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Adevastating7.8magnitudeearthquakeinNepal,numerousextremefloodingevents,communitiesdestroyedbyvolcanicactivity,andrecord-breakingwildfireswereamongthedisastersaffectingourworldin2015.Inaddition,astrongElNiñoeventincreasedthefrequencyandpoweroftropicalcyclonesaroundtheworld.PDCscientists,analysts,anddevelopersworkedtogethertogivedisastermanagersaccesstooneoftheworld’slargestopen-sourcehazardandrelateddatainventoriesandprovidedlife-savinginformationwherevernaturaldisastersstruck.Duringtheyear,inresponsetorequests,PDCcreatedmorethan375situationalawarenessproductstosupporthazardanddisastereventsthatoccurredworldwide.
2015 Response Events Supported
2015-2016 ACCOMPLISHMENTSFosteringdisaster-resilientcommunitiesthroughinformation,science,technology,andexchange
Information that saves lives, protects assets, rebuilds communities, offers hope
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Deliveringinformationforallwhoneeditiskeytohelping savelivesthroughinformeddecision making. 61
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MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING• Monitorpotentialhazardsanddisasterevents,worldwide
• Disseminateearlywarningand notifications
• Provideinitialsituationalawareness
PRE-IMPACT• Real-timedatatosupportinformeddecisionmaking
• Advancedsituationalawareness products
• Country-levelriskandvulnerability analysis
• Potentialimpactsandlossesmodeling• Assessmentofanticipatedneeds
POST-IMPACT• FacilitateCivil-Militaryinformationsharing• ProvideHA/DRSMEsupport(on-the-ground/reachback)• IntegratefielddataandobservationsintoDisasterAWARE™• Evaluatepreliminarydamageassessmentsandneeds• Identifyandcommunicatestatusofkeyresponseactivities• Supportpartnerson-the-groundtoassessrequireddataandinfo needs
• Monitorsecondaryhazards(i.e.healthimpacts,flooding,etc.)• Refinepre-impactmodelstosupportresponseandrecovery
Anatomy of PDC’s disaster response
IMPROVED PUBLIC OUTREACHThemorepeoplewereachthroughapplicationsandsocialmedia,thebetterwecandelivertimelydisaster-preventionandlifesavinginformation.Ourmobileapp,DisasterAlert,surpassed1.5milliondownloadsandwasrecognizedasoneofthetopdisasterappsavailabletothepublic.Inaddition,oursocialnetworkfollowersnearlydoubled,allowingustoexpandourreach.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF TRAINING SUPPORTTrainingandexerciseeventsarecriticallyimportanttotestandimproveexistingprocessesandstayreadyfordisasterreliefoperations.PDCcollaboratedwithavarietyofpartnerstoprovideexercisescenario,modeling,staffplanning,andDisasterAWARE™integrationforvarious hazards.
Exercise Events
Exercisesponsorsincluded:USDoD,SOUTHCOM,PACOM,NORTHCOM,USMCU,HING,andHI-EMA. AnnualTropicalCycloneExercise(Haiti) NobleEagle(Honduras) 9Innings(USNationalCapitalRegion) ArdentSentry(California,US) VigilantGuard(Guam/Marianas) MakaniPahili(Hawaii,US) TempestExpress27(Hawaii,US) FAHUM(Honduras) PacificEndeavor(Philippines) GreatHawaiiShakeoutEarthquakeDrill ContinuingPromise(Caribbean,Central&SouthAmerica)
Saving lives through early warning
EMPHASIS ON BIOSURVEILLANCEInresponsetoademandforincreasedsituationalawarenessofdiseaseoutbreaksaroundtheglobe,PDCworkedwithU.S.governmentpartnerstodevelopBioServ,softwarethatintegratesinformationfromdisparatebiological,medical,andhealthreportingagencysources.ThefocusofBioServisonaddressingspecificoperationalneedsandhassupporteddecisionmakinginresponseto:
• EbolaVirusDiseaseinWestAfrica• Influenza(H7N9)inChina• MiddleEastRespiratorySyndromeintheArabianPeninsula• ChikungunyaVirusintheAmericas• MeaslesOutbreakinMexico,UnitedStates,andCanada
Disaster Alert App Downloads
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Facebook Users
2015-2016 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
“Thanksmuch…WeholdPDCinhigh esteem—yourprofessionalism
is second to none.”MR. SCOTT A. WEIDIE, CDR USPACOM J372
MAKING A “QUANTUM” LEAP FORWARD IN DISASTERAWARE™
TheDisasterAWARE™upgrade,code-namedQuantum,revolutionizesaccesstoinformationwithhundredsofnewfeatureenhancements.Quantumpushesthelimitsofhighavailability,cloudcomputing,andanalyticalreporting.Itstreamlinesuserinterfacesforease-of-useandmobileaccess,includingoptimizationforbatteryusage,speed,andbandwidthlimitations.Notificationsystemsareredesignedtoprovide“just-in-time”alerting.Thisgreatlyenhancesawarenessandreadiness,particularlyforquickonsethazardssuchastsunamisandtornados.Throughthevaluablehazard,modeling,andriskinformationmadeavailableviaDisasterAWARE™,PDCis“there”nomatterwhereandwhendisasterstrikes.
EARLY WARNING AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMSTheDisasterAWARE™platformaggregatesdataforusewithavarietyofapplications.Thisprovidesthecivilandmilitarydisastermanagementcommunityaccesstotheinformationrequiredtomakecriticaldecisionsinhazardpreparationandresponse.Uponrequest,PDCworkedwithASEANandnationaldisastermanagementorganizations(NDMOs)inNepal,Vietnam,andIndonesiatocreatecustomizedDisasterAWARE-supportedapplicationsthatservespecificregionsoftheworld.
Time saves lives
Quantum Highlights
Intuitive,integrated
dashboard
Time-seriesanimation
Customizableuserlayers
Responsivedesignfor
compatibilitywithdesktopandmobiledevices
Improvementstoautomatedanalysisand reporting
NewTropicalStormNeeds
AssessmentReport
User-Specific Applications Improved or Developed
Emergency Operations (EMOPS) –Significantupgradesweremadetothisopen,free,andpowerfulstate-of-the-artDisasterAWARE™application.EMOPSiswidelyusedbydisastermanagersaroundtheworld—UnitedStatesagencies,theUnitedNations,NDMOs,andintergovernmentalandnongovernmentalorganizations(I/NGOs)—andsupportscriticaldecisionmakinginpreparationforandresponseto disasters.
Regional and Country-specific DisasterAWARE™ –ApplicationshavebeendeployedunderUSAIDfundingfor: DMRSfortheASEANAHACentre VinAWAREforVietnam’sDMC InAWAREforIndonesia’sBNPB
NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS BASELINE ASSESSMENT (NDPBA)TheNDPBAprogramisamulti-yearprogram,sponsoredbySOUTHCOM,designedtosupporteffectivedisasterpreparednessdecision-makingthroughtargetedcapacityandcapabilitybuilding.Theoutputprovidesthenecessarytemporalandspatialdatatoserveastheunderpinningofeffectivedisasterriskreductiondecisionmakingthroughthecreationofacommonfoundation(baseline)fordatasharingandevaluation.Afive-yearplanforinvestment,developedinpartnershipwithstakeholdersfromeachcountry,focusedonreducingvulnerabilitiesandtoincreasecopingcapacities,ultimatelybuildingamoreresilientregion.
Empowering people to protect their future
Key Tasks
SubnationalassessmentsforPeruand
El Salvadorwerecompleted.
AssessmentsinJamaica,Honduras,Guatemala,
andDominicanRepublicwereinitiated.
Utilizeda
stakeholder-drivenapproachtoassessingthecomprehensive
disastermanagementcapabilitiesaswellastherisk
andvulnerabilitiesofthenation.
“Yourwebsitehasbeenasourceofrelevantinformationthatweusetoinformandpreparecommunitiesatrisk.We deeplyappreciatetheservicesthatPDCprovides.”
GERARD GANABA, WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN & EMERGENCY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR - PACIFIC & TIMOR LESTE
ANNUAL PDC GLOBAL RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTTofacilitatetheexaminationofglobaltrendsRVAdatawerepublishedinfive-yearincrementsinDisasterAWARE™.Toaddresstheincreasedinterestinhealth-relatedhazards,PDCpublishedtheLackofHealthResilienceIndexinresponsetotheEbolavirusdisease.RegionalreportingofassessmentresultswasinitiatedinordertofurtherextendtheutilityoftheRVA.
5-year Coping Capacity Trends: Peru
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Trendline - Peru
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Index Peru Total CountriesScore Rank
Year2000 .42 84 1122005 .45 101 1582010 .51 87 1712015 .51 93 174
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Anatomy of PDC’s disaster response
Partnerships
Duringtheyearweengagedwith104partnersglobally,andperformedsignificantworkwiththefollowing:
©2015–16PacificDisasterCenter
ArmedForcesHealthSurveillanceCenter(AFHSC)
Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation (APEC)
AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN):AHACentre,ACDM
BadanNasionalPenanggulanganBencana–Indonesia(BNPB)andBPBD offices
CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC)
CentroNacionaldeEstimación,PrevenciónyReduccióndelRiesgodeDesastres(CENEPRED),Perú
HumanitarianOpenStreetMapTeam (HOT)
InternationalCentreforIntegratedMountainDevelopment(ICIMOD)
JointProgramExecutiveOffice-ChemicalandBiologicalDefense(JPEO-CBD)BioSurveillanceProgram (BSP)
NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(NASA)
NepalMinistryofHomeAffairs(MoHA)
PhilippineDisasterRecoveryFoundation (PDRF)
U.S.ArmyCorpsofEngineers(USACE):AGC,IWR,POD,ERDC
U.S.DepartmentofDefense:PACOM,NORTHCOM,SOUTHCOM,EUCOM,AFRICOM,USSOCOM
UnitedNations:UNOCHA,UN-SPIDER,andothersincludingIAEA
UniversityofHawaii(UH)
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