Transcript damage/loss
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 3: Helping Community First Responders Prepare for Expected And Unexpected Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 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: FAULT RUPTURE DAMAGE/LOSS EARTHQUAKE VIBRATION DAMAGE/LOSS TSUNAMI DAMAGE/ LOSS REGIONAL DEFORMATION DAMAGE/ LOSS FOUNDATION FAILURE DAMAGE/ LOSS AMPLIFICATION DAMAGE/ LOSS LIQUEFACTION DAMAGE/ LOSS LANDSLIDE DAMAGE/ LOSS AFTERSHOCKS DAMAGE/ LOSS SEICHE DAMAGE/ LOSS CAUSES OF RISK HIGH VELOCITY OF INCOMING WAVES DISTANCE OF WAVE RUNUP AND RUNOFF VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE RUNUP TSUNAMIS CASE HISTORIES INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF BUILDINGS FLOODING INADEQUATE WARNING SYSTEMS PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF TSUNAMI SITUATION: $309 BILLION LOSS FROM TSUNAMI WAVES • SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS (DAMAGE, LOSS OF FUNCTION, COLLAPSE, LOSS OF LIFE, LOSS OF HABITAT, LOSS OF JOBS, LOSS OF CONFIDENCE, LOSS OF ECONOMIC LOSSES, …) SITUATION: THE ENTIRE URBAN AREA DAMAGED The Kocaeli (Turkey) Earthquake of 17 August 1999 SITUATION: 56 MILLION DAMAGED BUILDINGS SITUATION: FAILURE OF URM BUILDING SITUATION: COLLAPSE OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT UNIT SITUATION: DAMAGE TO HOUSING UNITS SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION OF SCHOOL SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION OF HOSPITAL SITUATION: INTERIOR LOSS OF FUNCTION SITUATION: SURFACE FAULT RUPTURE SITUATION: GROUND FAILURE: LANDSLIDE SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION HANSHIN EXPRESSWAY SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION: ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION OF AIRPORT SITUATION: DISRUPTION OF TRANSPORTATION ROUTES SITUATION: DAM FAILURE SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION TO UTILITY CORRIDOR SITUATION: RADIOACTIVITY LEAK SITUATION: DEATH TOLL REACHED 220,OOO+ SITUATIONl: 88,000 DEAD SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION IN PORT AREA SITUATION: RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SITUATION: OIL REFINERY FIRE SITUATION: LOSS OF POWER AND LOSS OF FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITY SITUATION: LOSS OF FIRE FIGHTING CAPABILITY SITUATION: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SITUATION: NEED FOR TEMPORARY SHELTER SITUATION: LOSS OF BUSINESS SITUATION: LOSS OF 40 PERCENT OF GDP SITUATION: NEED FOR FOOD AND WATER SITUATION: LOSS OF REFINERY SERVICES RISK ASSESSMENT •HAZARD MAPS •INVENTORY •VULNERABILITY •LOCATION ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK TOWARDS EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE DATA BASES AND INFORMATION YOUR COMMUNITY POLICY OPTIONS HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS • PPREPAREDNESS • PROTECTION •EARLY WARNING •EMERGENCY RESPONSE •RECOVERY and RECONSTRUCTION RESILIENCY POLICIES • PREPAREDNESS (BE READY FOR ANYTHING) • PROTECTION (BUILD TO WITHSTAND) • SCENARIOS (KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT) RESILIENCY POLICIES • EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAVE LIVES & PROTECT PROPERTY) • RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION (RESTORE & NORMALIZE SERVICES)