Challenges for rescue 1122

1. New Challenges and
Role of Rescue 1122
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2. Objectives
At the end of the session, participants will
be able to:
1.Describe most difficult rescue
operations.
2.Name and types of most common
disaster challenge for Pakistan.
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3. Objectives
3.Describe prone areas effected from
disasters.
4.Describe difficult situations for Rescue
1122 in big cites.
5.Describe the Roll of Rescue 1122 in
these situations.
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4. Most difficult operation for
Rescue 1122
 Every rescue operation is a challenge
for Rescue 1122. However any rescue
operation becomes more challenging
if it is not reported on time.
 Late respond to incident.
 Timely call can ensure timely rescue.
 Timely response can decrease losses.
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5. Most frequent Hazards,
challenging to Rescue 1122
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Floods Urban Fire cases

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DROUGHT
FIRESLANDSLIDES
EARTHQUAKE

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INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
TRANSPORTATION
ACCIDENTS
TSUNAMIS
FIRE & CHEMICAL
ACCIDENTS

8. Types
Natural
Disasters
Man Made
Disasters
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9. “Challenges”
Man-made
 Fires
 Explosive devices
 Firearms
 Structural collapse
 Transportation events
 Air, Rail, Roadway,
Waterway.
 Industrial HAZMAT
 Etc…
Natural
 Earthquake
 Landslides
 Tsunami
 Volcanic eruption
 Tornado
 Hurricanes, floods
 Fires
 Etc…
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10. Climate Change in Pakistan
 Pakistan is particularly vulnerable to
Climate Change,
 Visible changes in hydrological cycle
have been observed in the form of
 Changing precipitation pattern.
 Droughts
 Water availability periods in rivers.
 Frequency and intensity of heat
waves.
 Weather-induced natural disasters.
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11. Most frequent Challenges in
Pakistan for Rescue services
Floods 11

12. Floods
Pakistan is one of the
most flood prone
countries in South Asia
Indus is the largest river
of Pakistan and
its tributaries are
Kabul, Swat, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas
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13.  Generally floods in these rivers occur
in late summer (July to
September)due to heavy monsoon
rains.
 Flooding can also occur as the result of
glacial lakes breaking that are caused
by high summer temperatures.
 Floods in Pakistan can also occur due
to the climate change.
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14. Floods
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15. Floods
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16. Districts Prone to
Floods
• Hyderabad, Sukker, Nawab Shah districts in Sindh
Province
• Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Muzaffargargh, Jhelum,
Rahim yar khan and Lahore districts in Punjab
Province
• D.I. Khan, Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda,
Swat, Mardan and Dera Ismail Khan district in
Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Province
• Keich, Jaffarabad, Naseerabad districts in
Baluchistan Province
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17. Earthquakes
Pakistan lies upon Indo-
Australian plate which is
continuously moving and
causing earthquakes
The Koh-e-Suleiman, Hindu
Kush and Koh-e-krakuram
mountain ranges are
particularly vulnerable and the
resulting devastation can be
immense because of the poor
construction of the buildings.
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18. EARTHQUAKE 2005
•FAMILIES AFFECTED= 500,000FAMILIES AFFECTED= 500,000
•HUMAN LOSSHUMAN LOSS == 73,33873,338
•INJUREDINJURED = 1,28,309= 1,28,309

19. CATEGORY DESTROYED/
DAMAGED
TOTAL
HOUSES 6,00,152 7,87,583
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTES
7,669
18,095 STUDENTS DEAD
1,1456
HEALTH
INSTITUTES
574 782
ROADS 4,429 KMs
(37.02 %)
1,1963 KMs
 MOST OF THE UTILITIES LIKE TELECOM, WATER SUPPLY &
ELECTRICITY WERE OUT OF ORDER
 200 MILLION TONS DEBRIS TO BE MANAGED
DAMAGES DUE TO EARTHQUAKE
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Mardan
Peshawar
Rwp
Mzd
Isd
Abbotabad
Arja
Rwkt
Bagh
Mansehra
Batgram
Balakot
GHB
Pattan
Kaghan
Mingora
Gilgit
Kalam
AREA AFFECTED-30,000 SQ KM
7.6
FAULT LINE 100
KM LONG
TOTAL POPULATION : 3.5 M

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EARTHQUAKE
2005

22. Districts Prone to
Earthquake
• Northern areas and Chitral district in KP
Province
• Muzaffarbad, Neelum, Bagh and Rawlakot in
Azad Kashmir region
• Whole of Gilgit-Baltistan province
• Quetta, Chaman, Sibi, Zhob, Khuzdar,
Dalbandin, the Makran coastincluding
Gawadar and Pasni in Balochistan Province
• Murree in Punjab Province
• Whole of Federally Administered Tribal Areas
(FATA)
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23. Droughts
The incident of drought in Pakistan is
becoming increasingly due to
 low rainfall
 extreme variations in
temperature
The most susceptible regions experience a
drought 2 or 3 years every decade.
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24. Droughts
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25. Districts Prone to Drought
 Umerkot, Tharparker, Mirpur Khas in
Sindh Province
 Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawaplpur
districts in Punjab Province
 D.I.Khan, and some part of Bannu
district in KP
 Kohlu, Dalbandin, Turbat, Kharan,
Panjgur in Western Baluchistan.
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26. Landslides
Landslide caused due to
 Earthquakes
 Flooding
 heavy continuous
rainfall
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27. For all types of slope failure, soil
moisture plays a vital role because
water reduces the soil strength and
increases the stress.
Cutting of trees (deforestation) is a
major cause of landslides.
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NEELUM
RIVER
LAND SLIDES

29. Districts Prone to
Landslides
Bagh, Bhimber, Neelum and
Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu &
Kashmir region
Astore, Diamer, Gilgit & Ghanche in
Gilgit-Baltistan Province
Kaghan, Naran & Chitral in KP
Province
Murree in Punjab Province. 29

30. Tsunami
 A very large ocean wave caused by an
underwater earthquake or volcanic
eruption.
 The tsunami generated sea waves
ranging between 12 and 15 meters in
height, which
contributed to the death toll.
 Pakistan also has a history of tsunami
disaster.
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TSUNAMIS

32. KarachiPasni 8.3
Wave Height 40 ft
Casualties 4000
21 Nov
21: 56
PASNI
TSUNAMI - 1945
(MAKRAN COAST)

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Tsunami

34. Districts Prone to Tsunami
Gwadar, Lasbela, Pasni, Jiwani
in Baluchistan Province
Thatta, Badin and Karachi in
Sindh Province
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Our Role

36. Community Awareness
program
 Lack of an informed and educated public
about the dangers of disaster.
(I think the public is trainable)
 Training for community volunteers
 USAR teams
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37. Difficult situations for
Rescue 1122
 Terrorism
 Traffic
 High-rise buildings
 Urban fires
 Old city & urban areas
 Metro mass transit bus service
 Orange line train service
 Others
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38. Terrorism
Pakistan for last few years
has been turned into land
of casualties,
where all time people
are at risk of hazard of
Terrorism.
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39. Terrorism
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40. Psychological causes,
unemployment, lack of education,
Poverty and use of religion are the
main causes of terrorism.
Most common types of terrorism are
bombing, suicide attack, arm attack
and assassination.
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41. Traffic Challenges
Increasing Traffic intensity
Road Congestion parking
Accidents
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42. Traffic Challenges
 Congestion
 Increase of traffic in urban areas is causing
congestion - this costs to fatal accidents.
 Parking – Major problem – Portion of road is
occupied by Parking
 Climate change
 Urban mobility accounts for 40% of all CO2
emissions of road transport.
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43. Traffic Challenges
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44. Traffic Challenges
Transport accidents are very
common in Pakistan
Hundreds of people have been
killed in train and road accidents
Recent incidences of Air Blue crash
during 2010 and Bhoja air crash
2012 in Islamabad cause heavy
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45. Fire & Rescue operations in
high-rise buildings
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46. Fire & Rescue operations in high-
rise buildings
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47. High-rise buildings
Name Height Floors Year
Arfa Software Technology Park
106 metres
(348 Ft)[1]
17 2008
Pace Tower
(Tower 27)
[2][3][4]
96 metres 24 2013
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48. High-rise buildings
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49. High-rise buildings
High-rise: building 38 feet or greater
in height
Buildings less than 38-feet height
high may present similar difficulties
If fire on top floors of four- or five-
story building, treat as high-rise
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50. Role of Rescue 1122
 Proper training and experience will
play an important role in the
successful management of these
incidents.
Evacuation plan and drills
Mock exercises
Rope Rescue exercise.
Advance fire & Rescue vehicles.
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51. Fire Snorkel for high-rise
buildings
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52. Safety in High-rise Buildings
 Requirements:
 Must have a Fire safety manager
responsible for maintaining fire
emergency plans, coordinating
activities of floor fire wardens and liaison
with Rescue 1122.
 Ensure fire warden’s receive regular
training.
 Make Fire warden’s responsible for safe
evacuation of occupants on the floor and
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53. Helipad
For high rise buildings
provision for helipad
should be made.
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54. FIRE OFFICER
FOR BUILDINGS WITH HEIGHT
MORE THAN 30 m
A qualified Fire Officer with
experience of not less than 3 years
shall be appointed who will be
available on the premises.
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55. Urban Fires
 Recently Pakistan has experienced major urban fire
incidents in its major cities causing deaths and heavy
financial damages to property .
 The chances of fire increases with urbanization,
unplanned CNG gas filling stations in urban areas and
unauthorized LPG gas stores
 The sale of petroleum products in the residential areas
is also widespread in the cities
 These practices combined with mass culture of
smoking cigarettes could pose a major fire risk
 The fire services in urban centres are poorly equipped
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56. . There
are many
areas which
are
inaccessible
for rescue
vehicles.
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57.  There
are no fire
hydrants
available
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58. Old city & urban areas
 In the same way our walled city
(Lahore) has become very dangerous
and challenging because of
unorganized construction.
 The streets are not wide enough for
any rescue operation.
 Old buildings collapsed every year in
rainy season.
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Urbanization, More cars & other vehicles, pollution,
congestion, old buildings.
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60. Metro mass transit bus
service
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62. Orange line train service
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63. In case of any
incident ?
 How we will
approach?
 If we have proper
knowledge about
orange train and
metro bus ?
 Have Training for
dealing such
incident?
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64. Roll of Rescue 1122
 Preparedness plans for saving lives.
 Equipped latest fire & rescue equipment.
 Advance training programs and mock
exercises.
 Capacity building through expertise,
equipment & training for search, rescue
and debris removal tasks.
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65. Roll of Rescue 1122
 Modern Fire Service to respond to fire
incidents.
 Disaster Response Force to deal
disasters like earthquake; floods &
building collapse.
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66. Any Questions
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67. Objectives
At the end of the session, participants will
be able to:
1.Describe most difficult rescue
operations.
2.Name and types of most common
disaster challenge for Pakistan.
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68. Objectives
3.Describe prone areas effected from
disasters.
4.Describe difficult situations for Rescue
1122 in big cites.
5.Describe the Roll of Rescue 1122 in
these situations.
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69. THANKS
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