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