A well-prepared community first responder makes good decisions about the best course of action in complex situations, some of which are unique. The Process of Being Prepared for the Expected and Unexpected When an Earthquake Strikes a Communinity is Both an Art and a Science. Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

2. EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE
PART 3: Helping Community First
Responders Prepare for Expected And
Unexpected

3. A WELL-PREPARED
COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDER
MAKES GOOD
DECISIONS ABOUT
THE BEST COURSE OF
ACTION IN COMPLEX
SITUATIONS, SOME
OF WHICH ARE
UNIQUE

4. The Process of Being
Prepared for the Expected and
Unexpected When an
Earthquake Strikes a
Communinity is Both an Art
and a Science:

5. REGIONAL
DEFORMATION
EARTHQUAKE
TSUNAMI
VIBRATION
FAULT RUPTURE
FOUNDATION
FAILURE
AMPLIFICATION
LIQUEFACTION
LANDSLIDE
AFTERSHOCKS
SEICHE
DAMAGE/LOSSDAMAGE/LOSS
DAMAGE/ LOSSDAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/ LOSSDAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/ LOSSDAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/ LOSSDAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/ LOSSDAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/ LOSSDAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/ LOSSDAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/ LOSSDAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/LOSSDAMAGE/LOSS

6. HIGH VELOCITY OF INCOMING
WAVES
TSUNAMISTSUNAMIS
DISTANCE OF WAVE RUNUP
AND RUNOFF
VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE
RUNUP
INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF
BUILDINGS
FLOODING
INADEQUATE WARNING
SYSTEMS
PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF
TSUNAMI
CAUSES OF
RISK
CAUSES OF
RISK
CASE HISTORIESCASE HISTORIES

7. SITUATION: $309 BILLION LOSS
FROM TSUNAMI WAVES

8. • SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS
(DAMAGE, LOSS OF FUNCTION, COLLAPSE,
LOSS OF LIFE, LOSS OF HABITAT, LOSS OF
JOBS, LOSS OF CONFIDENCE, LOSS OF
ECONOMIC LOSSES, …)

9. SITUATION: THE ENTIRE
URBAN AREA DAMAGED
The Kocaeli
(Turkey) Earthquake
of 17 August 1999

10. SITUATION: 56 MILLION
DAMAGED BUILDINGS

11. SITUATION: FAILURE OF URM
BUILDING

12. SITUATION: COLLAPSE OF
HIGH-RISE APARTMENT UNIT

13. SITUATION: DAMAGE TO
HOUSING UNITS

14. SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION OF
SCHOOL

15. SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION
OF HOSPITAL

16. SITUATION: INTERIOR LOSS
OF FUNCTION

17. SITUATION: SURFACE FAULT
RUPTURE

18. SITUATION: GROUND FAILURE:
LANDSLIDE

19. SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION
HANSHIN EXPRESSWAY

20. SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

21. SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION:
ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY

22. SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION
OF AIRPORT

23. SITUATION: DISRUPTION OF
TRANSPORTATION ROUTES

24. SITUATION: DAM FAILURE

25. SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION TO
UTILITY CORRIDOR

26. SITUATION: RADIOACTIVITY
LEAK

27. SITUATION: DEATH TOLL
REACHED 220,OOO+

28. SITUATIONl: 88,000 DEAD

29. SITUATION: LOSS OF
FUNCTION IN PORT AREA

30. SITUATION: RELEASE OF
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

31. SITUATION: OIL REFINERY FIRE

32. SITUATION: LOSS OF POWER AND
LOSS OF FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITY

33. SITUATION: LOSS OF FIRE
FIGHTING CAPABILITY

34. SITUATION: EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES

35. SITUATION: NEED FOR TEMPORARY
SHELTER

36. SITUATION: LOSS OF BUSINESS

37. SITUATION: LOSS OF 40 PERCENT OF
GDP

38. SITUATION: NEED FOR FOOD
AND WATER

39. SITUATION: LOSS OF REFINERY
SERVICES

40. YOURYOUR
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
DATA BASESDATA BASES
AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
RISK ASSESSMENTRISK ASSESSMENT
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
TOWARDS EARTHQUAKETOWARDS EARTHQUAKE
DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE
• PPREPAREDNESS
• PROTECTION
•EARLY WARNING
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONSPOLICY OPTIONS

41. RESILIENCY POLICIES
• PREPAREDNESS
(BE READY FOR
ANYTHING)
• PROTECTION
(BUILD TO
WITHSTAND)
• SCENARIOS
(KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT)

42. RESILIENCY POLICIES
• EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
(SAVE LIVES &
PROTECT
PROPERTY)
• RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION
(RESTORE & NORM-
ALIZE SERVICES)