Transcript EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA)
- Preparedness Increase effectiveness of Disaster Response
NATF/ACAPS Training Revinge 2010
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA)
Objectives
1. Emergency Preparedness: big picture 2. Emergency Preparedness: Some Elements 3. Possible links between Needs Assessment and Emergency Preparedness
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) PREPAREDNESS Disaster Management Cycle: RESPONSE PREVENTION MITIGATION RECOVERY
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Structural Mitigation Land Use Management
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• It’s a broad concept that describes a set of
measures that minimizes the adverse effects of a hazard
including
loss of life
and
property
and
disruption of livelihoods .
• Disaster preparedness is achieved partially through
readiness measures
that expedite
emergency response recovery
,
rehabilitation
and and result in rapid,
timely and targeted assistance
. • It is also achieved through
coping mechanisms
which build the capacities of communities and minimize the effects of a disaster on their lives.
Hazard, risk and vulnerability assessments,
Response mechanisms and
strategies, Early warning systems,
Resource mobilization,
Coordination
(Contingency Planning)
Public education,
Training and rehearsals or simulations,
the creation and maintenance of stand-by capacities
Stockpiling of humanitarian supplies
Information management and Communication
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2. 3. 5. Executive Summary UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) Contingency Plan: Outline Hazard and Risk Analysis
- Brief Summary of the hazards and risks analyzed during the contingency planning process.
- impact - medium, major, and catastrophic - likelihood of the hazards - moderate, likely and almost certain
Scenarios and Planning Assumptions
- Brief summary of agreed scenarios and planning assumptions that define the parameters of the contingency plan.
Identify triggers Objectives and Strategies
- Concise statements of objectives, strategies and guiding principles.
Overall Management and Coordination
- Creation of senior level steering group (HCT/DMT), technical level working group (ETT) - Sectors/Clusters established and designated lead agencies/organizations; - Diagram of coordination mechanisms; - Arrangement for appeals and funding -
resources mobilization strategies (CERF, FA, etc.) -
Information management arrangements; - Cross-cutting issues.
6. 7. 8. UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) Contingency Plan: Outline Summary of Sector/Cluster Response Plans
- Outline of participation in sectors; - Objectives and response actions; -
Define Needs assessment strategies
- Gap analysis; - Standards guiding response.
Preparedness Actions
- Agreed priority preparedness actions; - Preparedness actions by sector.
- Early warning indicators - Update of the plan - Simulations
Annexes
- Summaries of sector plans - Detailed schedule for implementation of preparedness actions - Schedule for review and updating of contingency plan - Terms of Reference for sector/cluster groups - List of contacts - Maps and any other relevant document - RACN
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DP Info System: Baseline Data
• What kind of baseline data should we be collecting during disaster preparedness phase?
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Demographic Distribution c.
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Livelihood /coping mechanisms of at-risk populations Infrastructure, Lifelines and Critical Facilities Logistics and Transportation Routes f.
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Human and Material Response Resources Communication Facilities Lessons learned about early warning, DP and response from recent disasters
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NATF/ACAPS and Disaster Preparedness
IASC SWG on Preparedness
for needs assessment
generic strategy contingency plan
In-country Needs Assessment Task Force
Emergency preparedness missions (including contingency planning process)
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DOCUMENTATION
1 IASC Contingency Planning Guidelines 2 HFA Summary 3 HFA Brochure 4 Guidance and Indicators package for implementing HFA priority 5 5 Words into actions 6 Acronyms
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