WHAT IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THE FOURTH PILLAR? Emergency Response consists of all of the scripted and unscripted actions to save lives and protect property

1. THE FIVE PILLARS OF
DISASTER RESILIENCE
Part 4: Emergency Response
• CHINA “S AND R” AFTER
EARTH-QUAKE: Timely
responses during a twentyfour hour and twenty-one day
“race against time” to save
lives and protect property

2. THE FIVE PILLARS OF
DISASTER RESILIENCE
Part 4: Emergency Response

3. •MONITORING
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATIONR
DATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
ACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
YOUR
BOOKS OF
KNOWLEDGE
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5 PILLARS OF DISASTER
RESILIENCE
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•EARLY WARNING
•EM RESPONSE
•RECOVERY

4. DISASTER RESILIENCE IS A FAILED
POLICY WITHOUT THE ADOPTION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF FIVE
INTEGRATED POLICIES
(i.e., The Five Pillars of Disaster
Resilience)

5. WHAT IS PREPAREDNESS, THE
FIRST PILLAR?
(Preparedness is
a state of readiness on individual,
urban, sub-regional, and national
scales that is sufficient to keep the
disaster agents of a natural hazard
from causing a disaster

6. WHAT IS PROTECTION, THE
SECOND PILLAR?
(Protection is
a mandated state of robustness,
strength, and ductility for important
buildings and essential - critical
infrastructure to prevent loss of
function when a natural hazard ocurs

7. WHAT IS EARLY WARNING, THE
THIRD PILLAR?
(Early Warning is
a state of monitoring and messaging
“in the moment” that activates
evacuation plans to save lives and
accelerates site-specific
preparedness to protect property

8. KEY ELEMENTS OF
MONITORING
• Land-, air-, ocean-, and satellite- based
instrument packages and systems that
monitor signals in real time related to
the creation, formation, movement, and
changes of the potential disaster
agents of hurricanes, typhoons,
cyclones, earthquakes and tsunamis,
volcanic eruptions, and wildfires.

9. KEY ELEMENTS OF
MONITORING (continued)
• The data on the creation, formation,
and movement of potential disaster
agents generated by hurricanes and
typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis,
volcanic eruptions, and wildfires are
transmitted to analysis centers for
analysis and messaging, as
appropriate, on the perceived threats.

10. KEY ELEMENTS OF MESSAGING
• A CREDIBLE SOURCE: e.g., National
Hurricane Centers; Tsunami Warning
Center. others
• THE MESSAGE: e.g., The threat, where
and when it will happen; actions that
are appropriate to go out of harm’s way,
or, if not evacuating, to accelerate
increased preparedness

11. KEY ELEMENTS OF MESSAGING
• COMMUNICATION CHANNELS: satellite
–based, real-time, electronic messaging
processes that connect the data
analysis centers to institutions in every
nation as well as global media outlets.
• THE RECEIVERS: Some, but not all of
the people who receive the message,
will understand and respond.

12. EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE
TYPICALLY EVACUATED
• PEOPLE LIVING IN THE ”RED DANGER
ZONES”
• SCHOOL CHILDREN
• THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED
• PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS,
• TOURISTS
• HOMELESS

13. EXAMPLES OF THINGS
TYPICALLY EVACUATED
• FISHING BOATS
• NAVAL SHIPS
• MILITARY AIRCRAFT

14. EXAMPLES OF SITE-SPECIFIC
“ACCELERATED PREPAREDNESS”
• HOUSES, SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS
IN THE ”RED DANGER ZONE”
• BUSINESSES AND HOTELS IN THE
”RED DANGER ZONES”

15. EMERGENY RESPONSE, THE
FOURTH PILLAR,
IS ALSO ESSENTIAL
FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

16. WHAT IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE,
THE FOURTH PILLAR?
(Emergency Response is
All of the scripted and unscripted
heroic and historic responses during
a twenty-four hour and twenty-one
day “race against time” to save lives
and protect property

17. THE GOAL
DISASTER
RESILIENCE:
DEMANDS ON
COMMUNITY
CAPABILITIES OF
COMMUNITY

18. REALITY
LACK OF DISASTER
RESILIENCE
UNANTICIPATED
DEMANDS ON
COMMUNITY
INSUFFICIENT
EMERGENCY
RESPONSES AFTER A
NATURAL HAZARD
STRIKES

19. KEY ELEMENTS OF
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
• HISTORIC RESPONSES: The
professional and non-professional
responders will be making history for at
least twenty-four hours (a “place
holder” for the intense period of search
and rescue operations) and twenty-one
days (a “place holder” for the intense
time of the “no room for error”
decisions) that must be made.

20. KEY ELEMENTS OF
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
• HEROIC RESPONSES: The
professional and non-professional
responders will be working at the
margins of their capability for at least
twenty-four hours and twenty-one days.

21. NATURAL HAZARDS THAT CAUSE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATIONS
FLOODS
GOAL: SAVE LIVES;
PROTECT PROPERTY
HISTORIC AND HEROIC
RESPONSES DURING
INTENSE 24 AND 21 DAY
PERIODS AFTER AN
EVENT
HURRICANES/TYPHOONS
EARTHQUAKES/TSUNAMIS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
WILDFIRES
LANDSLIDES

22. EVEN IF IN A SMALL NATION, ANY
COMMUNITY CAN INCREASE ITS
CAPABILITY FOR WINNING THE
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR AND
TWENTY-ONE DAY RACES
AGAINST TIME AND THE
POTENTIAL DISASTERS AGENTS
OF ANY NATURAL HAZARD

23. THE CAPABILITY FOR WINNING THE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE “RACE
AGAINST TIME” INCREASES AS A
COMMUNITY’S CAPABILITY TO
PREPARE FOR, PROTECT FROM,
AND WARN AGAINST NATURAL
HAZARDS INCREASES

24. SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
DURING EM. RESPONSE
•
•
•
•
•
DAMAGE
COLLAPSE
FIRE
INUNDATION
TRAPPED
SURVIVORS
• SEARCH AND
RESCUE
•
•
•
•
•
•
EVACUEES
DEATHS
INJURIES
EM. MEDICAL
MASS CARE
HAZ MAT
RELEASE
• INT’L ASSISTANCE

25. EXAMPLE 1: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• PERU: Timely
search and rescue
during a twentyfour hour and
twenty-one day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

26. EXAMPLE 2: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• JAPAN: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour
and twenty-one day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

27. EXAMPLE 3: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• NORTH
DAKOTA, USA AFTER
HAZ MAT FIRE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

28. EXAMPLE 4: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHINA: Timely
search and rescue
during a twentyfour hour and
twenty-one day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

29. EXAMPLE 5: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• NEW ZEALAND:
Timely responses
during a twentyfour hour and
twenty-one day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

30. EXAMPLE 6: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• PAKISTAN: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour
and twenty-one day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

31. EXAMPLE 7: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHINA: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour
and twenty-one day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

32. EXAMPLE 8: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• UNITED NATIONS:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

33. EXAMPLE 9: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• SOUTHERN CHILE
AFTER FLOOD:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

34. EXAMPLE 10: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• HAITI AFTER 2012
TROPICAL STORM:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

35. EXAMPLE 11: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• SANTA DOMINGO
AFTER TROPICAL
STORM: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

36. EXAMPLE 12: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• SAINT LUCIA “S AND
R” AFTER TROPICAL
STORM: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

37. EXAMPLE 13: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHILE AFTER
WILDFIRE: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

38. EXAMPLE 14: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHILE WILDFIRE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

39. EXAMPLE 15: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHINA AFTER
EARTHQUAKE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

40. EXAMPLE 16: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHINA EARTHQUAKE: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

41. EXAMPLE 17: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHINA “S AND R”
AFTER EARTHQUAKE: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

42. EXAMPLE 18: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHINA TEMP.
HOUSING AFTER
EARTHQUAKE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

43. EXAMPLE 19: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• DHINA “S AND R”
AFTER LANDSLIDE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

44. EXAMPLE 20: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• ELSALVADOR AFTER
DEC. 29, 2013
ERUPTION: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

45. EXAMPLE 21: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• RUSSIA AMUR RIVER
FLOOD: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

46. EXAMPLE 23: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• INDIA ARRIVAL OF
CYCLONE PHALIN
OCT. 2013: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

47. EXAMPLE 24: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• INDIAN OCEAN
COUNTRIES IMPACTED
BY 2004 TSUNAMI:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

48. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• IRAN AFTER
EARTHQUAKE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

49. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• ITALY AFTER FLOOD
AND LANDSLIDE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

50. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• TROPICAL STORM
CHANTAL: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

51. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• ITALY AFTER IRPINIA
EARTHQUAKE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

52. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• MEXICO CITY AFTER
EARTHQUAKE:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

53. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• JAPAN AFTER THE
MARCH 2011
TSUNAMI: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

54. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• CHRISTCHURCH, NEW
ZEALAND AFTER
EARTH-QUAKE: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

55. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• 2013’s SUPER
TYPHOON USAGU:
Timely responses
during a twenty-four
hour and twenty-one
day “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

56. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• PAKISTAN 2013’s
FLOOD: Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

57. EXAMPLE 25: EXAMPLE OF THE NEED
FOR “EM. RESPONSE”
• INT’L ASSISTANCE
AFTER PAKISTAN’S
2013 FLOOD:Timely
responses during a
twenty-four hour and
twenty-one day “race
against time” to save
lives and protect
property

58. EM. RESPONSE IS THE MOST
POLITICAL PILLAR, SO
ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS WITH
NUMEROUS PUBLICS THROUGH
PRESS CONFERENCES, ETC. WILL
BE THE NORM, NOT THE
EXCEPTION

59. CONCLUSION
Using Today’s Books of
Knowledge, Innovative Capacity
Building For
Emergency Response is
Possible