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2014 A NEW FOCUS ON EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE Part 2 of 2 Parts Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO FACILITATE PLANNING FOR THE 3 rd WORLD CONFEENCE TO BE CONVENED IN JAPAN IN 2015
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THE PERSPECTIVE IS THE USA, BUT IT CAN BE CHANGED TO THAT OF ANOTHER NATION BY SUBSTITUTING THE APPROPRIATE PICTURES AND INFORMATION
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YOURCOMMUNITYYOURCOMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS MONITORING HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY LOCATION RISK ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE PREPAREDNESS PROTECTION EM RESPONSE RECOSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE
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PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE ARE ESSENTIAL PILLARS OF EARTHQUIAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE
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THE GOAL DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE: CAPABILITIES OF COMMUNITY
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REALITY UNANTICIPATED DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY LACK OF EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS INSUFFICIENT PREPAREDNESS OF COMMUNITY
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REALITY URGENT DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY LACK OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITY INSUFFICIENT CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY
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WHAT IS EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS? Preparedness is a state of readiness on individual, urban, sub-regional, and national scales that is sufficient to keep the expected and unexpected effects of an earthquake from causing a disaster Preparedness is a state of readiness on individual, urban, sub-regional, and national scales that is sufficient to keep the expected and unexpected effects of an earthquake from causing a disaster
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ANTICIPATION IS THE KEY TO PREPAREDNESS STRONG GROUND SHAKING TSUNAMI WAVE RUNUP LIQUEFACTION LANDSLIDES AFTERSHOCKS VULNERABILITIES
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WHAT IS PROTECTION? (Protection is a legally mandated state of planning and verified robustness, strength, and ductility for important buildings and essential - critical infrastructure to prevent loss of function (Protection is a legally mandated state of planning and verified robustness, strength, and ductility for important buildings and essential - critical infrastructure to prevent loss of function
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WHAT IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE (Emergency Response is All of the scripted and unscripted heroic and historic responses during the “race against time” after a quake to save lives and protect property (Emergency Response is All of the scripted and unscripted heroic and historic responses during the “race against time” after a quake to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: HAZ-MAT RELEASE AND FIRE ALASKA (1964): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: DAMAGE TO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT JAPAN (2011): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: SEARCH AND RESCUE CHINA (2013): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property CHINA (2013): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL CHINA (2008): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL CHINA (2008): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property CHINA (2008): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: CONCENTRATION OF RESOURCES PAKISTAN (2005): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: MASS CARE CHILE EARTHQUAKE: “The race against time” to save lives and protect property starts immediately.
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EXAMPLE: A TENT CITY HAITI (2010): Timely mass care during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: DEBRIS FROM TSUNAMI WAVE RUN UP SENDAI, JAPAN AFTER THE MARCH 2011 TSUNAMI: Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: PACIFIC RIM FORECAST OF TSUNAMI CHILE: TSUNAMI: Timely responses during the forty-eight hour and a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: TAKING CARE OF THE DEAD IRPINIA, ITALY EARTHQUAKE (1980): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property IRPINIA, ITALY EARTHQUAKE (1980): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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CONCLUSION EVERY TIME AN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER OCCURS, WE HAVE NEW KNOWLEDGE TO ADD TO OUR “BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE” FOR ANTICIPATING FUTURE IMPACTS
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