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Preparedness
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The Philippine Situation

• Natural Hazards

• Human-Induced Hazards

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• Natural Hazards

About 1 million families suffered from food
scarcity in the highlands of Mindanao.
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• Human-Induced Hazards

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Disaster Response
Presentation given to the Lopez Group
Foundation October 16, 2009 Secretary-General
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Philippine Backgrounder

• Hazards such as floods, landslides, tsunamis,
  tornadoes, and storms are normal occurrences
  affecting the lives of Filipinos.
• Complex emergencies such as bombings,
  insurgencies and terrorism also occur.
• In urban areas, the most common disasters are
  fires and technological hazards.

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Typhoon Ondoy
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Objectives of Disaster Management

• To reduce or avoid human, physical and economic
  losses.
• To reduce impact of disasters on individuals.
• To achieve rapid and sustainable recovery.

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Why do people live in conditions of vulnerability?

• Ignorance of the vulnerability or limited
  perception of risk.
• Limited interest, ability to change and improve.
• Few alternate conditions.

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT CONTINUUM
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• EMERGENCY RESPONSE
• Activities undertaken immediately following a
  disaster. It includes damage and needs
  assessment, immediate relief, rescue and debris
  clearance.
• REHABILITATION
• Immediate repair and initial efforts to
  re-establish the essential services associated
  with social and economic functions of a
  community.
• RECONSTRUCTION
• Rebuilding of community services and facilities
  to a level at least equivalent to those existing
  before the emergency situation.

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• DEVELOPMENT
• Sustained efforts intended to improve or maintain
  the physical, social and economic well-being of a
  community.
• REHABILITATION
• Encompasses activities designed to provide
  permanent protection from disasters. It includes
  engineering and other physical protective
  measures, and also legislative measures
• DISASTER MITIGATION
• Measures taken in advance of a disaster aimed at
  decreasing or eliminating its impact on society
  and on the environment.

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• DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
• Activities designed to minimize loss of life and
  damage, to organize the temporary removal of
  people and property from threatened location and
  facilitate timely and effective rescue, relief
  and rehabilitation.
• WARNING
• Dissemination of message signaling imminent
  hazard which also include advice on protective
  measure.
• DISASTER
• A situation usually catastrophic in nature in
  which people are plunged into helplessness and as
  a result are in need of food, clothing, shelter,
  medical care and other basic necessities in life.

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Emergency Response
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• EMERGENCY RESPONSE are measures/activities which
  are taken immediately prior to and following
  disaster.

• Objectives
• Limit casualties.
• Alleviate hardship and suffering.
• Mitigate further damage and loss.
• Provide foundation for subsequent recovery.
• Restore essential life support and community
  systems.

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• FACTORS to consider in EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• Type of disaster.
• Severity and extent of disaster.
• Ability to take pre-impact action.
• The capacity for sustained operations.
• Identification of response requirements.

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• Six Aspects in Emergency Response

• Food
• Health
• Water
• Shelter
• Sanitation
• Logistics

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• Problem Areas in Emergency Response

• Background Factors.
• Inadequate Preparedness.
• Warning Factors.
• Slow Activation of the Response System.
• Effects of Impact and Crisis Pressure.
• Difficulties in Survey of Damage and Needs
  Assessment.
• Inaccurate and incomplete information from
  survey.

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• Problem Areas in Emergency Response

• Convergence
• Poor information management.
• Inadequate relief commodities.
• Logistical problems.
• Poor coordination of response operations.
• Problems with the media.
• International and National Assistance.

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• Requirements for Effective Response

• General background of preparedness.
• Readiness of Resource Organizations.
• Warning System
• Activation of the Response System
• Coordination of Response Operations
• Communications Management
• Survey and Assessment
• Information Management
• Major Emergency Response Aspects

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6 Major Services
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Disaster Management Services Provides relief in
times of peace and war and carries on measures to
minimize the suffering caused by disasters.
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Blood Services Saves lives of patients by
providing safe and affordable blood and its
components.
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Safety Services Conducts training such as first
aid and CPR, aquatic lifesaving and other basic
rescue courses.
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Community Health and Nursing Services Works to
promote health and to prevent illnesses
especially in vulnerable communities through
various training on health management, e.g. Avian
Flu Prevention education campaign.
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Red Cross Youth Teaches children and youth ages
7-25 the value of volunteer work and community
service also provides training to enable them to
respond efficiently to crises.
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Social Services provides welfare assistance to
individuals and communities through counseling,
tracing, stress debriefing, and health and
welfare reporting.
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• 96 PNRC Chapters Nationwide
• (9) - NCR
• (25) - Northern and Central Luzon
• (15) - Southern Tagalog and Bicol
• (17) - Visayas
• (29) - Mindanao

• 910 Regular Staff
• 269,000 Enlisted Volunteers

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What we do
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What we do
Deploy specialized personnel for relief, health,
welfare, logistics and water sanitation to
conduct situational assessment and needs analysis
in the disaster affected areas
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What we do
Capacity Building, Monitor, Rescue, Relief, Plan,
Prepare, Practice, Cope, Mitigatem Rehabilitate
and Recover.
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What we do
Educate and provide health intervention

• Community-based health care
• First aid and Basic Life Support trainings
• Control and prevention of diseases
• Medical Assistance

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What we do
Provide medical/pre-hospital care, ambulance
service/station and rescue assistance
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What we do
Provide safe and timely blood
Availability of blood and its derivatives during
disaster
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What we do
Mobilize volunteers
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What we do
Rehabilitate the community through shelter and
construction
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How we Operate
1. Relief assistance is extended in whatever
form or forms (appropriate), which will
effectively and speedily contribute to the early
recovery of the disaster victims.
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How we Operate
2. Relief assistance is extended without regard
to Political, religious, or racial
discrimination (as stated in the Code of Conduct
for Red Cross, Red Crescent and NGOs in
providing relief assistance).
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How we Operate
3. Needs and not loss is the basis of Red Cross
assistance.
4.The National Headquarters, in the exercise of
its supervisory powers, directs, supports and
assists the chapters with supplementary supplies
and experienced personnel as the need arises
and/or as requested by the chapter concerned.
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How we Operate
5. Disaster preparedness and relief actions are
basic responsibilities of the chapters. At the
onset of disaster, immediate steps should be
undertaken to determine its effects and launch a
relief operation, if needed.
6. In conducting relief operations, the Red Cross
utilizes all available resources and mobilizes
volunteers
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How we Operate
7. In cases of massive relief operations,
neighboring chapters and the National
Headquarters may utilize its resources in
support of the ongoing relief activity
8. The Red Cross operates under its own identity
and administer its own operations in
coordination with the local government units
and other implementing agencies (e.g. GOs and
NGOs)
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How we Operate
9. Maintains communication line between local and
international partners and stakeholders (i.e.
cluster meetings and power text messaging system)
10. Maintains a 24/7 Disaster Operation Center
which monitors disaster situations and
coordinates Red Cross actions nationwide
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Required Integrated Preparedness Approach
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To promote a culture of self-help in
communities by developing a formidable network of
Red Cross volunteers who will respond
rapidly and efficiently in emergencies and
disasters.
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Empowered Communities
Red Cross 143 was created to strengthen the
PNRC at the grassroots. We want the local
people to be the eyes, ears, hands and feet of
the Red Cross.
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Red Cross 143 Objectives

• 1 leader 43 members
• in every Barangay
• Creates 44 on-site take charge volunteers
• First to Prepare
• First to Know
• First to Report
• First to Respond
• First to provide relief, recovery and rehabilitate

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Tasks of 44 Volunteers

• Disaster Preparedness and Response
• Health and Welfare
• Blood Donation Advocacy

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Disaster Preparedness and Response

• Hazard Mapping
• Risk Reduction
• Early Warning
• Evacuation Mgt
• First Aid and Rescue
• Relief Distribution
• Rehabilitation

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Disaster Response Team

• Relief Distribution
• First aid / Basic Life Support
• Camp / Shelter Management
• Evacuation and evacuation center management

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Health and Welfare

• Camp Management
• Stress Debriefing
• Disease Prevention
• Isolation of Patient
• Hygiene Promotion
• Family Support

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Health and Welfare Team

• Psychosocial support program / critical incident
  stress debriefing
• Health and medical assistance
• Water and sanitation
• Public health in emergencies and disease
  prevention education
• Livelihood program
• Home health care

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Walk in Blood Bank

• Current blood requirements of the country
  500,000 blood units
• PNRC supplied 152,000 blood units (32)
• Government supplied 348,000 blood units (68)
• 44 volunteers x 42,000 Barangays

1.848 Million walking blood donors or more than 2
X the need
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Volunteer Blood Donors
gt Availability of blood and blood products during
disaster, disease outbreaks and blood lean
month gt Network of volunteer blood donors and
recruiters
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Red Cross 143 Strategy

• Get the disaster report out to the world
• Be able to help immediately on the ground
• NHQ and IFRC and other 143 units can provide
  immediate assistance and able to prepare long
  term relief and rehabilitation

Using Cell Phones / Computers etc., 143
volunteers will
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Always READY (predict, plan, prepare, practice)
First to Report, Cope, Mitigate
First to Rehabilitate
First to Provide Relief
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Cell Phone, Bell Whistle Bull-horn, Drum,
Tambuli, radio
Always READY (predict, plan, prepare, practice)

• Three short sounds signifies pending emergency
  (i.e. Typhoon, flood)

• Three long sounds signifies preparation to
  vacate the area

• Long continuous sound signifies Evacuation

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Rescue, Evacuation Disaster Mitigation
First to Report, Cope and Mitigate
Response to Accident
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Food Relief Assistance
Typhoon Reming Relief Operation
First to Provide Relief
Relief Assistance (food and Non-food items)
Emergency Response Team
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