TYPHOON YOLANDA (HAIYAN) HADR EXPERIENCE: AN AFP PERSPECTIVE

PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION

• To share the AFP experience from Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) highlighting some issues, challenges, and lessons learned.

SCOPE OF PRESENTATION

• BACKGROUND • EFFECTS OF TYPHOON YOLANDA • ISSUES AND CHALLENGES • LESSONS LEARNED • CONCLUSION

BACKGROUND CATEGORY 5 SUPERTYPHOON INTERNATIONAL NAME: HAIYAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND: 314KPH AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL PHILIPPINES

EFFECTS OF TYPHOON YOLANDA 6,166 dead, 28,626 injured, 1,785 missing 3,424,593 families / 16,078,181persons affected in 12,139 villages in 591 municipalities / 57 cities in 44 provinces 1,140,332 houses damaged 550,928 totally damaged 589,404 partially damaged USD 8.5 Billion worth of damages USD 4.3 billion (Infrastructure) USD 4.2 billion (Agriculture)

PHILIPPINE MILITARY EFFORTS Details

Quantity

Number of sea vessels used

47 vessels

Number of Aircrafts used

46 aircrafts

Number of mobility vehicles used

570 vehicles

Total number of personnel

25,526 personnel

FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS Details

Quantity

Contributing Countries

57 countries

With military contingents

29 countries

Number of vessels entered

25 vessels

Number of Aircrafts entered

132 aircrafts

Total number of multinational military personnel

15,282 personnel

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

• • • •

Need for additional strategic lift capability. Command and Control not immediately established Inadequate emergency communications system. Need for Incident Command System and other pertinent trainings. • Lack of disaster response equipment (PPE and MEE) down to battalion-level.

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES • Limited initial rapid damage and need assessment and lacking situational awareness • Need for portable long range public address system and hailing device. • Need to maximize involvement of reservists. • Need for ready facility for MNCC in the strategic and operational level. • Lack of resources for HADR. • Need to enhance public info dissemination on the efforts.

LESSONS LEARNED

LESSONS LEARNED PREPAREDNESS FOR TYPHOONS OF YOLANDA MAGNITUDE • Mindset for preparation should be on worst case scenario level • The same magnitude will happen again • Understanding/ communicating potential devastating effects of “Storm surge” • First responders became victims themselves

LESSONS LEARNED • MULTILEVEL RESPONSE SHOULD BE SEAMLESS • Handover of responsibility from local to national level • Responders to the calamity should be sent in from outside of the area • The leadership did its best but was faced with a situation that overwhelmed all preparations

LESSONS LEARNED HIGH EXPECTATION FROM THE MILITARY • Over-dependence on the military strained assets and resources • Responsibility must be equally shared with other civilian organizations • Limited mechanism between AFP and Disaster Response Councils for logistics operations.

LESSONS LEARNED OVERWHELMING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT • Timely declaration of state of national calamity prompted early response from the international community • 57 countries responded • 29 multinational military organizations participated in HADR Operations

LESSONS LEARNED EFFECTIVENESS OF MNCC • It facilitated the coordination and cooperation of foreign military forces to support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions

• First time that the AFP had an operational MNCC.

CONCLUSION

• Foreign (military and civilian) support had greatly contributed in HADR efforts. • Typhoon Haiyan taught us valuable lessons and experiences

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!

TYPHOON

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