VAN,TURKEY EARTHQUAKEOctober 23, 2011

SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS ENDING AND RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS

BEGINNINGTUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011

Dr. Walter Hays Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

LOCATION

AS TURKEY IMPLEMENTED ITS INITIAL “S AND R,” OFFERS OF

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE POURED IN

EXAMPLES: NATO, IRAN, ISRAEL, EUROPEAN

COUNTRIES, USA

OCTOBER 25

OFFERS OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACCEPTED

IMMEDIATE NEEDS: MASS CARE NEEDS

• PRE-FABRICATED HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS WHO ARE PRESENTLY SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN NEAR-FREEZING

• FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, ETC FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO WERE DISPLACED

TENS OF THOUSANDS SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN NEAR-FREEZING TEMPERATURES

TENS OF THOUSANDS DISPLACED FROM HOMES

AID AGENCIES ESTABLISH TENT CITIES TO MEET NEEDS OF DISPLACED

IMMEDIATE NEEDS: FINISH FINAL PHASE OF S AND R

• SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, EVEN THOUGH THE “GOLDEN PERIOD” FOR LIVE RESCUES IS CLOSING.

OCT 25: SEARCH AND RESCUE RESOURCES ON THE GROUND

• 2,400 RESCUE WORKERS (Exhausted from working day and night),

• 680 MEDICS,

• 12 TRAINED DOGS,

• 108 AMBULANCES (INCLUDING 7 AIR AMBULANCES)

SEARCH AND RESCUE: AN ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT OPERATION

OCTOBER 25: MORE THAN 200 AFTERSHOCKS (up to M6.0) HINDERED S AND R,

AND KEPT PEOPLE SLEEPING OUTSIDE THEIR

HOMES

VAN: INITIAL SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS

VAN: INITIAL SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS

ERCIS: SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS INTENSIFIES

VAN: FRANTIC SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS

INTENSIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE AS TIME RUNS OUT

IMMEDIATE NEEDS: MEDICAL

• SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAL ASSIST-ANCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OVER 1,300 WHO WERE INJURED AND THOSE PULLED FROM COLLAPSED BUILDINGS, AND TO PREVENT DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROWING NUMBER OF DEAD BODIES (e.g., more than 100 stacked next to the hospital).

THE INJURED HAVE IMMEDIATE MEDICAL NEEDS

THE RESCUED HAVE IMMEDIATE MEDICAL NEEDS

THE RESCUED HAVE IMMEDIATE MEDICAL NEEDS

IMMEDIATE NEEDS: PORTABLE HOSPITALS

• PORTABLE HOSPITALS TO EXTEND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL THAT WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND LOST ITS MAIN FUNCTION IN THE EARTHQUAKE.

IMMEDIATE NEEDS: DEBRIS REMOVAL AND RESTORATION

• SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL AND RESTORATION OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES (E.G., POWER, WATER, SEWAGE, AIRPORT, ROADS AND BRIDGES).

ERCIS: MOUNTAIN OF RUBBLE TO BE REMOVED