Nepal Red Cross Society in

Disaster Response

Dharma Raj PandeyHead, Disaster Management DepartmentNepal Red Cross Society

Presentation Outline

• Key Guiding Documents• Major Areas of intervention of NRCS in DM and

Response Capacity • NRCS response process• Response Practice • Challenges/constraints • Key lessons learnt

Key Guiding Documents

Internal

DM Policy

Disaster Management Strategic

Framework (DMSF) 2010-2015

EQ contingency plan

Relief manual

Disaster Response operational manual

Warehouse management guideline

Fund management guideline

Emergency shelter guideline

External

Natural Calamity act 1982

NSDRM

NDRF

DPRP

• Disaster response (emergency relief)

• Disaster recovery (early recovery)

• Disaster risk reduction (Building safer communities, organization development, response preparedness as well as organizational and capacity building) as development initiatives

• Population Movement/Restoring Family Links

Areas of Intervention of NRCS Disaster Management

Areas of Intervention on Disaster Response

NRCS provides assistance for immediate relief and early recovery that are urgently

needed during and after the disaster to assist affected people utilizing its standard

assessment procedures • Restoring family links’• Temporary shelter • Ambulance service• Blood transfusion service• Seeds, tools distribution as part of

early recovery• Education support (through

partnership)

• Non-Food Item distribution• Food item distribution• First Aid service• Potable water • Garbage removal/cleaning of

sources/• WASH• Primary health care (through

partnership)

Resources (3M) Tools and Equipments

Rub Hall : 1 LSAR Equipment: 159Emergency Fund: NPR 22 Million E. Comms. : VHF and WISPResponse operation fund: 2 Million

GIS

Ambulance service;181 (69 dist.)Blood TCs 86 (62 dist.)

GPS equipment

Warehouses:12 (total Capacity 36,000 NFRI)

Sat phones: 5 / PPEs: 1,000Emergency WATSAN kits: 2 &5 (2000/5000 beneficiaries)

Hygiene kits: 305Emergency shelter kits : 774 set

Material Resources

Preparedness measures

FACT: 3

Global Level ERU, FACT (5)

Regional Level RDRT: ( 58)

National Level NDRT, CSSR, MFR: (294)Dead Body Mgmt: 401PSP/ Counseling: 29/53Emergency shelter :107PHiE: 30

District Level DDRT, LSAR, RCAT : 19,084 (69 DCs)Tracing personnel: 255Advance FA: 182WASH: 1,642

Community Level LSAR: 2, 000 (App)CADRE: 2291

Human Resources

Preparedness measures

NRCS Coordination system in DM

DP/DRR

1) Institutional DP

2) CBDRR

DR

1) Relief and rehab

2) Population movement

Go/N

Home Ministry CNDRC

District Administration

Office (75 districts)

DDRC

VDCs-

Municipalities-

NRCS

Central Executive Committee

National DCM Committee

DM Department

District Chapter-75

Districts Chapter DMC

Sub-Chapter & Cooperation Committee

DMC (but not in all place)

DP-NET

IFRC

ICRC

PNSs

INGOs

NGOs

CBOs

International

Community/Donors

N RC S Re sp on se

Pr oc es s

Operation Cycle :Normal Situation EOC functions as Resource Centre like, discussion,

meeting, exhibition etc.

Alert Phase EOC alerts the

respective district chapter, staff and

volunteers and other stakeholders immanent

emergency

Response Phase EOC leads the

response operation and communication of

the response and relief to the disaster)

Recovery Phase (EOC coordinates the Early

Recovery efforts and once the recovery interventions inters its more stable phase the EOC de-

activates from emergency phase to Normal functions)

ERC

EOC

CNDRC

Sector Teams (HQ)

NEOC

DC EOC

Field Teams

DC EOC

Response Structure :

Emergency Response

Committee (ERC)

( policies, guidelines and directives of Operations)

Operation flow chart :

1. Emergency Response Committee (ERC)

Emergency Operation

Centre EOC Coordinator/DM Director

( Leadership of the overall operation cycle, staff and

volunteer mobilization and reporting )

Operation flow chart :

2. Emergency Operation Centre Coordinator

Operations, Information

Communication Management

( Overall coordination of the response operation, act

as a communication focal staff and volunteer

mobilization and reporting )

Operation flow chart :

3. Operations, Information Communication Management

Sectoral Team

( Implementation of respective sectoral

responsibility )

Operation flow chart :

5. Sectroal Team

Early notification (within 6 hours)

Rapid Assessment (within 72 hours)

Distribution of immediate relief itemsDistribution of Ready to eat food, Distribution of non-food items

Detail Need Assessment (4-10 days)

Sector specific responseDistribution of staple food, Distribution of non-food items, Transitional shelter, Provisioning of safe drinking water, Basic health service etc

Relief Phase

Detail Need and Damage Assessment (60 days)

Early recovery along with Sector specific responseDistribution of staple food; Distribution of non-food items (as per need); Provisioning of safe drinking water; Basic health support; Livelihood promotion, Reconstruction etc

Recovery Phase

Response Practice

• Organize emergency meeting immediately after the

disaster (at HQ and DC levels)

• Activate EOC (based on scale of disaster)

• Contact with DCs and gathered preliminary information

Contact with Disaster Response Team members and

deploy.

• NHQs standby NDRT/RDRT members to assist district

chapters and deploy based on need

• Daily situation report is being produced by NHQs

• Information sharing (data compiled, updated and shared) to

various agencies, media

• Transport relief material (Warehouses to DCs to SCs)

• Distribute relief Package especially NFRI set

• Coordinate with internal and external partners for resource

generation/Emergency appeal launch (DREF)

• Conduct Monitoring and Supervision

• Organize lessons learnt workshop and capture lessons for future

improvement

Challenges/Constraints

– Assessment Data variation and access to site

– Transportation and logistics Due to geographical condition

Lessons Learnt

• Better preparedness and response mechanism at VDC,

DC and national level ensures timely and effective

response,

• Communication (VDC-DC-central level) and sharing of

information helps coordinated relief efforts, avoiding

duplication,

Lessons Learnt

• Emergency meetings and consultations among different

stakeholder to ensure effective response operation

• Established HR roster and tools are very helpful in timely

response operation

• Joint assessment, mobilizing human resources from

various agencies can be helpful for sector specific

response.

NFRI Preposition

Thank you