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Additional information
on the Philippines flood
response is available
on the Logistics Cluster
website:
Coordination
Air Transport
Supply Chain
Customs & Immigration
Map Centre
In Pictures Response Team Manila:
Main Contact Number:
+972 2 5401340 2910
Baptiste Burgaud [email protected]
Cell: +63 (0) 917 594 8633
Bernard Kerblat [email protected]
Cell: +63 (0) 917 594 2451
Bernard Wright
Cell: +63 (0) 915 899 3091
Esther Russell [email protected]
Cell: +63 (0) 915 850 5062
Gerry Magbity [email protected]
Cell: +63 (0) 915 850 5084
Philippines Flood Response
Bulletin 1, 26-10-09
Context:
On October 26, 2009, Tropical Storm Ketsana swept the Philippines causing
catastrophic flooding in the Laguna de Bay area south of Manila. This was followed
closely by Typhoon Parma in northern Luzon. Current National Disaster Coordination
Council figures estimate that almost 10 million people have been affected, and
another typhoon is off the coast of northern Luzon. The full extent of its impact remains
to be seen, but while work is ongoing to ensure readiness, it is sure to further affect the
The Logistics Cluster Cell/Manila:
In response to the call for international assistance following Tropical Storm Ketsana on
September 26, a Logistics Cluster Cell (LCC) was activated upon request from the
Humanitarian Country Team. An initial logistics officer was embedded in the NDCC
Operations Center as of October 29, and further LCC staff were deployed over the next two weeks, in parallel with an UNHAS team deployed to manage air operations.
The LCC in the Philippines has been providing coordination and services in the areas of
cargo point-of-entry facilitation, access to ad-hoc transport and storage services, access
to UNHAS helicopter deliveries, Civil-Military Coordination, Logistics Information
Management and GIS. The LCC provides a link between the international humanitarian
community and the National Disaster Coordination Council (NDCC) to address logistics
issues and bottlenecks.
Civil Military Coordination:
The humanitarian operation in the Philippines has been taking place under the lead of the National Disaster Coordination Council (NDCC), which was created to provide a
coordinated response in cases of natural disaster. It is chaired by the Secretary of
National Defense and incorporates 18 departments and member agencies, including the
Armed Forces, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the
Department of Health (DOH), the National Red Cross, the Philippines Information Agency,
and the Office of Civil Defense.
The principal focus of LCC operations in the Philippines has been assisting the
government in their relief activities. In this capacity, one logistics officer has been based
at the NDCC since the start of the operation, and another liaison has now been added
to facilitate cargo movement.
Air Operations:
To ensure that relief goods can reach those in areas cut off by flooding, landslides and
damaged bridges, two MI-171 helicopters of 4 mt capacity were contracted by WFP to
be operated by UNHAS. Flights began on October 15th to deliver goods to inaccessible
locations in the flooded regions. The main base of operations has been La Trinidad in
Benguet, but arrangements are now underway to position fuel in Wallace Airbase
(Region I) and/or Tuguegarao (Region II) to increase the number of rotations. Through
October 26, a total of 67 mt of food and 2.3 mt of NFI has been delivered for the DSWD,
DOH, WHO, UNICEF, WFP and the Samaritan’s Purse over 76 rotations.
The NDCC Operations Center on the
Camp Aguinaldo military base was
established to provide and disseminate
disaster response guidelines and
coordinate disaster management.
During emergency situations, it is
activated into an Emergency Cell for
alert and monitoring, response
facilitation and information
management, bringing together
representatives of all the government
agencies and organizations involved in
the operation. The OpCEN served as the
base for the initial international
response, and representatives of
UNDAC, OCHA, the Logistics Cluster,
and UNHAS maintain a permanent
presence there. It has also been the
base for much of the mapping in the operation, with GIS officers from
MapAction, OCHA and the Logistics
Cluster, Pacific Disaster Center and
NAMRIA (the National Mapping and
Resource Information Agency).
(Flooded area in Tarlac, northern Luzon)
Tomorrow, one of the MI-171s will be going to La Trinidad for a joint NDCC, DSWD, DOH and Logistics Cluster mission to
map road accessibility and assess the possibility of installing a bailey bridge following a request by the NDCC. The
Benguet PDCC will be coordinating the areas to be targeted. The other helicopter will be flying out of Tanay for a few
days to deliver WFP rice and DSWD family packs to isolated locations in Tanay, Cardona and Binangonan. The
Logistics Cluster is organizing trucks to the Laguna de Bay area to pre-position the cargo. This effort is aimed at
providing relief goods for 38,000 beneficiaries in the affected areas to the south in response to the received NDCC
priorities.
Logistics Cluster truck loading at NROC Warehousing Update:
The DSWD has been in charge of the majority of relief goods delivered both in the Laguna de Bay area affected by TS
Ketsana, and the northern Luzon hit by Typhoon Parma. All national relief goods and bilateral donations made by
national, foreign government and private donors have been collected under the DSWD for delivery, and many
international UN and NGO organizations have also consigned goods to them to ensure assistance reaches all areas in
need.
The DSWD manages the National Relief Operations Center (NROC), which is the facility for processing and storage of
relief goods purchased by the department or donated by others from the Philippines and abroad. The relief goods are
then released to the Regional Offices, evacuation centers, or to the LGUs according to needs assessments and official requests.
The goods are repacked in the warehouse by volunteers, then sent to forward locations for distribution, which take
place from government facilities including warehouses and gyms. The Logistics Cluster is currently providing assistance
in conjunction with the LET. A UPS warehouse supervisor was present on Saturday to observe the operation and plan
how to speed up operations. Starting today, three warehouse staff from Agility will be present to help with inventory,
stock positioning and dispatch. The Logistics Cluster will be hiring 20 labourers to help load the vehicles.
Below: UPS volunteers repacking and loading at NROC.
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Transport:
Following the convoys organized to position cargo
in San Fernando at the start of last week for onward
movement by road or air, the DSWD has asked the
Logistics Cluster to provide more sustained support
in surface transport to deliver relief goods to
Regions I, II, CAR, and now Laguna de Bay.
Additional capacity has been mobilized to respond
to this request, and a new agreement has been
reached with the Logistics Emergency Team (LET)
comprised of TNT, Agility and UPS, through which
three of the five trucks donated to serve the
operation will now be used for transport to northern
Luzon.
