2015/SOM1/EPWG/028 Agenda Item: 8.1 Emergency Operations Typhoon Hagupit ( Ruby ) Purpose: Information Submitted by: Philippines 7 th Emergency Preparedness Working Group Meeting Subic, Philippines 28-29 January 2015
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS TY HAGUPIT ( RUBY ) Dir Romeo Fajardo Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Office of Civil Defense photo credits: Rappler, GMA Network SCOPE OF PRESENTATION I. The Philippine Disaster Risk Profile II. The Philippine DRRM System III. Response Tools IV. How We Did It V. Challenges and Opportunities 1
I. THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK PROFILE * PACIFIC RING OF FIRE Photo credit: wikipedia.org 2
PACIFIC TYPHOON BELT Photo credit: ucar.edu EXPORTER OF TYPHOONS Tracks of Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific Period from 1948 to 2010. Reference: Japan Meteorological Agency (n.d.) as cited by Godillano (2014) 3
CLIMATE CHANGE Photo credit: onicirculation.com 9 th in 2009 6 th in 2010 3 rd in 2011 3 rd in 2012 3 rd in 2013 WORLD RISK INDEX REPORT 2014 In 2014, the Philippines ranked as 2 nd country at risk 4
II. THE PHILIPPINE DRRM SYSTEM * Republic Act 10121 NDRRM Framework NDRRM Plan 5
4 DRRM THEMATIC AREAS NETWORK OF DRRMC National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council 17 Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils 81 Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils 144 City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils 1, 512 Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils 42,026 Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committees 6
III. RESPONSE TOOLS * RESPONSE TOOLS National Disaster Response Plan One-Stop Shop (IHAN) RDANA PDNA Early Warning System (EWS) Geographical Information System (GIS) 7
IV. HOW WE DID IT * HOW WE DID IT GOVERNMENT + PEOPLE Government provided the structure, resources and systems for DRRM People provided full cooperation and support 8
TRAINING AND INFORMATION EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS Prior to disasters, the government has been conducting regular training and information education campaigns for the communities. Photo credit: Center for Disaster Preparedness HAZARD MAPPING Several hazard prone areas in the Philippines have been identified using hazard mapping. 9
EARLY WARNING Forecasts and warnings about TY HAGUPIT were disseminated to various stakeholders using all possible means of communication.. PRE-DISASTER RISK ASSESSMENT ACTION PROGRAMS AND PROTOCOLS (PDRA-APP) Calculated Impact H x E x V C Where: H= hazard E= exposure V= vulnerability C= capacity PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 1 2 3 IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PROGRAMS & PROTOCOLS PER AGENCY HAZARD SPECIFIC, AREA FOCUSED & TIME BOUND 10
PDRA-APP goes across the 4 thematic areas Using PDRA-APP, the national government developed benchmarks to better describe the impacts of Typhoon HAGUPIT to the localities. 11
PRE-EMPTIVE EVACUATION In response to the forecasts, warnings and the PDRA-APP, the local government units conducted pre-emptive evacuation and other mitigation activities. TOTAL EVACUEES 146,875 families or 716,639 persons photo credit: GMA Network PRE-POSITIONING The national and local government units prepositioned supplies, equipment and other resources in anticipation of the disaster operations for TY HAGUPIT. 12
TWINNING OCD adopted the twinning concept to help the Regional Offices that will probably be hit by the Typhoon and prevent the disruption of operations, SOCIAL MEDIA The use of social media was maximized to support the Response Cluster for information exchange and quick coordination 13
V. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES * CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES NATIONAL Cooperation and buy-in of Filipino people DRRM - Way of life for everyone Individual and collective commitment Correct the notion of the society that the DRRM is only a government concern LGUs need to prioritize DRRM Development of Local DRRM experts Review of Emergency Procurement Measures 14
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES INTERNATIONAL Review the SOPs on operations Develop scenario and joint response planning Strengthen partnership with the media Standardize evaluation tools for the international assessment/ response teams Strengthen civilian-military coordination during HADR Operations THANK YOU! www.ndrrmc.gov.ph www.ocd.ndrrmc.gov.ph +63 (917) 891-6322 +63 (2) 912-2665 +63 (2) 912-5947 +63 (2) 912-5668 +63 (2) 911-5061 to 64 +63 (2) 911-1406 Ndrrmc Opcen OCD MPA 15