The objective of this presentation is to facilitate planning for the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be convened in Japan in March 2015. Preparedness is a state of readiness on individual, urban, sub-regional, and national scales that is sufficient to keep the expected and unexpected effects of an earthquake from causing a disaster. Protection is a legally mandated state of planning and verified robustness, strength, and ductility for important buildings and essential - critical infrastructure to prevent loss of function. Emergency Response is all of the scripted and unscripted heroic and historic responses during the “race against time” after a quake to save lives and protect property. Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction.

1. 2014
A NEW FOCUS ON EARTHQUAKE
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Part 2 of 2 Parts

2. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS
PRESENTATION IS TO
FACILITATE PLANNING FOR THE
3rd WORLD CONFEENCE
TO BE CONVENED IN JAPAN IN
2015

3. THE PERSPECTIVE IS THE
USA, BUT IT CAN BE
CHANGED TO THAT OF
ANOTHER NATION BY
SUBSTITUTING THE
APPROPRIATE PICTURES
AND INFORMATION

4. YOUR
COMMUNITY
DATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•MONITORING
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
BOOKS OF
KNOWLEDGE
•PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•EM RESPONSE
•RECOSTRUCTION AND
RECOVERY
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE

5. PREPAREDNESS
AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ARE ESSENTIAL PILLARS OF
EARTHQUIAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE

6. THE GOAL
DEMANDS ON
COMMUNITY
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE:
CAPABILITIES OF
COMMUNITY

7. REALITY
UNANTICIPATED
DEMANDS ON
COMMUNITY
LACK OF EARTHQUAKE
PREPAREDNESS
INSUFFICIENT
PREPAREDNESS OF
COMMUNITY

8. REALITY
URGENT DEMANDS
ON COMMUNITY
LACK OF EMERGENCY
RESPONSE CAPABILITY
INSUFFICIENT
CAPABILITY TO
RESPOND TO
DEMANDS ON
COMMUNITY

9. WHAT IS EARTHQUAKE
PREPAREDNESS?
Preparedness is
a state of readiness on individual,
urban, sub-regional, and national
scales that is sufficient to keep the
expected and unexpected effects of an
earthquake from causing a disaster

10. ANTICIPATION IS THE KEY
TO PREPAREDNESS
• STRONG GROUND SHAKING
• TSUNAMI WAVE RUNUP
• LIQUEFACTION
• LANDSLIDES
• AFTERSHOCKS
• VULNERABILITIES

11. WHAT IS PROTECTION?
Protection is
a legally mandated state of planning
and verified robustness, strength,
and ductility for important buildings
and essential - critical infrastructure
to prevent loss of function

12. WHAT IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE
(Emergency Response is
All of the scripted and unscripted
heroic and historic responses during
the “race against time” after a quake
to save lives and protect property

13. EXAMPLE: HAZ-MAT RELEASE AND
FIRE
• ALASKA (1964):
Timely responses
during a thirty day
“race against time” to
save lives and protect
property

14. EXAMPLE: DAMAGE TO NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT
• JAPAN (2011):
Timely responses
during a thirty day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

15. EXAMPLE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
• CHINA (2013):
• Timely responses
during a forty-eight
hour “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

16. EXAMPLE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL
• CHINA (2008):
Timely responses
during a forty-eight
hour “race against
time” to save lives
and protect
property

17. EXAMPLE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL
• CHINA (2008):
• Timely responses
during a forty-eight
hour “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

18. EXAMPLE: CONCENTRATION OF
RESOURCES
• PAKISTAN (2005):
Timely responses
during a thirty day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

19. EXAMPLE: MASS CARE
• CHILE EARTHQUAKE:
“The race against time”
to save lives and
protect property
starts immediately.

20. EXAMPLE: A TENT CITY
• HAITI (2010):
Timely mass care
during a thirty day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

21. EXAMPLE: DEBRIS FROM TSUNAMI
WAVE RUN UP
• SENDAI, JAPAN
AFTER THE MARCH
2011 TSUNAMI:
Timely responses
during a thirty day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

22. EXAMPLE: PACIFIC RIM FORECAST OF
TSUNAMI
• CHILE: TSUNAMI:
Timely responses
during the forty-eight
hour and a thirty day
“race against time”
to save lives and
protect property

23. EXAMPLE: TAKING CARE OF THE DEAD
• IRPINIA, ITALY
EARTHQUAKE (1980):
• Timely responses
during a forty-eight
hour “race against
time” to save lives
and protect property

24. CONCLUSION
EVERY TIME AN EARTHQUAKE
DISASTER OCCURS, WE HAVE NEW
KNOWLEDGE TO ADD TO OUR
“BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE”
FOR ANTICIPATING FUTURE
IMPACTS