THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

Part 4: Emergency Response

• CHINA “S AND R” AFTER EARTH-QUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

Part 4: Emergency Response

YOUR NATION

DATA BASES AND INFORMATION

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

• MONITORING• HAZARD MAPS• INVENTORY• VULNERABILITY• LOCATIONR

RISKACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE

• PREPAREDNESS• PROTECTION• EARLY WARNING• EM RESPONSE• RECOVERY

5 PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

DISASTER RESILIENCE IS A FAILED POLICY WITHOUT THE ADOPTION AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF FIVE INTEGRATED POLICIES

(i.e., The Five Pillars of Disaster Resilience)

WHAT IS PREPAREDNESS, THE FIRST PILLAR?

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

scales that is sufficient to keep the disaster agents of a natural hazard

from causing a disaster

WHAT IS PROTECTION, THE SECOND PILLAR?

(Protection is a mandated state of robustness,

strength, and ductility for important buildings and essential - critical infrastructure to prevent loss of

function when a natural hazard ocurs

WHAT IS EARLY WARNING, THE THIRD PILLAR?

(Early Warning is a state of monitoring and messaging

“in the moment” that activates evacuation plans to save lives and

accelerates site-specific preparedness to protect property

KEY ELEMENTS OF MONITORING

• Land-, air-, ocean-, and satellite- based instrument packages and systems that monitor signals in real time related to the creation, formation, movement, and changes of the potential disaster agents of hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, earthquakes and tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires.

KEY ELEMENTS OF MONITORING (continued)

• The data on the creation, formation, and movement of potential disaster agents generated by hurricanes and typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires are transmitted to analysis centers for analysis and messaging, as appropriate, on the perceived threats.

KEY ELEMENTS OF MESSAGING

• A CREDIBLE SOURCE: e.g., National Hurricane Centers; Tsunami Warning Center. others

• THE MESSAGE: e.g., The threat, where and when it will happen; actions that are appropriate to go out of harm’s way, or, if not evacuating, to accelerate increased preparedness

KEY ELEMENTS OF MESSAGING

• COMMUNICATION CHANNELS: satellite –based, real-time, electronic messaging processes that connect the data analysis centers to institutions in every nation as well as global media outlets.

• THE RECEIVERS: Some, but not all of the people who receive the message, will understand and respond.

EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE TYPICALLY EVACUATED

• PEOPLE LIVING IN THE ”RED DANGER ZONES”

• SCHOOL CHILDREN • THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED• PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS,• TOURISTS • HOMELESS

EXAMPLES OF THINGS TYPICALLY EVACUATED

• FISHING BOATS• NAVAL SHIPS• MILITARY AIRCRAFT

EXAMPLES OF SITE-SPECIFIC “ACCELERATED PREPAREDNESS”• HOUSES, SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS

IN THE ”RED DANGER ZONE”• BUSINESSES AND HOTELS IN THE

”RED DANGER ZONES”

EMERGENY RESPONSE, THE FOURTH PILLAR,

IS ALSO ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

WHAT IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THE FOURTH PILLAR?

(Emergency Response is All of the scripted and unscripted

heroic and historic responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one

day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

THE GOAL

DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY

DISASTER RESILIENCE:

CAPABILITIES OF COMMUNITY

REALITY

UNANTICIPATED DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY

LACK OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

INSUFFICIENT EMERGENCY

RESPONSES AFTER A NATURAL HAZARD

STRIKES

KEY ELEMENTS OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• HISTORIC RESPONSES: The professional and non-professional responders will be making history for at least twenty-four hours (a “place holder” for the intense period of search and rescue operations) and twenty-one days (a “place holder” for the intense time of the “no room for error” decisions) that must be made.

KEY ELEMENTS OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• HEROIC RESPONSES: The professional and non-professional responders will be working at the margins of their capability for at least twenty-four hours and twenty-one days.

NATURAL HAZARDS THAT CAUSE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATIONS

FLOODS

HURRICANES/TYPHOONS

EARTHQUAKES/TSUNAMIS

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

WILDFIRES

LANDSLIDES

HISTORIC AND HEROIC RESPONSES DURING INTENSE 24 AND 21 DAY PERIODS AFTER AN EVENT

GOAL: SAVE LIVES; PROTECT PROPERTY

EVEN IF IN A SMALL NATION, ANY COMMUNITY CAN INCREASE ITS CAPABILITY FOR WINNING THE

TWENTY-FOUR HOUR AND TWENTY-ONE DAY RACES AGAINST TIME AND THE

POTENTIAL DISASTERS AGENTS OF ANY NATURAL HAZARD

THE CAPABILITY FOR WINNING THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE “RACE AGAINST TIME” INCREASES AS A

COMMUNITY’S CAPABILITY TO PREPARE FOR, PROTECT FROM, AND WARN AGAINST NATURAL

HAZARDS INCREASES

SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED DURING EM. RESPONSE

• DAMAGE• COLLAPSE• FIRE• INUNDATION• TRAPPED

SURVIVORS• SEARCH AND

RESCUE

• EVACUEES• DEATHS• INJURIES• EM. MEDICAL• MASS CARE • HAZ MAT

RELEASE• INT’L ASSISTANCE

EXAMPLE 1: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• PERU: Timely search and rescue during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 2: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• JAPAN: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 3: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• NORTH DAKOTA, USA AFTER HAZ MAT FIRE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 4: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHINA: Timely search and rescue during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 5: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• NEW ZEALAND: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 6: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• PAKISTAN: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 7: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHINA: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 8: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• UNITED NATIONS: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 9: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• SOUTHERN CHILE AFTER FLOOD: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 10: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• HAITI AFTER 2012 TROPICAL STORM: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 11: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• SANTA DOMINGO AFTER TROPICAL STORM: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 12: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• SAINT LUCIA “S AND R” AFTER TROPICAL STORM: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 13: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHILE AFTER WILDFIRE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 14: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHILE WILDFIRE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 15: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHINA AFTER EARTHQUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 16: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHINA EARTH-QUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 17: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHINA “S AND R” AFTER EARTH-QUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 18: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHINA TEMP. HOUSING AFTER EARTHQUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 19: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• DHINA “S AND R” AFTER LANDSLIDE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 20: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• ELSALVADOR AFTER DEC. 29, 2013 ERUPTION: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 21: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• RUSSIA AMUR RIVER FLOOD: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 23: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• INDIA ARRIVAL OF CYCLONE PHALIN OCT. 2013: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 24: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES IMPACTED BY 2004 TSUNAMI: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• IRAN AFTER EARTHQUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• ITALY AFTER FLOOD AND LANDSLIDE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• ITALY AFTER IRPINIA EARTHQUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• MEXICO CITY AFTER EARTHQUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• JAPAN AFTER THE MARCH 2011 TSUNAMI: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND AFTER EARTH-QUAKE: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• 2013’s SUPER TYPHOON USAGU: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• PAKISTAN 2013’s FLOOD: Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR “EM. RESPONSE”

• INT’L ASSISTANCE AFTER PAKISTAN’S 2013 FLOOD:Timely responses during a twenty-four hour and twenty-one day “race against time” to save lives and protect property

EM. RESPONSE IS THE MOST POLITICAL PILLAR, SO

ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS WITH NUMEROUS PUBLICS THROUGH

PRESS CONFERENCES, ETC. WILL BE THE NORM, NOT THE

EXCEPTION

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