Transcript National System of Civil Protection to Reduce the Vulnerability of People and their Assets to Seismic Events

GOBIERNO DE CHILE
NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE
REDUCE THE VULNERABILITY OF
PEOPLE AND PROPERTIES
RISK= Menace × Vulnerability × Value
- (Prevention + Mitigation)
Mario Pérez Rojas
Regional Director for Civil Defense and Emergencies
Priority
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• Training the community in risk reduction matters.
• Implementation of the National Plan for School Safety.
• Training public servants in risk reduction as a factor to
consider in planning process.
System Design
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It’s a triangle made
up of:
Protect
people
their property
environment…
in various situations
or risk scenarios
• Authority
• Science and
Technology
• Community
They join in Local
Civil Defense
Committee
Escenarios
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NATIONAL
• Secretary of the Interior - Undersecretary of the Interior Onemi – National Civil Defense Committee.
REGIONAL
• Regional Governor – Regional Civil Defense Director
• Regional Committee
PROVINCIAL
• Provincial Governor – Provincial Director
• Provincial Civil Defense Committee
COMMUNAL
• Mayor - Communal Director
• Communal Civil Defense Committee
Who looks after the community
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• It’s the local council task to carry out
preventive actions, mitigation actions and care
for the affected people after the event.
• Superior levels coordinate.
• Basic principles to handle conflict scenes:
• Mutual Aid and Scaled Use of Resources
National Office for Emergencies
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• Centralized Body which produces technical guidelines for
planning and disaster reduction since March 12th, 2002
when it has been institutionalized.
• Its work, as for planning, is reflected by various work
methods that have been developed; they enable
planning by identifying the specific reality of each scene,
kind of threat, medium risk, etc.
Planning in our Region
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• The Region extends between
29º02'S
and
32º16'S
parallels, and from 69º49’W
meridian up to the Pacific
Ocean and is formed by three
valleys crossing the Region
form East to West.
• This Region is the narrowest
part of Chile; in it, the
average altitude of the Andes
range is the highest and it’s
the only Region in Chile
without volcanoes.
• The yearly average rainfall
range from less than 30mm in
the North to 200mm in the
South.
Regional Organization
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Three Povinces
• Elqui
• Limarí
• Choapa
15 communes
• La Serena, Coquimbo, La
Higuera, Vicuña, Andacollo,
Paihuano
• Ovalle, Río Hurtado, Monte
Patria, Combarbalá
• Illapel, Canela, Salamanca,
Los Vilos
Natural Events in last 22 years
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Rain 1984
Rain 1988
Drought 1992-1996
Rain 1997
Avalanches in el Chape area Almendral, Elqui Valley
Avalanche in area Quebrada de Pajaritos.
Punitaqui earthquake 60.000 affected
Rain 2000
Rain 2002
Rain and avalanche in Diaguitas 2004
Drought 2005 up to now
All-time Evolution of
Precipitations in this Region
General Procedure
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• Every unit must have en emergency plan.
• This plan specifies the actions of each
Committee of Emergency (COE) member
according to the event.
• In it, liaison plans are defined.
• COE Operation site, etc.
• The COE is the team which coordinates State
actions to overcome the emergency realized by
various services.
Information flow
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• Every local council must issue an Alfa Report where the
situation experienced in the commune as a consequence
of the event is shown. This report is issued twice daily as
long as the emergency situation persists. It’s primarily
issued via Internet, fax, phone and radio vhf or hf.
• The report is made by local council and sent to the upper
level
(Provincial
Government)
which,
eventually,
consolidates and issues a report for the whole province to
higher level.
• After receiving reports from all three provinces, they are
consolidated and sent to central administration.
Planification for earthquake
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• “Accesismico” Methodology
• City council updates contingency plans for these events.
• Methodology of micro-zoning for risk areas. The
community sets up its own plans; summing these plans
will
produce
the
communal
plan.
(precarious
development level)
• Liaison plans
• Role definition
• Affected people survey
• Lodging definition
• Damage assessment
• Plans for rebuilding
“Accesismico” Methodology
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• Earthquake Risk Analysis
• Physical Aspects
• Land Occupation Aspects
• Social Organization Aspects
• Integral Planning
• Rebuilding
Regional Plan for Earthquakes
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• 20 minutes after an event, the Civil Defense Office
must meet in Regional Government building for a
preliminary assessment and to activate the COE if it’s
necessary.
• Contact every commune to gather information about
people affected, damage, etc.
• Preliminary report of effects and intensities.
Contingency Plan
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• Observatories are located in Vicuña commune.
• In case of any emergency situation report to
Vicuña commune local system.
• Which will implement its
according to the situation.
plans
and
act
Regional Resources for Earthquake Measurrment
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• Universidad de Chile Seismic Network
• Permanent and temporary operating stations.
• Automatic system for reporting earthquake
information via e-mail.
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REDUCE THE VULNERABILITY OF
PEOPLE AND PROPERTIES
Mario Pérez Rojas
Regional Director for Civil Defense and Emergencies