Earthquake Preparedness Earthquake Preparedness Your role Council – Staff Workshop 2012-12-12 Sadhu Johnston Deputy City Manager
Overview We live in an earthquake-prone area. We are providing an update to Council on: • Overview of our EQ planning scenario • An overview of the Earthquake Risk Management Project (ERMP) – what the City is doing to address this risk
What can we expect?
Preparedness Now Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opXZY1zZ8xk
What can we expect here ? Crustal EQ (e.g. Hypothetical Cascadia Subduction Georgia Strait EQ) Earthquake Kendall Fault Earthquake
Vancouver’s Credible Planning Scenario • M 7.3 crustal EQ in Georgia Strait • Epicenter 30 km west of Vancouver • 60 seconds of violent shaking in Vancouver • Aftershocks of M 4.0 to M 6.0 • Submarine landslides • Widespread structure damage- Pre-1970s most impacted • Communications system damage and overload
Source: Natural Resources Canada
Impacts – some numbers (regional) • $15 billion to residential buildings • 5 million tonnes of debris – 200,000 truckloads • Injuries and deaths – 6000 people require medical attention – 1000 require hospitalization – 200 require hospitalization w life threatening injuries – 300 people killed
Infrastructure Damage • Transportation : – Significantly damaged with a potential for partial collapse of bridges and tunnels – Damage to the airport • Water and sewer : – General disruptions but extent unknown • Energy and telecommunications : – Localized failures and system overload – Over 200 K households without power, restoration could take 2 months 9
Fires • 40 to 50 ignitions • burn about 2.6 km² or 0.1% of Metro Vancouver 10
What’s the City doing?
What we’ve done What we’ve done Learnings • DFPS • Need to better • HUSAR understand risk and • Seismic Upgrades (bridges/structures) consequences • Non-seismic retrofitting of City buidings • Consolidated radio & dispatch (E-Comm) • Need to assess and • Emergency Supply Containers strengthen City’s • Public Preparedness Education resilience Recent events • Emergency Operations Centre Chile • Require more • Emergency Telecommunications Christchurch coordinated • Disaster Response Routes Japan community response • Building code improvements
Developing an Earthquake Risk Management Strategy Identifying impacts, gaps, and solutions to earthquake risk in Vancouver
Developing an Earthquake Risk Management Strategy Built Environment Communications and Emergency Response Engagement COV Facilities Rapid Damage • • Condition Audit • Engagement with Assessment Teams (Seismic) business community training • Upgrade/retrofit of • Rolling out • Integrated essential facilities earthquake plans to Sheltering Plan Identifying priority staff Coordinate with • • locations for water • Revamp public schools & hospitals infrastructure education program for response upgrades planning Earthquake Impact and Loss Estimation Modelling – improving the fact base to support mitigation, preparedness, and response planning.
Engaged in Regional Planning • IPREM Working Groups Integrated partnership for regional emergency management – Disaster Debris – Regional Concept of Operations – Emergency Communications – Disaster Response Routes – Critical Infrastructure
Conducting Exercises • Magnitude 2012 - HUSAR • Tumbling Dice – COV Field Staff • Policy Group table-top (CMT, MHO, CBO)
Planning for response • Earthquake Concept of Operations • Vancouver Volunteer Corps – Emergency Social Services, NEAT • VECTOR (Emergency Amateur Radio) • HUSAR • Staff-Family Reunification
Your role Your role Emergency Responder Muster Locations
Concept of Operations Based on BCERMS (BC Emergency Response Management System)
Moving Forwards Report back to Project Council with Multi-stakeholder working groups Kick-off Action Plan Identifying Risk- Draft Report Analyzing Impacts Reduction Actions and Gaps and Solutions Implementing Quick Start Actions On-going risk assessment and modeling Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | July 2012 | 2013
Summary • We live in an earthquake-prone area • The City has implemented a number of mitigation and preparedness measures and has plans in place to respond. • We continue to assess the risk, exercise plans, and improve upon them. • We will report back to Council with an Earthquake Risk Mitigation Action Plan in May 2013
What can the public and business community do? Get prepared! Call 3-1-1 to register for one of our free Emergency Preparedness Workshops. Develop Business Continuity Plans! Help out – volunteer! Call 3-1-1 to find out how you can volunteer for the Vancouver Volunteer Corps or other City opportunities.
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