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The DART and Op HESTIACanadian Forces: Helping in HaitiCanadian Forces: Helping in Haiti
Major Dave McQueenMajor Dave McQueen Commanding Officer, 1st Canadian Division Headquarters
For Op HESTIA – Deputy Commanding Officer, the Canadian Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)
15 October 2010
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Agenda
1 Background of the DART1. Background of the DART2. Role and Capabilities3. Haiti 2010 and CF Deploymentp y4. The DART in Haiti (My Story) 5. Port-au-Prince & Jacmel
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1. Rwanda 1994: the Canadian Forces were required to mount a humanitarian aid force
Background
mount a humanitarian aid force
2. Lessons learned from that mission led to a framework for rapid disaster response – The DART.
3. Since inception in 1996, the DART has deployed 5 times:
• Honduras hurricane – November 1998 (Op CENTRAL)• Turkey earthquake – August 1999 (Op TORRENT)• Sri Lanka tsunami – January 2005 (Op STRUCTURE)• Pakistan earthquake – October 2005 (Op PLATEAU)• Haiti earthquake – January 2010 (Op HESTIA)
4. The DART Reconnaissance Team has deployed three separate times since 2005:
• Indonesia earthquake – May 2006• Burma/Myanmar cyclone May 2008
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• Burma/Myanmar cyclone – May 2008• Haiti hurricanes – September 2008 (Op HORATIO)
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Role of the DART
1. Stabilize primary effects of an emergency or disasterp y g y2. Prevent onset of secondary effects of the disaster by
producing potable water and providing primary medical care
3. Gain time for international community and NGOs to deploy domestic/ international humanitarian aid so as to facilitate long term recovery in the community
Rescue Phase
Relief Phase
Recovery Phase
Disaster
DARTFirst Responders NGOs & Int’l Community
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DART Capabilities
1. Quick response2. Self-sufficiency3. Primary capabilities:
• Primary medical care• Provision of potable watero s o o potab e ate
4. Enabling functions:• Command, control and
communicationscommunications• Light engineering• Force Protection
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Criteria for DART
1. Disaster• Scale
2 Affected NationDisaster
2. Affected Nation• Willingness to request/accept
foreign aid• Willingness to request/accept
foreign military assistance
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Affected Nation Potential DARTforeign military assistance
3. International Response• Capacity
NGO d UN l d i
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International Response
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Potential DART Deployment
• NGOs and UN orgs already in area
4. Government of CanadaAbilit t hi i
GoC
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• Ability to achieve response aim through other means
• Willingness to deploy military forces
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Deployment Decision
1 GoC decision to deploy Interdepartmental Strategic1. GoC decision to deploy Interdepartmental Strategic Support Team (ISST) to assess GoC responses
2. ISST:• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)• Department of National Defence (DND)
3 DART RECCE accompany ISST?3. DART RECCE accompany ISST?
4. GoC decision to deploy DART not CF decision.
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4. GoC decision to deploy DART not CF decision.
“The DART is not the answer for every disaster”
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At 16:53 hrs on 12 January 2010, an earthquake measuring
Earthquake strikes Haiti
7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti, close to Port-au-Prince.
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Haiti
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Haiti
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Canadian Forces: Helping in HaitiHelping in Haiti
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• Canada has consistently demonstrated strong support for h it i i t d di t li f ti
Commitment
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations throughout the world.• With its rapid-response capabilities, the Canadian Forces’moved without delay to provide critical disaster relief for themoved without delay to provide critical disaster relief for the people of Haiti.
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• Canadian Forces (CF) participation in a whole-of-
Operation HESTIA
government humanitarian response to the earthquake• Under command of Brigadier-General Guy Laroche• Over 2 000 CF personnel deployedOver 2,000 CF personnel deployed
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Canada’s Response• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
• Department of National Defence / Canadian Forces (DND/CF)( )
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• RCMP
Agency (CBSA)
• Department of Public
13•and others…
• Department of Public Safety
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Operation HESTIA• Search and rescue• Emergency medical services• Food and water • Engineering assistanceEngineering assistance • Mobility by sea, land and air• Defence and security support
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Op HESTIA – Force structure
Joint Task Force Haiti (JTF-H)Joint Task Force Haiti (JTF H)Command Element - BGen Guy Laroche
(Command & control, Co-ordination with Cdn and international partners)
Joint Task Force (JTF) Support Element
Transport shipping & receivingTransport, shipping & receiving, contract administration etc.
L d C t M iti C t Ai C tLand Component DART
3 R22eR Battalion Group1 Canadian Field Hospital
Maritime Component HMCS Athabaskan
HMCS Halifax(C2 and CH-124 Helo)
Air ComponentAirfield Operations6 Griffons (Utility)
CC130 (Tactical Lift)
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pNaval construction troop
( )CC177 (Strategic Lift)
CC150 (Passenger Lift)CC144 (Passenger Lift)
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Disaster Assistance Response Team(DART)
Op HESTIA – Components
(DART)• Rapid-response capability • 205 CF members: C2,
engineers, medical platoon, defence & security platoon
Tasks: • Primary medical care• Safe drinking water
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• Safe drinking water • Clean-up and construction• Security
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Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS)Op HESTIA – Components
• Over 180 CFHS members representing 16 different health care trades
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NavyOp HESTIA – Components
• Over 500 naval personnel • The destroyer HMCS ATHABASKAN • The frigate HMCS HALIFAX e gate CS• Sea King helicopter air detachment• Naval Construction Troop
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ArmyOp HESTIA – Components
• 500 soldiers in total• Two Infantry Companies from 3 R22R• An Engineer Squadron from 5 Combat g ee Squad o o 5 Co bat
Engineer Regiment• Support Company
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Air ForceOp HESTIA – Components
• Over 250 personnel• Transport of humanitarian aid
supplies, equipment, vehicles and passengers (including evacuees)
• Jacmel airstrip: air traffic and ground control
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In total some 2 046 CF personnel
Op HESTIA – Some Accomplishments
In total, some 2,046 CF personnel deployed. Accomplishments:• 4,620 Canadians evacuated• Over 1,000,000 pounds of
humanitarian relief supplies and equipment deliveredMore than 22 000 patients treated• More than 22,000 patients treated
• 2,890,988 litres of safe drinking water processedR d th h b t• Re-opened the hwy between Leogane and Jacmel
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Helping Haiti – Next Steps• The Canadian Forces’ mandate is complete• Shift from emergency relief to sustained development
coordinated by DFAIT, CIDA and NGOs
• CF continues to provide support to MINUSTAH,
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the United Nation’s stabilization mission in Haiti.
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Some Lessons Identified
1 Early and decisive strategic direction was key1. Early and decisive strategic direction was key to success of rapid response
2. Strategic airlift availability essential
3 Use of Liaison Officers key to operating in3. Use of Liaison Officers key to operating in WoG context
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• Approx 45 persMedical Platoon
• Primary Med Care – no formal surgical capability• During the first days in Jacmel, medical
elements worked at the local hospitalelements worked at the local hospital.• Treated earthquake victims• Worked along side Haitian/Cuban medical personnel
S t t J l t t i d• Set up at Jacmel port once eqpt arrived
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Treated over 10,000 patients
Medical Platoonp
• 7,500 in clinic• 2,500 through Mobile Medical Teams in
mountains mostly via helicoptermountains – mostly via helicopter• Referred more seriously injured to local
hospitals, Cdn Military Hospital in Leogane or USNS Comfort
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Defence and Security Platoon • Approx 40 pers• Provided Security for:
• Embassy and for convoys of CEPs • DART CampDART Camp• Medical Clinic• Mobile Medical Teams• ROWPU site• ROWPU site• VIP visits• Food Distribution – Camp Pinchinat
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Engineers – Water Purification• Approx 35 Engineers in total • Produced over 500,000 litres of potable water• Shocked city wells (super-chlorination)• Constructed 5 water points in/around IDP campsp p• Repaired portions of the underground water
distribution system – parts flown in from Canada
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Engineers – Rubble / Earth Removal• Cleared streets of Jacmel – 116 dump truck p
loads• Cleared dirt from Highway 204 – 316 dump
truck loadstruck loads• Cash for Work
• Hired 288 Haitians for 17 days to clear the ditches along hwyalong hwy
• Hired 50 Haitians for 10 days to clear road in remote area
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Engineers – Sanitation/Shelters
• Constructed 45 latrines (135 seats)• Constructed 45 latrines (135 seats)• Built 2 x shelters at local orphanage• Supervised ‘Cash for Work’ project for p p j
construction of four shelters at orphanage
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Joint Ops – Navy
• HMCS Halifax (220 Pers)HMCS Halifax (220 Pers)• 40-60 pers ashore/day (general
labour/limited security/diesel engine and ROWPU knowledge)g )
• Some potable water production • Ability to transport large quantities of
HA in theatre• Ability to make repairs to broken
parts
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Jacmel Airfield (80 pers)
Joint Ops – Air Force
• Jacmel Airfield (80 pers)
• Ensured orderly and secure flow of materiel and pers through airport tomateriel and pers through airport to support DART and flow of HA
• Air Traffic Control
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Cluster Meetings• Method of needs assessment• Provided a venue for centralized coordination
of humanitarian relief for all actors in each operational areaoperational area
• Many types: Health, Protection, Logistics, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter
• CF, DFAIT and CIDA
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Additional Projects• Assessed 14 orphanagesg• Repaired local mill through Cash for
Work program• Donated wood to MedAir for
transitional shelter construction• Donated material and design for 12 x
two-room schools
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The DART in HaitiThe DART in Haiti(My Story)
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DART – Arrival
• DART Recce – 12 hrs NTM
• First elements (22 pers) of the CF and GOC reps arrived within 24and GOC reps arrived within 24hours of the disaster:
• the ISST (3 civ, 1 mil)the DART Recce Team (11 mil)• the DART Recce Team (11 mil)
• 7 pers Med Tm • Rations and water
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Canadian Embassy
• Initially established at the Canadian Embassy• Initially established at the Canadian Embassy• Cdn Ambassador's #1 priority – evacuation of Cdn Entitled Personnel (CEPs)
• (Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)) • 3 Separate Tasks – HO, NEO, TA
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Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations• Provided Security, Convoy Escort, and Coord with Air
F f i i d CF fli hForce for timings and spaces on CF flights• Left a security element at Embassy for first three weeks• DART helped to facilitate the evacuation of the first
3 000 C di E titl d P (CEP )3,000 Canadian Entitled Persons (CEPs). • Treated more than 300 Canadians as they awaited
evacuation
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• 16 Jan Received info about stranded students
Trapped BC Students
• 16 Jan – Received info about stranded students
• 17 Jan – Used SAR helo, SAR Tech and convoy with security to collect students
• 18 Jan – Students & chaperones arrived in Canada
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Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)
Specially trained SAR Techs and firefighters deployed with their
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their specialized equipment
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DART AOR – Jacmel
• Population: 41,500Population: 41,500• Jacmel Commune (Region): 173,000
• Hardest Hit Region in SouthHardest Hit Region in South• Almost 400 dead in Jacmel (450 in entire SE District)• Almost 3000 homes destroyed and 7500 damaged in
Jacmel Commune41 food distribution sites in Jacmel feeding 34 000+• 41 food distribution sites in Jacmel feeding 34,000+ pers/day
• Two large Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps
• HEGG had lived there!
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DART AOR – Jacmel
• DART CO and Ambassador• DART CO and Ambassador recommended Jacmel as AOR for DART because:
• Haitian PM and PresidentHaitian PM and President concerned that Jacmel:
• 30-50% destroyed • Cut-off from Port-au-Prince• Lacking fresh waterg• Hospital destroyed
• Jacmel needs matched DART capabilities
• No other major player assisting there
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• CF able to make more of an impact in Jacmel than in Port-au-Prince
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DART AOR – Jacmel Leogane
Port-Au- Prince
Jacmel
Evening Sun 17 Jan Approved by BGen Laroche- Evening Sun 17 Jan – Approved by BGen Laroche - Morning Mon 18 Jan – Flew via Griffon Helo
- Med pers / D&S pers - Med pers working within 1 hr of arrival
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- Morning Tues 19 Jan – Met naval pers on HMCS HALIFAX - Clearing rubble within an hr of arrival
- Afternoon Tues 19 Jan – Met AF pers on Hercules
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Camp Jacmel
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Li i C ditiLiving Conditions
• Very austere• Very austere• Insects• Rations• Rain/ Heat
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Challenges• Arrival of kit/pers into theatre
C ti t P t P i• Congestion at Port-au-Prince• Task Force & DART vying for space on strategic lift
• Vehicles / Accidents• Comms – Blackberry!!• Land route to Port-Au-Prince• Visits
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Port-au-Prince& J l& Jacmel
The Story in Pictures
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Port-au-Prince
1 First night1. First night2. Next couple days3. No open space left unoccupiedp p p4. Life starts to return to normal
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Port-au-Prince Airport
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Jacmel
1 Population was afraid1. Population was afraid2. Took long time for return to normalcy3. Banks remained closed for extended periodp4. Very weak local government 5. Decisions took long time
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Jacmel Airport
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Why so Bad
1. Non existent building codes1. Non existent building codes2. Building techniques
• Material• Lots of concrete• Very little rebar• Wrong type and undersized rebar• River rock for course aggregate
• Exposed rebarp• Nothing to prevent lateral movement
3. No emergency services, fire or ambulance4. Substandard hospital capacity (public/private)5. No effective local government6. All the cards in the deck were stacked against Haiti
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Th “W Ah d”The “Way Ahead”
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Modularization
1 Allows us to contribute without deploying the1. Allows us to contribute without deploying the full “DART”
2. Meets distinct needs such as medical or water production
3. Concept is still undergoing development • New CONPLAN RENAISSANCE (presently GRIFFON)
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Rapid Reaction Packages
1 DART’s traditional contribution during the1. DART s traditional contribution during the Relief Phase
2 “Rapid Reaction Packages” for the Rescue2. “Rapid Reaction Packages” for the Rescue Phase• Mobile Medical Teams• USAR• USAR• Engineering• Aviation (helos)
3. More CF pers at High Readiness
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Summary1. CF efforts in Haiti were needed and
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2 Humanitarian Operations for the CF continue2. Humanitarian Operations for the CF continue to evolve. Aim is to be faster, lighter, and be able to fill humanitarian gaps other than just medical and clean watermedical and clean water
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