NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE RAPID RESPONSE RAPID RESPONSE TO

NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE

RAPID RESPONSE • RAPID RESPONSE TO A DISASTER WILL LOOK TO ENSURE PEOPLE ARE RESCUED QUICKLY AND MEDICAL AID IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. • THEY WILL RESTORE WATER, FOOD AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES OR LOOK AT NEW WAYS OF PROVIDING THEM. • TEMPORARY SHELTERS OR EVACUATION CENTRES MAY ALSO BE SET UP IF PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES OR IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR HOMES ARE TOO DANGEROUS TO RETURN TO.

HURRICANE KATRINA - NEW ORLEANS 2005

FIJI CYCLONE 2016 Nepal Earthquake 2015

NEPAL EARTHQUAKE - 2015 Sixty-nine members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team await takeoff on a U. S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del. , April 26, 2015. The specially trained team and approximately 70, 000 pounds of their supplies are deploying to Nepal to assist with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7. 8 -magnitude earthquake.

RAPID RESPONSE IN AUSTRALIA • RAPID RESPONSE IS IMPORTANT AS IT CAN OFTEN SAVE LIVES AND PROTECT BUILDINGS AND WILDLIFE FROM FURTHER DAMAGE. NORMALLY THIS RESPONSE IS COORDINATED BY ORGANISATIONS AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. • WHO ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS? • STAT EMERGENCY SERVICE (SES) • LOCAL POLICE • FIRE AND RESCUE • AMBULANCE SERVICES • ARMY (IN SEVERE SITUATIONS)

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY • MANY COUNTRIES, LIKE AUSTRALIA, HAVE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY THAT WILL HELP TO COORDINATE OTHER GROUPS DURING AND AFTER THE EMERGENCY. • HTTPS: //WWW. AG. GOV. AU/EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT/PAGES/DEFAULT. ASPX

ASSISTANCE TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES • SOME COUNTRIES MAY NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY AND WILL OFTEN RECEIVE AID FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES TO ENSURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE. • ACTIVITY: • RESEARCH WAYS IN WHICH AUSTRALIA HAS ASSISTED NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES IN THE EVENT OF RECENT NATURAL DISASTERS. THINK ABOUT THE MOST RECENT DISASTERS: • NEPAL • FIJI TSUNAMI • NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE • 2011 FLOODS • ADD PICTURES OR YOUR FINDINGS TO THE CLASS PADLET BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW. • HTTPS: //PADLET. COM/REBECCA_CANAS/8 YGO 6 Y 8 CNCDQ

LONG TERM RESPONSE • ACTIVITIES IN LONG-TERM RESPONSE CAN INCLUDE: • RECOVERY, • REHABILITATION, • RECONSTRUCTION, • BUILDING ON PREPARATION ACTIVITIES TO BE BETTER EQUIPPED FOR NEXT TIME. • DEVELOP DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES.

ACTIVITY • EXPLORE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO FIND OUT WHAT TYPES OF ASSISTANCE CAN BE PROVIDED FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE EVENT OF A NATURAL DISASTER. • HTTP: //WWW. EMBRACINGTHEWORLD. ORG/EMERGENCIES/ • CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WHILE YOU BROWSE AND BE READY TO REPORT BACK TO THE CLASS: • WHAT ARE THE NATURAL DISASTERS LISTED ON THE PAGE? • WHAT AREAS OF ASSISTANCE ARE COVERED BY THE ORGANISATION (EG. FOOD, SHELTER ETC. ) • WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE AIDES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED? • WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LONGER TERM AIDES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED?