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THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010 AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI

THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010 AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI. Presentation Outline. Context Setting and The Event The Impact The Response – National The Response – Regional through CDEMA Lessons Emerging Way Forward Recommendations. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010 AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI.

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THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010 AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI

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  1. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010 AND CARICOM RESPONSETO HAITI

  2. Presentation Outline • Context Setting and The Event • The Impact • The Response – National • The Response – Regional through CDEMA • Lessons Emerging • Way Forward • Recommendations

  3. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI CONTEXT SETTING AND THE EVENT

  4. Life-styles Orgamization of American States, Washington DC

  5. ENDEMIC VULNERABILITY • Poorest country in the Western Hemisphere • Less than two US$ dollars per day earned • Majority below poverty line • More than 800,000 affected in 2008 hurricanes • 151,000 displaced persons

  6. EVENT • On Tuesday January 12, 2009, a 7.3 earthquake shook Haiti at 4:53 p.m. (AST) • The epicenter was located at 18.451°N, 72.445°W • The earthquake struck 15 km (10 miles) South West of Port-au-Prince at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). • 52 aftershocks have been felt ranging from 4.0 – 5.9.

  7. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI THE IMPACT

  8. JANUARY 12 QUAKE - Catastrophic • Deaths 302,977 • Missing 23,384 • Injured 310,928 (source: health services) • 1,514,885 disaster-stricken • 661,521 internally displaced people (IDP) • 105,369 houses destroyed, • 208,164 houses damaged • More than 1.3 million people living in about 400 camps • 2 million in need of food and shelter

  9. JANUARY 12 QUAKE - Catastrophic • Almost 3 million persons (1/3 population) affected • More than 50% of schools severely damaged • Key symbols of government destroyed • Air and Seaports Damaged • Internal and External Migration triggered • Communication and trafic problems • Mechanism for Governance and Coordination overwhelmed.

  10. IMPACT ON DPC AND SNGRD • 13 Ministries building collapsed, including the Ministry of the Interior and Territorial Collectivities • The second premises of DPC was also severely damaged • Alternative premises for the EOC were established at Rue Duncombe • The West Departmental Coordination premises also collapsed • All DPC staff affected (families or goods)

  11. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI THE RESPONSE – National

  12. NATIONAL RESPONSE ACTIONS • The National Committee of Civil Protection (SNGRD), headed by the Prime Minister, led the operations . New Governmental Commissions created to manage the crisis • Declaration of the State of Emergency by the President (one week after) • DPC accomplished its regular actions and remained at SNGRD disposal through the Minister of the Interior and Territorial Collectivities, according to the National Intervention Plan • UN, NGOs, multilateral and bilateral donors provided humanitarian assistance for the victims

  13. RESPONSE AREAS • Mobilisation and Coordination • Post-earthquake scientific assessment (WB) • Damage assessment and information management • Search and rescue • Dead bodies management • Displacement of people affected • Humanitarian aid (food, water and other goods for the people affected) • Shelter and shelter management • Protection and security • Support to the Governmental Commissions

  14. ISSUES • Mobilisation of the National Committee of Civil Protection (SNGRD) • Limited establishment of the EOC as a hub for coordination (location and personnel) • Non application of the procedures developed by the SNGRD • Lack of coordination between SNGRD and international partners • Resource mobilisation

  15. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI THE RESPONSE – Regional through CDEMA

  16. RESPONSE ENVIRONMENT • 100 countries in Haiti relief operations • Over 500 organizations in area • Ten thousands of troops and personnel • Crowded airport ramp • Crowded airspace

  17. RESULT • Congestion on ground and air • Plenty food and medical supplies but little distribution • Poor coordination • No idea of what comes in and who gets what

  18. CDEMA FIT • Haiti new CDEMA member - Sept 09 • Civil protection system weak • Orientation to Regional Response Mechanism in Barbados and Jamaica – Jun. and Dec. 2009 • Assist in National Disaster Management Plan Enhancement • Response coordination limited to CARICOM states support to Haiti

  19. REGIONAL RESPONSE ARCHITECTURE (1) • Response Mechanism Triggered and Immediate Action Undertaken • Coordinated by CDEMA Coordinating Unit • Four (4) Sub-regional focal points (SRFP) • Jamaica (SRFP) for Haiti • Countries coordinate pledges and advise CDEMA Coordinating Unit • Arrangements made to move/lift pledges

  20. REGIONAL RESPONSE ARCHITECTURE (2) • Logistics centre established in Jamaica • CARICOM base on the ground • CARICOM Disaster Relief Unit (CDRU) deployed • Special Coordinator established • Technical experts provided for civil protection support • Partnerships in delivering assistance • Regional Coordination Centre Activated and stood up for six weeks.

  21. SUPPORT OUTCOMES • A team of 10 men from JFB, undertook 15 search and rescue operations – 6 lives saved • Over 20,000 families in 10 communities initially benefitting from food distribution up to March 2000 – over 453,000 tonnes • Estimated that another 50,000 is still benefitting from support. • Over 125 security escort/convoy protection support provided

  22. SUPPORT OUTCOMES • Assessment and repair of homes for vulnerable elderly , disabled and orphans • Technical Assistance for Strengthening Haiti Civil Protection • Haiti National Disaster Plan Translated to English • Guidelines for Relief Supplies Collection Points, Warehouses & Distribution Centres Developed • Guidelines for the Establishment and Running A Camp Site Developed • Camps established • Guidance for Improved Donor Coordination • Tents provided to house population of 3,000 persons.

  23. THE HEALTH INTERVENTION • A team of 20 health personnel (reaching as much as 26 in rotation periods) • Services provided primarily from three (3) fixed locations • The Centre Sante Bernard Mevs • Community Hospital Freres • Food for the Poor compound • Medical outreach (primary health care) in thirteen (13) locations - coupled with relief supply distribution

  24. THE HEALTH INTERVENTION - results • Personnel deployed from across the region totalling 140 • Led by sub-regional focal point, Jamaica Ministry of Health • Barbados, Bahamas, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, JDF military • Over 12,000 patients treated • Triaging, 220 surgical operations major and minor including amputations, backslabs to stabilise fractures, delivering babies including premature and full-term, immunization, ICU recovery and counselling.

  25. ISSUES • Limited Intelligence in Haiti • Membership not informed by usual capacity assessment • Initial Orientation July (CDEMA), December (Jamaica) • Planned membership launch and exercise derailed • Weak Earthquake Planning • Capacity needs improvement • Initial investment through ERCB project • Search and rescue team establishment (USAR LL)

  26. ISSUES • Resource Unpredictability • EAF US $50,000 • High dependence on external donor support • Limited air and sea assets to move resources • Significant pressure on CDEMA CU staff for coordination – programme delivery impact • Governance • Process for determining nature and scope of CARICOM intervention in Haiti • Arrangements for meeting costs of SRFP interventions

  27. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI LESSONS

  28. NATIONAL LEVEL • DPC will require strengthening to drive risk and disaster management – including at departmental level • Multi hazards maps to be elaborated • Building codes and procedures to be elaborated and published • Emergency communications must be strengthened • Training and establishment of more search and rescue teams • Need to build more hazard resistant shelters throughout the country • Communication to the population about multidisc and seismic risk in particular must be improved

  29. REGIONAL RESPONSE MECHANISM

  30. REGIONAL • Finalise the framework with Haiti and OCHA to be advanced on the role of CDEMA in global response environment in Haiti • CDRU Deployment • Capacity issues • Embedding and equipping

  31. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI Way Forward

  32. RISK REDUCTION PLANNING FOR HAITI – Immediate and In Progress • Institutional Capacity Assessment • Multi-hazard Contingency Plan development/review and enhancement • Development of community risk profile and toolkit for community-level training • Results-based management training for Haiti Civil Protection and Government Ministries • Strengthening of communications capability of Haiti civil protections • Strengthening of arrangements for relief supplies, communications and shelter for hurricane season

  33. GFDRR Disaster Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Modeling Jamaica and the Greater Caribbean Basin Project“Caribbean Risk Atlas Project” Executing Agency: The University of the West Indies Development Partner: World Bank Beneficiaries: Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada (phase 1) Project Value: US$ 510,000 Project Duration: October 2009-2011 (phase 1) Key activities: Risk Atlas and Assessment Platform for Earthquake, Hurricane, flood; Training Project Execution Unit: Disaster Risk Reduction Centre (DRRC), Institute for Sustainable Development email: isd@uwimona.edu.jm telephone: 876 977 5530 or 876 927 1660 xt 2613 HTML: http://www.uwi.edu/drrc

  34. The Caribbean Regional Building Standards Project Executing Agency: CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) Development Partner: Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Beneficiaries: 18 CDB Regional Members Project Value: US$ 1,914,660 Project Duration: May 2006- 2011 Key activities: Caribbean Application Document Development (incl. flood and seismic mapping), building awareness, Training seminars, training- enforcement Project Coordinator: A. Michael Wood email: rbs_peu@crosq.org telephone: (246) 622-7677 HTML: http://www.crosq.org/

  35. The Future of the Regional Standard • It is expected that within 2 years the CADs will be completed, along with all planned training, consensus building and awareness raising. • The Standard would be: • Mandatory • National standards will feed into the CADs and once completed and approved the MS can either adopt of adapt the Regional Standard • A driver for the sustainable production of services within the CSME • Accompanied by Incentives (private-public partnership) • Enforced through Planning Authorities and the establishment of Building Code Authorities • Applied in Haiti as part of rehabilitation measures

  36. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010AND CARICOM RESPONSE TO HAITI Recommendations

  37. RECOMMENDATIONS • Strengthen CDEMA CU and RRM for multi-hazard response and multi-island impact • Increase allocation of EAF to US $200,000 • Promoting the architecture for the application of the Security Assistance Treaty for hazard generated crisis. • Lobby for the initiation of a UN dialogue on Humanitarian Reform.

  38. RECOMMENDATIONS • Ensure familiarisation with the RRM and examine clearly how the national preparedness arrangements interface with the RRM and the international systems. • Advance efforts for continuity of Government • Safety of leadership • Mechanisms for decision making • Integrity of facilities that house assets and data for key decision making • Revisit the initiative for safer building, especially for critical facilities and a special consideration for safe cities programme

  39. REAL STORY • THE EARTHQUAKE UNMASKED THE REAL STORY: DISASTER MANAGEMENT IS A DEVELOPMENT ISSUE – A Call for Real Partnership

  40. Questions? Contact Information: Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Building #1, Manor Lodge Lodge Hill, St. Michael, Barbados Tel.: (246) 425-0386 Fax: (246) 425-8854 Website: www.cdera.org

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