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GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE Part 2: Learning From Others Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
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EXAMPLES OF HISTORIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATIONS Part 2: The Wise ALSO Learn From All Global Earthquake Disasters
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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 GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE
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NOTE: EVERY TIME AN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER OCCURS, WE HAVE NEW KNOWLEDGE TO ADD TO OUR “BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE” ON PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
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EXAMPLE: 240,000 DEAD TANGSHAN, CHINA (1976) EARTHQUAKE: The impossible situation; too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property.
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EXAMPLE: THE IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION BAM, IRAN (2003): Too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property. BAM, IRAN (2003): Too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property.
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EXAMPLE: 230,000 DEAD IN TSUNAMI INDONESIA (2004): The impossible situation; too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property.
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EXAMPLE: 88,000 DEAD; 50 MILLION BUILDINGS DAMAGED CHINA (2008): The impossible situation; too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property. CHINA (2008): The impossible situation; too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property.
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EXAMPLE: 220,000 DEAD HAITI (2010): The impossible situation; too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property. HAITI (2010): The impossible situation; too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property.
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EXAMPLE: 30,000 DEAD JAPAN (2011): The impossible situation; too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property. JAPAN (2011): The impossible situation; too late for a race against time” to save lives and protect property.
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EXAMPLE: SEARCH AND RESCUE TURKEY (1999) KOCALEI EARTH- QUAKE): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property TURKEY (1999) KOCALEI EARTH- QUAKE): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: SEARCH AND RESCUE PERU (2000): Timely search and rescue during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property PERU (2000): Timely search and rescue during a forty-eight hour “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: LIQIEFACTION NIIGATA, JAPAN (1964): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property NIIGATA, JAPAN (1964): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: COLLAPSE OF SCHOOL EL ASNAM, ALGERIA (1980): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property EL ASNAM, ALGERIA (1980): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: DAMAGE AND COLLAPSED BUILDINGS EL ASNAM, ALGERIA (1980): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour and thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property EL ASNAM, ALGERIA (1980): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour and thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: LANDSLIDE IRPINIA, ITALY (1980): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour and thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: DAMAGE TO 1,000 BUILDINGS DASHUR, EGYPT (1992): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property DASHUR, EGYPT (1992): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: COLLAPSE OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT BUILDINGS MEXICO CITY AFTER 1985 EARTHQUAKE: Timely responses during a forty-eight hour and thirty day “race against time” save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: DAMAGE AND COLLAPSES BOUMERDES, ALGERIA (2003): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property BOUMERDES, ALGERIA (2003): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: DAMAGE TO UNREINFORCED BUILDINGS CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (2010) : Timely responses during a forty-eight hour and thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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EXAMPLE: LOSS OF FUNCTION OF ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY (NO DEATHS) KOBE, JAPAN (1995): “The forty- eight hour and thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property.
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EXAMPLE: 600 FIRES KOBE, JAPAN (1995): “The race against time” to save lives and protect property.
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EXAMPLE: UNEXPECTED INUNDATION NEW ZEALAND (2010): 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: SCHOOL COLLAPSE CHINA (2008): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour and thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property CHINA (2008): Timely responses during a forty-eight hour and 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: CONCENTRATION OF RESOURCES HAITI (2010): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property HAITI (2010): 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: TEMPORARY HOUSING CHINA (2008): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property CHINA (2008): Timely responses during a thirty day “race against time” to save lives and protect property
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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 THE NEXT STEPS: POST-DISASTER RECOVERY
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THE NEXT STEPS : RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY
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