is a world in which all people displaced by disasters and humanitarian crises are rapidly provided with emergency shelter and vital aid, which will help rebuild their communities and lives ShelterBox Vision Pakistan 2010

ShelterBox rapidly provides emergency shelter and vital aid to stabilize, protect and support communities overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crisis. Warehouse at ShelterBox HQ What does ShelterBox do?

The green ShelterBoxes are full of lifesaving equipment. ShelterBox prides itself in reacting quickly. ShelterBox Response Teams accompany the boxes to ensure they reach those most in need. Democratic Republic of Congo

What happens when a disaster strikes? Turkey 2011

ShelterBox Operations Monitor disasters constantly so can respond immediately First to react when disaster strikes Coordinate deployment and logistics First point of contact for SRTs

Timescales Colombia 2010Thailand 2011 Decision – ASAP. (Team / Assessment Team / Boxes) Team Arrival – 48 hrs Box Arrival – Instant (prepos) / 5 days (air) / 3 weeks (sea) Teams – Individuals (2 weeks – 6 months) Deployments – 2 weeks up to 2 years Follow ups – 4-6 months after deployment finish

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Pre-deployment ShelterBox Ops alerted to disaster Verify need Assemble an SRT Brief them about the deployment SRT travel to disaster-struck country within 48 hours Ops research logistics: air freight, box locations, consignee, etc. Few minutes – one week Indonesia 2005 Kenya 2012

During deployments First SRT arrives to assess need – what level, who needs it & where SRT contacts Ops with updates If need found, Ops decide where ShelterBoxes come from: - Prepositioned – instant arrival - Air – up to 5 days - Sea – up to 3 weeks Indonesia 2005Storage at Newquay Airport

SRT arrange a consignee Distribute ShelterBoxes Last SRT flies home Number of SRTs on each deployment varies depending on size of disaster Sri Lanka 2005

Post deployment SRT members individual debriefs – verbal, ideally within 1 week of return SRT members deployment debrief – written, ideally within 1 month Follow up/evaluation programmes – 4-6 months after deployment ends if needed Thailand 2012

Haiti January 12, :53 Haiti 2010

ShelterBox was putting a team together within 12 minutes Haiti 2010

More than 28,000 ShelterBoxes sent Haiti 2010

61 volunteers from UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand & Australia Haiti 2010

Japan Earthquake Japan 2011

Day 1 05:46 – Earthquake 06:33 – GDACS Alert received by ShelterBox 06:45 – Conversation with Operations re SRTs to be mobilized 07:00 – Team mobilized with one lead on standby for other countries affected 07:15 – SLT meeting at ShelterBox HQ 07:30 – ShelterBox response announced Japan 2011

Japan Earthquake 06:33 Red Earthquake Alert Japan Summary On 3/11/2011 5:46:23 AM UTC (about 15:15h local time) an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 occurred in the unpopulated region of Tohoku in Japan. The earthquake happened 128km from Sendai. The nearest populated places are: [None]. The closest civilian airport is Sendai (128km). It is likely that a tsunami was generated. The maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Kamaishi will be 8.6m. Please refer to the GDACS tsunami report for more details. Potentially affected critical infrastructure: Nuclear plants: FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI (154km), FUKUSHIMA-DAINI (161km), ONAGAWA (76km) Hydrodams: [None] Airports: Sendai (128km), Kasuminome (125km), Matsushima (100km), Junmachi (174km), Ojojibara (133km), Hanamaki (163km) Ports: Soma (134km), Shiogama (116km), Ishinomaki (91km), Onagawa (80km), Kesennuma Ko (90km), Ofunato (99km), Kamaishi (113km), Yamada (132km), Miyako (150km), Fudai (190km)

Japan Earthquake Based on an automated impact model, this earthquake, which occurred in a region with low vulnerability to natural disasters, has potentially a high humanitarian impact. Whether international humanitarian aid is needed must be decided by an expert. Event Date Univ. Time: Fri, 3/11/ :46 UTC European Time of the event:Fri, 3/11/ :46 CET (Brussels, Paris, Rome) East America Time of the event:Fri, 3/11/ :46 EST (New York, Washington) West America Time of the event:Thu, 3/10/ :46 PST (San Francisco, Los Angeles) East Asia Time of the event:Fri, 3/11/ :46 JTI (Tokyo) This report was automatically created by a computer at: 3/11/2011 6:32:09 AM UTC (45 minutes after the event) For information on emergency response, please consult the GDACS Virtual OSOCC. GDACS Virtual OSOCC. Tsunami Event It is likely that a tsunami was generated. Based on precalculated scenarios, the maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Kamaishi will be 8.6m. A detailed tsunami wave height calculation is ongoing and should be available 20 minutes after this report was created. Results can be slightly different than the precalculated scenario. The outcome can be checked here: GDACS tsunami report.

Tracking tsunami

Within 24 Hours Team on Ground, 2 in Tokyo to arrange logistics of box clearance and transportation and 2 travelling to affected area to undertake needs assessment Consignee identified Free air freight secured into Tokyo Boxes packed and ready for dispatch Japan 2011

1,680 boxes deployed Japan 2011

Since 2001… Over 130,000 ShelterBoxes have been distributed Over 230 deployments More than 90 different countries Helping over 130,000 families Warehouse packing at ShelterBox HQPakistan 2010