EQUIPPING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL “HELPING HANDS TEAMS” FOR ACTION Making a Difference When it Really Counts BEING READY IS VITAL Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

OUR WORLD IS AT RISK FROM: FLOODS SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS DROUGHTS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES

HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … DUSASTER SCENARIOS

HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … SEARCH AND RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL

HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING CODES AND LIFELINE STANDARDS

HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … EMERGENCY RESPONSE

HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND EVACUATION

HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … RETROFIT, STRENGTHENING, AND RECONSTRUCTION,

HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … PUBLIC AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING

FLOODS

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  Floods (e.g., Queensland; 2011)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  Floods (e.g., China; 2010)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  Floods (e.g., Poland; 2010)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  Floods (e.g., USA; 2009)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  Floods (e.g., Turkey; 2009)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  Floods (e.g., CHINA; 2007)

FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  MUDFLOWS (e.g., Madeira, 2010)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  MUDFLOWS (e.g., Madeira, 2010)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic- lithospheric interactions cause:  MUDFLOWS (e.g., Machu Picchu, 2010)

A Time for “Helping Hands” WHEN A MUDSLIDE TRIGGERED IN OCTOBER 2005 DURING HURRICANE STAN BURIED A TOWN, SEARCH AND RESCUE NOT ONLY BECAME VERY URGENT, BUT ALSO ABSOLUTELY VITAL.

MONITORING, FORECASTING, WARNING SYSTEMS, AND SANDBAGGING Although concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after hundreds of flood disasters in every part of the world (1900 – 2,000), flood disasters still continue to the present.

EARTHQUAKES

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Earthquakes (e.g., Christ- church, NZ; Feb 22, 2011)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti; January 12, 2010)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti; January 12, 2010)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Earthquakes (e.g., L’Aquilla, Italy; April, 2009)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Earthquakes (e.g., China; May 12, 2008)

URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE Although concepts for “helping hands teams” were born in the rubble of earthquakes in Mexico City, El Salvador, Armenia and Kobe ( ), earthquake disasters still occur

TSUNAMIS

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Tsunamis (e.g., American Samoa; 2009)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Tsunamis (e.g., Banda Ache, Indonesia, 2004)

TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM Although concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after tsunamis following subduction zone earthquakes in Japan, Chile, and Indonesia ( ), tsunami disasters still occur.

SEVERE WINDSTORMS (Hurricanes, Typhoons, Cyclones, and Tornadoes)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic interactions cause:  Hurricanes (e.g., Tomas; 2010)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic interactions cause:  Typhoons (e.g., Ketsana; 2009)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic interactions cause:  Cyclones (e.g., Nargish; 2008)

HURRICANE DEAN: DAMAGE IN SAINT LUCIA (2007)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- oceanic interactions cause:  Hurricanes (e.g., Katrina; 2005)

MONITORING, FORECASTING, AND WARNING SYSTEMS Although concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after disasters in the USA, the Caribbean, Bangladesh, New Orleans, and other locations ( ), storm disasters still occur.

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Volcanic eruptions (e.g., Iceland; 2010)

Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:  Volcanic eruptions (e.g.,Philippines)

VOLCANO MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS Concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after 23,000 Colombians were killed in the 1989 Nevada Del Ruiz disaster and extended to the present.

WILDFIRES

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- lithospheric interactions cause:  Wildfires (e.g., Greece, USA; 2009)

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- lithospheric interactions cause:  Wildfires (e.g., Australia; 2009)

WILDFIRE MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS Concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after wildfires in Australia, USA, and other locations in the 1990’s and extended to the present.

DROUGHTS

A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric- lithospheric interactions causes:  Droughts (Locations in Africa; other locations)

DROUGHT MONITORING AND FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS Although concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after severe droughts and famines in Africa in the 1990’s, drought-related disasters still occur.

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