2. EQUIPPING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL “HELPING HANDS TEAMS” FOR ACTION Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

3. “HELPING HANDS” FACILITATE CAPACITY BUILDING FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE AND ACCELERATE THE “RETURN TO NORMAL”

4. They are Needed Most When a Natural Hazard Strikes and YOUR COMMUNITY or Your COUNTRY Suddenly Discovers That - - - it Lacked the Capacity for Disaster Resilience,

5. --- People are Homeless and Jobless, ---Businesses are Closed, ---Power Outages are Widespread, ---Transportation and Com- munication are Disrupted, and ---Community Functions are Paralyzed

6. THIS CAN HAPPEN AFTER: SEVERE WINTER STORMS FLOODS SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS

7. THIS CAN HAPPEN AFTER: VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRE DROUGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS

8. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … DISASTER SCENARIOS FOR PREPAREDNESS MEASURES

9. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … ADVICE ON MODERN PROTECTION MEASURES

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

11. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … ADVICE ON RETROFIT, STRENGTHENING, AND BASE ISOLATION

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

13. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … EMERGENCY RESPONSE

14. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … SEARCH AND RESCUE

15. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … MASS CARE

16. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … EMERGENCY MEDICAL

17. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION

18. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … POST-DISASTER PUBLIC AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING

19. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … RECOVERY

20. HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR … RECONSTRUCTION,

21. SEVERE WINTER STORMS

22. NEW YORK: JANUARY 24-26, 2016

23. FLOODS

24. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Floods (e.g., Alexandria, Egypt; 2015)

25. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Floods (e.g., Queensland, Australia; 2011)

26. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Floods (e.g., China; 2010)

27. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Floods (e.g., CHINA; 2007)

28. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Floods (e.g., Poland; 2010)

29. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Floods (e.g., USA; 2009)

30. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Floods (e.g., Turkey; 2009)

31. MUDFLOWS

32. A Time for “Helping Hands”  MUDFLOWS (e.g., Madeira, 2010)

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

34. A Time for “Helping Hands”  MUDFLOWS (e.g., Machu Picchu, 2010)

35. A Time for “Helping Hands” WHEN A MUDSLIDE TRIGGERED IN OCTOBER 2005 DURING HURRICANE STAN BURIED A TOWN, SEARCH AND RESCUE WAS VITAL.

36. EARTHQUAKES

37. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Earthquakes (e.g., Christ- church, NZ; Feb 22, 2011)

38. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti; January 12, 2010)

39. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti; January 12, 2010)

40. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Earthquakes (e.g., L’Aquilla, Italy; April, 2009)

41. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Earthquakes (e.g., China; May 12, 2008)

42. TSUNAMIS

43. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Tsunamis (e.g., American Samoa; 2009)

44. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Tsunamis (e.g., Banda Ache, Indonesia, 2004)

45. SEVERE WINDSTORMS (Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones)

46. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Hurricanes (e.g., Tomas; 2010)

47. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Typhoons (e.g., Ketsana; 2009) (An Evacuation Center)

48. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Cyclones (e.g., Nargish; 2008)

49. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Hurricanes (e.g., Katrina; 2005)

50. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

51. Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters  Volcanic eruptions (e.g., Iceland; 2010)

52. Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters  Volcanic eruptions (e.g., The Philippines)

53. WILDFIRES

54. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Wildfires (e.g., Greece, USA; 2009)

55. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Wildfires (e.g., Australia; 2009)

56. DROUGHTS

57. A Time for “Helping Hands”  Droughts (Locations in Africa; China, Many other locations)

58. GOAL: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR “HELPING HANDS TEAMS” FLOODS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES HURRICANES TYPHOONS DROUGHTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASED TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL CAPACITY FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IMPROVE ON PAST PERFORMANCE

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