EQUIPPING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL “HELPING
HANDS TEAMS” FOR ACTION Making a Difference When it Really Counts
BEING READY IS VITAL
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
OUR WORLD IS AT RISK FROM:• FLOODS• SEVERE
WINDSTORMS• EARTHQUAKES• TSUNAMIS• DROUGHTS• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS• LANDSLIDES• WILDFIRES
HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR …
DUSASTER SCENARIOS
HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR …
SEARCH AND RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR …
IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING CODES AND LIFELINE STANDARDS
HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR …
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR …
MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND EVACUATION
HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR …
RETROFIT, STRENGTHENING, AND RECONSTRUCTION,
HELPING HANDS ARE NEEDED FOR …
PUBLIC AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING
FLOODS
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
Floods (e.g., Queensland; 2011)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
Floods (e.g.,
China; 2010)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
Floods (e.g.,
Poland; 2010)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
Floods (e.g.,
USA; 2009)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
Floods (e.g.,
Turkey; 2009)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
Floods (e.g.,
CHINA; 2007)
FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
MUDFLOWS (e.g.,
Madeira, 2010)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
MUDFLOWS (e.g.,
Madeira, 2010)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause:
MUDFLOWS (e.g., Machu Picchu, 2010)
A Time for “Helping Hands”
• WHEN A MUDSLIDE TRIGGERED IN OCTOBER 2005 DURING HURRICANE STAN BURIED A TOWN, SEARCH AND RESCUE NOT ONLY BECAME VERY URGENT, BUT ALSO ABSOLUTELY VITAL.
MONITORING, FORECASTING, WARNING SYSTEMS, AND
SANDBAGGINGAlthough concepts for “helping hands
teams” were born after hundreds of flood disasters in every part of the world
(1900 – 2,000), flood disasters still continue to the present.
EARTHQUAKES
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
Restlessness causes:
Earthquakes (e.g., Christ-church, NZ; Feb 22, 2011)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
Restlessness causes:
Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti; January 12, 2010)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
Restlessness causes:
Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti; January 12, 2010)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
Restlessness causes:
Earthquakes (e.g., L’Aquilla, Italy; April, 2009)
A Time for “Helping Hands”Planet Earth’s
Restlessness causes:
Earthquakes (e.g., China; May 12, 2008)
URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE
Although concepts for “helping hands teams” were born in the rubble of
earthquakes in Mexico City, El Salvador, Armenia and Kobe (1985 - 1995), earthquake disasters still occur
TSUNAMIS
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:
Tsunamis (e.g., American Samoa; 2009)
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:
Tsunamis (e.g., Banda Ache, Indonesia, 2004)
TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM
Although concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after tsunamis
following subduction zone earthquakes in Japan, Chile, and Indonesia (1957 - 2004), tsunami disasters still occur.
SEVERE WINDSTORMS(Hurricanes, Typhoons,
Cyclones, and Tornadoes)
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic interactions cause:
Hurricanes (e.g., Tomas; 2010)
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic interactions cause:
Typhoons (e.g., Ketsana; 2009)
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic interactions cause:
Cyclones (e.g., Nargish; 2008)
HURRICANE DEAN: DAMAGE IN SAINT LUCIA (2007)
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic interactions cause:
Hurricanes (e.g., Katrina; 2005)
MONITORING, FORECASTING, AND WARNING SYSTEMS
Although concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after disasters in the USA, the Caribbean, Bangladesh, New
Orleans, and other locations (1900 - 2005), storm disasters still occur.
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters
Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:
Volcanic eruptions (e.g., Iceland; 2010)
Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters
Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes:
Volcanic eruptions (e.g.,Philippines)
VOLCANO MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS
Concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after 23,000 Colombians were
killed in the 1989 Nevada Del Ruiz disaster and extended to the present.
WILDFIRES
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s atmospheric-lithospheric interactions cause:
Wildfires (e.g., Greece, USA; 2009)
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s atmospheric-lithospheric interactions cause:
Wildfires (e.g., Australia; 2009)
WILDFIRE MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS
Concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after wildfires in Australia,
USA, and other locations in the 1990’s and extended to the present.
DROUGHTS
A Time for “Helping Hands”
Planet Earth’s atmospheric-lithospheric interactions causes:
Droughts (Locations in Africa; other locations)
DROUGHT MONITORING AND FAMINE EARLY WARNING
SYSTEMSAlthough concepts for “helping hands
teams” were born after severe droughts and famines in Africa in the 1990’s,
drought-related disasters still occur.
“HELPING HANDS TEAMS” FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
GOAL: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR “HELPING HANDS TEAMS” 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 IMPROVE ON PAST PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
BOOKS OF
BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE
- Perspectives
- Perspectives
On Science, Policy,
On Science, Policy, And EDUC.
And EDUC.
BENEFITS OF CAPACITY BUILDING
• Concentrates resources in high-risk locations that can handle diverse situations.
