““Earthquake Preparedness Earthquake Preparedness Initiatives for School Safety in Initiatives for School Safety in Major Cities of Bangladesh”Major Cities of Bangladesh”

Dr. A. S. M. Maksud Kamal

National Expert, Earthquake and Tsunami Preparedness Component, Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP),

Ministry of Food and Disaster Management

&

Md. Anisur Rahman, Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)

• Children are amongst the most vulnerable group;There is a multiplier effect of educating the public through the children;

• Schools are often used as evacuation centers during a disaster event;

• Educational institutions are a major public infrastructure, which can create long-lasting impact on future generations

Why School…………….?

• 5,953 educational institutions were affected during Pakistan Earthquake (17th November 2005), which killed around 19000 students and 875 teachers in the territory

Damage at Charleston College, 1886 Earthquake of August 31, 1886, Charleston,

South Carolina, U.S.A A student is Trapped inside a collapsed school building in 2008

Sichuan earthquake

Damage to Academic Institutions

Considering the Reality, Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP), under the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management of Bangladesh Government has taken initiatives for School safety with Regard to Earthquake in three Major Cities

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is implementing the initiative through……….

Preparation of Seismic Hazard Maps and School Building Assessment

Training for school teachers on earthquake preparedness programming for school children

Dissemination of information on earthquake preparedness fo

r school children.

Earthquake Safety Drills

Identification of Evacuation Route

School Specific safety Programme in Bangladesh

School Building Assessment

Earthquake Vulnerability assessment of 60 buildings in three Cities

School building Assessment Using Smith Hammer, Ferro scan, altar sonic devise

28 schools

ToT: 60 teachers

Students received direct

training of the drills: 2800

Preparation of Earthquake Evacuation Plan for School

Activities• Survey of Schools

considering layout of the

school buildings, fields and

surrounding environment.

• Use of Signs at required

places to guide the students

towards evacuation places.

• Evacuation plan is hanged at

main areas of each school so

that students can

understand the plan and

follow it.

ToT Training for school teachers on earthquake preparedness programming for school children

Activities• Development of “Training Manual for

Earthquake Safety and

Preparedness” – for the teachers

• Orientation workshops for school

principals and technical officers

• Train the teachers practically in the

field to prepare for earthquake

evacuation and drill practice.

Dissemination of information on earthquake preparedness for school children

Activities• Class lecture for school

children to disseminate ideas

about earthquake and

preparedness in this regard

• Train the students to prepare

for Mock drill exercise in the

schools along with the

teachers.

Earthquake Safety DrillsActivities:• Students were divided into

several groups to play different role during an earthquake.

• Demonstration took place in the respective schools premises where evacuation routes were identified earlier and marked with different arrows.

• Awareness raising poster for wide disseminations of the training in simplified way

• Involvement of school curriculum board with the training

• Involvement of city corporations with the training

• Institutionalizing of the training through inter-ministerial process

Sustainability of the Training

http://www.smate.wwu.edu/teched/geology/eq-schools.html

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