Mission Aviation Fellowship

Emergency Disaster Response

Capt. Chad TilleyCountry Director, Bangladesh

Fleet of 140 aircraft

World-Wide Aircraft Fleet

Every 3 minutes – help and hope to rural and remote communities

• +35 Countries served by MAF

• 1,800 destinations reached by MAF

• 1,400 professional staff• 275 flights made on a

typical day• 1945 year started

operations

Quick Overview

Our Purpose

By Providing:

- Providing flight support to Aid & Development agencies

- Medical Assistance Flight support

- Disaster Response & Relief

How do we do we that?

IHAS Topic: How to respond to Disasters

1. Why do we respond to disasters?2. Disaster Response (DR) involvement 3. How our DR is organized and preparation for the future

• Key part of MAF’s Mission:Transform the lives of isolated people in need

Why does MAF respond to disasters?

Humanitarian Standards

Special measures should be taken to ensure equality of access for affected people in remote or inaccessible regions. Sphere Project

“Human suffering must be alleviated whenever it is found; life is as precious in one part of the country as another.” IFRCC

Our skills are needed in isolated areas- flight support- emergency communication centers- enabling our partners and ourselves to respond well- last mile flying – remote, isolated, security

•Indonesian Tsunami•Pakistan Earthquake•Bam Earthquake – Iran•Suriname flooding•Madagascar Cyclone•Hurricane Felix – Nicaragua

Disaster Response = Our Purpose

•Flooding, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh

•Ebola – EDRC, Uganda

•Hurricane Ike – Haiti

•Philippines Typhoon

a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the city of Port-au-Prince and its 2 million inhabitants

Jan 12, 2010

The Haiti earthquake

Estimated over 230,000 people lost their lives – including an MAF staff member

MFI – Fort Pierce, FLTo

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Emergency Air bridge – MFI/MAF – partnership/ Critical access – relief workers and cargo

MAF Haiti program strategically placed to respond and serve

MAF’s hangar quickly became a warehouse (and housing!) for Samaritans Purse, World Vision, and other Humanitarian Organizations.

60 Nautical Miles

• Surgery needs > hospital capacity• IDP crisis developing – 100,000s • Initially 2 aircraft in country - extra

Kodiaks requested

Horn of Africa famine –100,000 extra refuges to the Dadaab refugee camps

relief worker in and out/high value cargo

7th aircraft up from our SA program – shuttle flights

MAF in Bangladesh

Extremely disaster prone, over 8,000km of rivers, 2/3rds of country underwater

- Humanitarian General Charters

- Southern Shuttle Flight

- Air Ambulance Service

- Disaster Relief Operations

Our Services

“The Amphibian aircraft is such a great tool in this environment to respondto so many needs” – Norwegian International Development Minister

Mons0on Flooding

Water Everywhere!

Severe Cyclones

Cyclone Sidr/Aila – Bangladesh- assess/respond-shuttle flights- UKAID partnership

Cyclone Alia devastation

Salinity in the flooding water destroys the land for years to come

Cyclone Mahasen

Rapid response aerial survey

Enabling responders to immediately see affects to prioritize resources

How MAF Disaster Response is organized

and preparation for the future

To provide timely and efficient response when major and minor disasters occur in our field of operations or a neighboring country.

What are our objectives in DR?

A mid-level approach to Disaster Response

• proactively building up internal “surge” capacity (people, finances, equipment) to respond well– response time critical

• Not a “fire station approach”

• Not waiting until after to decide if we can do something

• Can MAF help with the situation?• NGO/UN/Mission presence in disaster location

responding – need MAF type support?• Deploy Disaster Response Manager• Assess Operational & Administrative challenges• Put into practice Prior Preparation Tools –

Administrative and Operational• Partner w/ NGO, UN, Donor agencies, Gov’t rep• Short term response or Long term need (Ache)?• Adjust and plan for other contingencies • Post disaster response report and lessons learned

How do we respond?

• Documents the process from start to finish• Checklists – pre-departure, first actions on

arrival etc• How to – set up an office, get government

permission, set up an emergency finance system.

• Examples of house contracts, national staff contracts, job descriptions etc.

• HR – quick checklist for hiring staff

Disaster Response Handbook

Decision-making flow Chart • Decision making• Financial triggers• Operations/management

issues• Communications

Appropriate involvement depending on size of response

Examples:- Haiti – team size to 30

and extra aircraft- Bangladesh – support of

Pilots, mechanics and DRM

- DRC/Uganda – Ebola

Disaster Response Team call list- DRT• Embedded known responders - 10-15% could go at

any one time• Able to do stand alone response or support local

program response

Financial Plan to allow quick response to major/minor disasters. Access to cash in reserve along with financial trigger points

• Remote living “Go kit”

Go Kits DR kits in ready condition for immediate response around the

world

• DR team communications “Go Kit”• Office “Go Kit”• Aviation “Go Kit”• PR “Go Kit”• Digital Worldwide Map coverage

Inside the “Go Kit”

Emergency communication center – GATR VSAT “go kit” (for MAF or NGO response community)

Examples:• Unimproved surfaces• Assessment Procedure• Short Field –TO/LD• Water Ops – river

heavy current/ Flooding

• Human Factors –Stress / Emotional

• Risk Management

Flight crew Specialized Training/ Procedures

Predetermined landing sites

Boat infrastructure – increase operational flexibility, safety

Aerial Survey capability

Inflight Observer Checklist What are you looking for??

UN Logistics Cluster – Air User group development

Will become a natural coordination center for many in a

emergency response

Summary of Key Points to DR Management:• Dedicated department and Manager• Prior Preparation – Admin & Operations• Finances –triggers and limits • Surge capacity – Aircraft / People• Partnerships w/ other organizations• Specialized Training and Awareness • Apply “lessons learned” to future situations

1. Why do we respond to disasters?

2. Disaster Response (DR) Involvement

3. How our DR is organized and preparation for the future

Questions?

Thank you!