TEMPORARY MEDICAL FACILITY FOR TREATING INJURIES
REMEMBERING SOME OF THE LSSONS FROM 2013’S
DISASTERSPART 1: EARTHQUAKE
EXAMPLES
ONCE AGAIN, 2013’S DISASTERS DEMONSTRATED THAT IT
USUALLY TAKES MULTIPLE DISASTERS BEFORE THE
STRICKEN NATION DECIDES TO BECOME DISASTER RESILIENT
MOST OTHER NATIONS USUALLY DON’T CHANGE A SINGLE POLICY
FAULTY PREMISE: ONE DISASTER ANYWHERE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY NATION ADOPT AND
IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT WILL LEAD TO THEIR OWN DISASTER
RESILIENCE
RECENT DEADLY EARTHQUAKES IN WESTERN CHINA
• SICHUAN PROVINCE--APRIL 2010: At least 196 people dead.
• QINGHA PROVINCE– 2010: A M6.9 earth-quake killed 2,700 people
• SICHUAN PROVINCE– A M7.9 earthquake in May 2008: 88,000 dead and 56 million buildings damaged
LOCATION OF JULY 22 QUAKES
TWIN EARTHQUAKES HIT WESTERN CHINA ON JULY
22, 201394 Deaths Despite Being Moderate-
Magnitude Events
The first temblor struck at 7:45 am; Together they killed 94,
injured 1,000, and caused collapse or severe damage to 127,000
homes.
LESSON: Ground Shaking will Damage or Destroy Unprotected Buildings
(i.e., no building code or an inadequate building code invites a disaster)
MAGNITUDES: 5.9 and 5.6,
BUT WITH SHALOW DEPTHS
LESSON: A Shallow Depth of Focus Will Exacerbate the Damage
From Ground Shaking in any Earthquake
TYPICAL DAMAGE
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an “all-
out” rescue effort and made saving lives the top priority
Officials dispatched thousands of police,
firefighters, soldiers and government officials to
search for survivors in an effort to keep loss of life as
low as possible.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Rescue efforts were hampered by landslides and roads which had
already been closed as the result of heavy rain.
LESSON: Expect all Kinds of Things to go Wrong During the Emergency Response Period When Timing is
Critically Important .
TEMPORARY MEDICAL FACILITY FOR TREATING INJURIES
EMERGENCY MEDICAL
THE CHALLENGES FACING MANY NATIONS
Preparedness
Adoption and Implementation of a Modern Building Code and Lifeline Standards
Reassuring the People of Their Safety
Timely Emergency Response
Cost-Effective Recovery
WAYS TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS TOWARDS WAYS TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS TOWARDS EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCEEARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE
WAYS TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS TOWARDS WAYS TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS TOWARDS EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCEEARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE
EXPERIENCES WITH PREPAREDNESS
EXPERIENCES WITH MONITORING AND WARNING
EXPERIENCES WITH DISASTER SCENARIO PLANNING
EXPERIENCES WITH RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION
EXPERIENCES WITH PREVENTION, MITIGATION, AND ADAPTATION
INTEGRATE GLOBAL EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR EXPERIENCES
INTEGRATE GLOBAL EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR EXPERIENCES
THE CHALLENGE:
POLICY CHANGES: CREATE, ADJUST, AND REALIGN PROGRAMS, PARTNERS AND PEOPLE UNTIL YOU HAVE CREATED THE KINDS OF TURNING POINTS NEEDED FOR MOVING TOWARDS EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
DATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATIONDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION
HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS
• QUAKE HAZARDS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•LOCATION
EARTHQUAKE RISK EARTHQUAKE RISK
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
QUAKE DISASTER QUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
•PREPAREDNESS•PROTECTION•FORECASTS/SCENARIOS•EMERGENCY RESPONSE•RECOVERY and RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONSPOLICY OPTIONS
CREATING TURNING POINTS FOR EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE IN
ANY COUNTRY
USING EDUCATIONAL SURGES CONTAINING THE PAST AND PRESENT LESSONS TO FOSTER AND ACCELERATE THE CREATION OF TURNING
POINTS
2014--2020 2014--2020 ISIS A GOOD TIME A GOOD TIME
FOR A GLOBAL SURGE IN FOR A GLOBAL SURGE IN EDUCATIONALEDUCATIONAL, , TECHNICAL, HEALTH TECHNICAL, HEALTH
CARE, AND POLITICAL CAPACITY CARE, AND POLITICAL CAPACITY BUILDINGBUILDING
IN ALL FIVE PILLARS OF COMMUNITY IN ALL FIVE PILLARS OF COMMUNITY
DISASTERDISASTER RESILIENCE RESILIENCE
CREATING TURNING POINTS FOR EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE IN
ANY COUNTRY
INTEGRATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS WITH POLITICAL SOLUTIONS FOR POLICIES ON PREPAREDNESS, PROTECTION,
EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING
EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
SOIL AMPLIFICATION
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE FAULTING & GROUND
FAILURE)
IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN
FIRE FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF UTILITIES
LACK OF DETAILING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
INATTENTION TO NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
CAUSES OF DAMAGE
CAUSES OF DAMAGE
“DISASTER LABORATORIES”
“DISASTER LABORATORIES”
INTEGRATION OF TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION OF TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS CONSIDERATIONS
INTEGRATION OF TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION OF TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS CONSIDERATIONS
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
Best Practices for Mitigation Adaptation and Monitoring
Gateways to a Deeper Understanding
Real and Near- Real Time Monitoring
Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Characterization
Anticipatory Actions for all Events and Situations
Situation Data Bases
Interfaces with all Real- and Near Real-Time Sources
Cause & Effect Relationships
APPLICATIONS
Implement Modern Codes and Lifeline Standards
Relocation/Rerouting of Cities and City Lifelines
Create a Seismic Zonation Construct (A Policy Tool)
Introduce New Technologies
Move Towards A Disaster Intelligent Community
EDUCATIONAL SURGES
Involve Partners in Turning Point Experimemts
Enlighten Communities on Their Risks
Build Strategic Equity Through Disaster Scenarios
Multiply Capability by International Twinning
Update Knowledge Bases After Each Disaster
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TURNING POINTS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR TURNING POINTS: For Disaster Resilience on local, For Disaster Resilience on local, regional, national, and global scalesregional, national, and global scales
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TURNING POINTS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR TURNING POINTS: For Disaster Resilience on local, For Disaster Resilience on local, regional, national, and global scalesregional, national, and global scales