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1 Society of American Military Engineers October 2010 Meeting

2 Society of American Military Engineers October 2010 Haiti Emergency Management Response Statust

3 William E Smiley, Jr Chief Emergency Management and Security Office US Army Cops of Engineers, Tulsa District Experience: Federal Government Lifer Lifer. 24 Years of Emergency Management Experience. 14yrs Specialist, 10 years Manager. 18 Major Events. Mass Casualty, Hazardous Materials (including Nuclear). Military Planner. Military Nuclear Surety Ground and Weapons Safety Inspector, First Sergeant, Wing Safety Superintendent, Military Maintenance Operations Manager. Started in EM with the DCG s in USAF. First EM Experience AC Crash, 17 People on board Dyes AFB KC 135. Strengths: th Military and Civilian ili EM Planning, Combat toperations Planning and Maintenance Operations Execution, Emergency Response Teams. Scope: Nation WideEnvironmental State of Ohio ANGEM Manufacturing Federal Scope: Nation Wide Environmental, State of Ohio ANG EM, Manufacturing, Federal Government. ESF8 VA, ESF3 USRetired Military USAF E8,1st Sgt. Military GWOT 05. National VA Working Groups for EM site assessments.

Corps at Work The Corps' firstformal formal

Mississippi Flood of 1882, when it supported

responding to the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood

By the 1980s the Corps' mission had expanded

4 Corps at Work The Corps' firstformal formal disaster relief mission was during the Mississippi Flood of 1882, when it supported Army Quartermaster Corps' efforts to rescue people and property. Army engineers played a critical role in responding to the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood of 1889 and the San Francisco earthquake of By the 1980s the Corps' mission had expanded from flood fighting to other hazards. Consequently, the Corps established an emergency management program.

5 Where the Haiti is Haiti?

6 Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.

7 10 Departments, by 41, by 133

8 Haiti Facts GDP per capita: $1,400 Labor Force: 3.6 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant Exports: $491 million (70% to US). Apparel, oil, cocoa, coffee and mangoes. External Debt: $1.463 billion Size: 10,714 Square Miles. (OK 69,898) Population: 10 Million.

9 Communications Country News Papers Radios TV Sets a Cable Homes Cell Phones Fax s Personal Computers a Internet Hosts b Internet Users b Haiti N/A 0 N/A N/A United 215 2, , ,100 States Jamaica N/A Dominican Republic N/A a Data are from International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report 1999 and are per 1,000 people. b Data are from the Internet Software Consortium ( ) and are per 10,000 people. SOURCE: World Bank. World Development Indicators 2000.

10 Pre Event Data. State t Department tdt Data PRE EARTHQUAKE BACKGROUND : Source US State Department. Haiti is highly vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, including seismic hazards, hurricanes and tropical storms, flooding, mudslides, and other hydro meteorological disasters. In addition, environmental degradation and poverty form a cycle of structural food insecurity, which is exacerbated by frequent rapid onset disasters, according to USAID supported Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). USAID/OFDA FUNDING FOR HAITI DISASTER RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS TOTAL USAID/OFDA HA Assistance to Haiti, FY 2006 to FY 2009.$15,667,736

11 A Local Perspective I still remember the day I arrived into Port au Prince for the first time. It was the middle of summer, a decade ago; the humid and dusty air was asphyxiating as I walked down the stairs from the airplane and into Toussaint Louverture International Airport. I was welcomed by a sea of faces and prompt arguing about who would make their day s wages by carrying my bags to the truck. Political graffiti and brightly painted public buses and pickup trucks with broken headlights and cracked windshields were scattered throughout the otherwise gray landscape. The stench of urine and wet trash piles in gullies and canals, rooted through by pigs and scrawny, patchy haired dogs, was overwhelming. And there were so many people, all seemingly busy, or on their way somewhere, often struggling to squeeze onto the back of overcrowded pick up beds. We were stuck in traffic jams, or were zip zagging through the congested streets; there was no order, constant honking, deafening noise, and a lot of roosters.

12 Haiti Response Efforts The Earthquake: On January 12 at 1653 hours local time, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southern Haiti. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake epicenter was located 10 miles southwest of the capital Port au Prince, West Department. An unknown number of people remain trapped under collapsed buildings, including a hospital in Petionville town, West Department. International media cited the Government of Haiti as reporting at least 100,000 deaths from the earthquake as of

13 USACE Stepped OFF! WASHINGTON In support of national response efforts led by the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and U.S. Southern Command, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has deployed an initial team of four engineers in response to the earthquake in Haiti. The team includes subject matter experts in civil, structural, electrical, and hydrological engineering. Two additional eight-person Forward Engineer Support Teams from USACE s South Atlantic Division and two platoons of the 249th Engineer Battalion, approximately 40 Soldiers, are on alert and ready to deploy.

14 USACE Stepped In! Urban Search and Rescue Cadre arrived in Haiti less than a week after the Jan. 12 earthquake. USACE structures specialists directed a 150 person recovery team during Operation Unified Response. Interagency US&R program includes structural specialists from USACE and FEMA, and provides support across multiple agencies. USACE Water Resource Study in 1999.

15 Water, Water Everywhere? Ground!

16 Surface Water

17 US AID OCONUS Aid to Others

18 US State Department

19 Jan Feb Data AIRPORTS AND AIRSPACE The airport has received more than 600 short tons of supplies. * USAF air traffic control and airfield management personnel continue to manage air operations at the airport with approval of the Government of Haiti. SAFETY * Approximately 5,800 military personnel on the ground or afloat. * More than 1,000 personnel from the 82nd Airborne Division arrived in Haiti. HEALTH * More than 250 HHS medical personnel have arrived in Haiti. * The USNS Comfort is currently underway and expected to arrive on 1/20 with 600 medical personal on board. EVACUATION AND RESCUES * As of 0900, US USAR teams have rescued 26 individuals. * There are currently six US USAR teams operating in Haiti along with 21 international USAR teams from around the world. US teams are based out of Fairfax VA, Los Angeles CA, Miami FL (two teams), New York NY and Virginia Beach VA. * Each USAR team includes approximately 70 team members.

20 Jan Feb Data FOOD AND WATER * US U.S. military aircraft have airlifted 130, humanitarian i daily dil rations and more than 70,000 bottles of water to Port au Prince. * Three water purification units are operational and can supply 180,000 liters per day. * USS Carl Vinson continues to provide potable water production. * U.S. military aircraft will continue to support the delivery of an additional 600,000daily rations over the next several days. * 12,000 water containers have arrived from Miami. * Yesterday, the U.N. World Food Program distributed high energy biscuits to a total of 50,000 people. p * The World Food Program Port au Prince metropolitan areas schools feeding program is now serving hot meals to 50,000 affected people.

21 Infrastructure

22 Medical in the Field

23 Assessments just like Katrina

24 Water

25 Power Haiti's biggest hydroelectric power dam, the Peligre Pli dam, is usually less than 55% operational: 30 Megawatts produced out of 54 Megawatts of installed capacity. From a financial perspective, EDH charged the highest rates in the Caribbean in a country where 60% to 80% of the population lives in poverty. EDH's has about $ 22 millions US dollars in debt and growing.

26 Sewer and Waste Handling

27 Housing

28 Status as of October 2010 Engineering the Way Ahead Assessed 278,854 buildings out of an estimated 350,000 to 400,000 total buildings that require habitability assessments. Structure assessments are occurring at a pace of approximately 2,000 per day. Assessment figures indicated that 51 percent of houses are green, or safe for habitation, with another 26 percent classified as yellow yellow, indicating that houses could be made safe with repairs, and the remaining 23 percent deemed red, or unsafe for habitation and requiring major repairs or demolition; 1 percent remained in process. 15 Billion Dollar Price Tag with USA and Canada leading the way. 20MillionCubic Meters ofrubble stillon the ground. 17% of the Government workforce perished. 60% of the hospitals were uninhabitable. Engineer Manual 101for building designs.

29 Rf References and Additional i Information news article/earthquake rubble stymies rebuilding in haiti/ haiti quake appeal long term reconstructionorg/updates/ haiti appeal long term reconstruction esitepk:4607,00.html earthquake fault lines tsunami / End Brief

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