GOBIERNO DE CHILE NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE

GOBIERNO DE CHILE NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE REDUCE THE VULNERABILITY OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTIES RISK= Menace × Vulnerability × Value - (Prevention + Mitigation) Mario Pérez Rojas Regional Director for Civil Defense and Emergencies

Priority NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • Training the community in risk reduction matters. • Implementation of the National Plan for School Safety. • Training public servants in risk reduction as a factor to consider in planning process.

System Design NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE It’s a triangle made up of: Protect people their property environment… in various situations or risk scenarios • Authority • Science and Technology • Community They join in Local Civil Defense Committee

Escenarios NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE NATIONAL • Secretary of the Interior - Undersecretary of the Interior Onemi – National Civil Defense Committee. REGIONAL • Regional Governor – Regional Civil Defense Director • Regional Committee PROVINCIAL • Provincial Governor – Provincial Director • Provincial Civil Defense Committee COMMUNAL • Mayor - Communal Director • Communal Civil Defense Committee

Who looks after the community NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • It’s the local council task to carry out preventive actions, mitigation actions and care for the affected people after the event. • Superior levels coordinate. • Basic principles to handle conflict scenes: • Mutual Aid and Scaled Use of Resources

National Office for Emergencies NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • Centralized Body which produces technical guidelines for planning and disaster reduction since March 12 th, 2002 when it has been institutionalized. • Its work, as for planning, is reflected by various work methods that have been developed; they enable planning by identifying the specific reality of each scene, kind of threat, medium risk, etc.

Planning in our Region NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • The Region extends between 29º 02'S and 32º 16'S parallels, and from 69º 49’W meridian up to the Pacific Ocean and is formed by three valleys crossing the Region form East to West. • This Region is the narrowest part of Chile; in it, the average altitude of the Andes range is the highest and it’s the only Region in Chile without volcanoes. • The yearly average rainfall range from less than 30 mm in the North to 200 mm in the South.

Regional Organization NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE Three Povinces • Elqui • Limarí • Choapa 15 communes • La Serena, Coquimbo, La Higuera, Vicuña, Andacollo, Paihuano • Ovalle, Río Hurtado, Monte Patria, Combarbalá • Illapel, Canela, Salamanca, Los Vilos

Natural Events in last 22 years NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • • • Rain 1984 Rain 1988 Drought 1992 -1996 Rain 1997 Avalanches in el Chape area Almendral, Elqui Valley Avalanche in area Quebrada de Pajaritos. Punitaqui earthquake 60. 000 affected Rain 2000 Rain 2002 Rain and avalanche in Diaguitas 2004 Drought 2005 up to now

All-time Evolution of Precipitations in this Region

General Procedure NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • Every unit must have en emergency plan. • This plan specifies the actions of each Committee of Emergency (COE) member according to the event. • In it, liaison plans are defined. • COE Operation site, etc. • The COE is the team which coordinates State actions to overcome the emergency realized by various services.

Information flow NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • Every local council must issue an Alfa Report where the situation experienced in the commune as a consequence of the event is shown. This report is issued twice daily as long as the emergency situation persists. It’s primarily issued via Internet, fax, phone and radio vhf or hf. • The report is made by local council and sent to the upper level (Provincial Government) which, eventually, consolidates and issues a report for the whole province to higher level. • After receiving reports from all three provinces, they are consolidated and sent to central administration.

Planification for earthquake NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • “Accesismico” Methodology • City council updates contingency plans for these events. • Methodology of micro-zoning for risk areas. The community sets up its own plans; summing these plans will produce the communal plan. (precarious development level) • Liaison plans • Role definition • Affected people survey • Lodging definition • Damage assessment • Plans for rebuilding

“Accesismico” Methodology NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • Earthquake Risk Analysis • Physical Aspects • Land Occupation Aspects • Social Organization Aspects • Integral Planning • Rebuilding

Regional Plan for Earthquakes NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • 20 minutes after an event, the Civil Defense Office must meet in Regional Government building for a preliminary assessment and to activate the COE if it’s necessary. • Contact every commune to gather information about people affected, damage, etc. • Preliminary report of effects and intensities.

Contingency Plan NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • Observatories are located in Vicuña commune. • In case of any emergency situation report to Vicuña commune local system. • Which will implement its according to the situation. plans and act

Regional Resources for Earthquake Measurrment NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE • Universidad de Chile Seismic Network • Permanent and temporary operating stations. • Automatic system for reporting earthquake information via e-mail.

NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CIVIL DEFENSE REDUCE THE VULNERABILITY OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTIES Mario Pérez Rojas Regional Director for Civil Defense and Emergencies