not a feature of normal management posts.”

Lord Cullen

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New Orleans

“… government mismanagement … proved as cruel as the disaster itself. Ray Nagin, the Mayor of New Orleans, implemented an evacuation plan that favoured the rich and healthy. ……”

Douglas Brinkley,

The Great Deluge.

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Hurricane Katrina

“Ray Nagin, the Mayor of New Orleans, implemented an evacuation plan that favoured the rich and healthy. Kathleen Blanco, governor of Louisiana, dithered in the most important aspect of her job; providing leadership in a time of fear and confusion.

Douglas Brinkley, The Great Deluge.

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Learning from History

Perception

and

implementation

Brian Toft

& Simon Reynolds

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Learning from History

“What experience and

history teaches is this –

that people and

governments never learned

anything from history, or

acted on principles deduced

from it.”

Georg Hegel (1770-1831)

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t.m.moore@cranfield.ac.uk