disaster relief: be prepared!
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2015 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
DISASTER RELIEF: BE PREPARED!
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DNA-RAG
Rotarians and Disasters
Four Phases or Parts:
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
Long term recovery
TYPES OF DISASTERS
• Disasters come in many types – Floods
– Landslides
– Fires
– Hurricanes / typhoons and tornados
– Volcanoes
– Earthquakes
– Tsunamis
– Out of this world and weird stuff
– War and other acts of man
Flooding vs Transportation
Crocodile Bridge
Moore, OK Tornado Damage
Joplin, MO May 22, 2011
The Monster that waits to kill ! • Huge magma chamber sits beneath
Yellowstone is she ready to blow ?
Fire or Volcanic Ash Plume
Haiti earthquake damage
Haiti Earthquake Devastation
Sink hole, Guatemala
Arizona Meteor Crater
Solar Plasma Ejection
Refugees Camp
PREPAREDNESS INCREASES SURVIVAL
• Learn and adopt basic rules
• Think about the most likely disasters
• Consider how you will communicate
• Prepare by having basics on hand
• Develop needed skill sets
• Make a plan and share it with your family
• Exercise the plan on a regular basis, if kids are involved make it a game
TWO RULES TO REMEMBER
THE RULE OF C’s
THE RULE OF P’s
THE RULE OF C’s • TO ACHIEVE A POSITIVE RESULT WHERE MANY
PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED REQUIRES: • CONSTANT • CLEAR • CONSISTANT • CONSENSUAL • COLLABORATIVE • COOPERATIVE • COMMUNICATION
THE RULE OF P’s
POOR PLANNING
PRODUCES PROBLEMATICAL
OR POOR
RESULTS
THE ALL IMPORTANT COMMUNICATIONS
• OK we’ve had a disaster • How are we going to communicate?
– Cell phone – Landline – Satellite phone – Internet – Amateur Radio ( JOIN ROAR) – CB’s – Runners between locations – Smoke signals?
THE FIRST BIG QUESTION
• WHAT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY NEED AT THE START OF AN EMERGENCY?
FIRST REAL NEED
GOOD
SOLID
INFORMATION
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION
First: Family status – communicate using out of area contact if necessary Second: Club member status – use the phone tree and partner contacts
reporting back to club EOC Third: Needs – report and post needs of members and those with special
needs (elderly and infirm) Fourth: Coordinate assistance to above Fifth: Provide assistance to others in need Sixth: Offer assistance to community EOC
REMEMBER
CHANCE AND SURVIVAL
FAVORS THE PREPARED MIND
PART OF PREPAREDNESS IS PLAYING WHAT IF?
WHAT DO WE DO IF?
WE HAVE A GAS LEAK?
SOMEONE IS MISSING?
THERE IS A FIRE?
WE HAVE TO EVACUATE?
WHAT ABOUT OUR PETS?
DO WE HAVE EVERYTHING?
WHAT HAVE WE FORGOTTEN?
THE SECOND BIG QUESTION
THE NEXT HIGHEST PRIORITY NEED AT THE START OF AN EMERGENCY
IS
STRUCTURE
Who is doing what and how!
THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN
• Who’s on first?
• What’s on second?
• Where the heck is third?
Basics are the same for individuals, families, clubs, and districts – need a plan!
REMEMBER
• “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy!”
• Von Clausewitz
• The best laid plans of mice and men…..
• “If anything can go wrong it will” • Murphy
• “Murphy was an optimist” Engineers all over the world
THE INDIVIDUAL ROTARIAN
• ARE YOU REDI?
– The fallacy of “Three days – three ways”
– Doctor heal thy self
– First do no harm
– Personal responsibility
– Family responsibility
– Your Rotary Family responsibility
ARE YOU READI?
• Do you and your family have a disaster plan?
• Does every member know rally/meeting point?
• Do you have a GO KIT? Why the H not?
• What goes in a GO Kit?
• Does every one know the utility shut offs?
• Do you have a fire extinguisher or two?
• Do you have water, food, and meds for 14 days?
• Do you have an out of area contact and does every member of the family know the number?
HAVE A PLAN
• EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED
• KEEP THINKING OF WHAT COULD GO WRONG
• KEEP ASKING WHAT IF? AND THEN DEVELOP A WAY TO SURVIVE
• ROLE PLAY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS
• DO REGULAR DRILLS OF THE PLAN
THE CLUB DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE
• COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
• WHO?
• WHAT?
• WHERE?
• WHEN?
• WHY?
• WHAT IS ITS FUNCTION?
THE CLUBS COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
• WHO SHOULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE?
• THE CLUB DISASTER COORDINATOR
• LINKAGE TO OTHER COMMITTEES
• PREPAREDNESS – Contact tree – what is it & why is it important
– A disaster closet or warehouse?
– Capability and materials data base
BREAK INTO GROUPS
• Build a Club or Personal Plan
THE DISTRICT DISASTER COMMITTEE
• WHO SHOULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE?
• DISTRICT DISASTER COORDINATOR
• DISTRICT DATA BASE – Club/District disaster relief assets
– Records in digital, searchable format • Common program with compatible structure
• A hard copy for when the power is gone
– Communications – within District
– Communications – up the line
BREAK INTO GROUPS
• Build a District or Zone Plan
THE DNA - RAG STRUCTURE
11 Member Board Broad geographic base Rotarians with past disaster experience 14 Member Advisory Board Providing linkage to Rotarian Fellowships and RAG’s with
needed skill sets TO DEVELOP: Regional or Zone support teams ASSIST: District and Club Committees HELP TRAIN: Individual Rotarian & Rotaract Members
THE ZONE
• THE ZONE DISASTER COORDINATOR
– WHO?
– NEEDED SKILL SET
– FUNCTION
• ZONE SUPPORT TEAM
• THEIR FUNCTIONS
THE REGION
• REGIONAL DISASTER COORDINATOR
– THE REGIONAL DISASTER SUPPORT TEAM
– REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY
– COORDINATION?, WITH?, HOW?
• TWO WAY FLOW
• MANAGING THE FLOW
• DOCUMENTING THE FLOW
• RECORDING LESSONS LEARNED
THE DISASTER SPECIFIC INTERNATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATOR
• SELECTED BY THE REGIONAL DISASTER COORDINATOR OF THE AREA AFFECTED
• IN COOPERATION WITH THE ZONE COORDINATOR AND THE DG’s OF THE AREA
• IS THE LEAD WITH COORDINATION AND ASSISTANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RAG HEADQUARTERS TEAM
INTERNATIONAL ROTARIAN NETWORK HEADQUARTERS
• WHAT SHOULD IT BE: – Flexible
– A clearing house
– Locating and passing on information re Rotarian assets to the IDC, the ZDC, and the tip of the spear – which will probably be the ZDC and DDC’s
– Reporting to RI & general RI membership via linked websites and social networks
INTERNATIONAL ROTARIAN NETWORK HEADQUARTERS
• WHAT THIS MUST NOT BE:
• Not in charge
– This is to be a support function only
– Here to Provide advice and assistance
– Works to reduce the load on the onsite team
INTERNATIONAL ROTARIAN NETWORK HEADQUARTERS
• TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Act as a clearing house for communications
– Help the effort by keeping the spurious traffic away from the working part of the network
– Filter/triage the general mass of communications to filter out definite “not needed” items
– Advise where and how to send financial support for the work in the field
We can and should help !
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