Emergency office under the internal affair minister and they have offices in the different counties, in the different places in chile this Emergency Office request aid directly to the joint chief of staff and joint chief of staff to the army, navy or air force and then we move the pieces to put the aid where they need it. The scenario, the beginning when we face this was the same thing we are talking about in this seminar. The necessity was access because everything was, the delivery was absolutely hampered because of the roads so we have to clean it. Water, food, electricity and communications. Another need at that time to do that is Field Hospital generators, housing, sat coms, purifying Water Systems and mobile bridges. So the force was at the beginning just to distribute the aid and at the end start doing Law Enforcement when the government declared catastrophe and the president gave us the authority to do that. So we move the army inland, next the navy in the coastal communities a
Directly to the joint chief of staff and joint chief of staff to the army, navy or air force and then we move the pieces to put the aid where they need it. The scenario, the beginning when we face this was the same thing we are talking about in this seminar. The necessity was access because everything was, the delivery was absolutely hampered because of the roads so we have to clean it. Water, food, electricity and communications. Another need at that time to do that is Field Hospital generators, housing, sat coms, purifying Water Systems and mobile bridges. So the force was at the beginning just to distribute the aid and at the end start doing Law Enforcement when the government declared catastrophe and the president gave us the authority to do that. So we move the army inland, next the navy in the coastal communities and in san feir fernandes island and doing an airlift to the most affected area. Sanfernandes island is a very small island, only a thousand People Living there, but it
Absolutely hampered because of the roads so we have to clean it. Water, food, electricity and communications. Another need at that time to do that is Field Hospital generators, housing, sat coms, purifying Water Systems and mobile bridges. So the force was at the beginning just to distribute the aid and at the end start doing Law Enforcement when the government declared catastrophe and the president gave us the authority to do that. So we move the army inland, next the navy in the coastal communities and in san feir fernandes island and doing an airlift to the most affected area. Sanfernandes island is a very small island, only a thousand People Living there, but it was completely destroyed. Thats what we found when we arriving there, debris everywhere, and as you can see that was the port and the square before, and that was after. So the change is, its quite impressive. The same was a local pier and a school. That was a school. Nothing. So we put in the navy, the navy put them in ther
We started talking to the owner and he said, oh, did you hear about the earthquake in turkey . Well, wed heard about it the way everybody heard about it, i think it got about two minutes on some of the cable news channels, and that was it. There wasnt a lot of coverage on the van earthquake. It just didnt hit the air waves that much. He said, oh, my familys there. And he started talking about the devastation and exactly what the impact was. They were friends with the mayor of van and the mayor had asked them because they were in San Francisco if there was a way they could get San Francisco to help them and he was trying to get a meeting with the mayor to express this concern and make a request. I said, well, interestingly enough, we could probably help you with that because we do have a bit of a connection with the mayors office. But the first thing we need, we need a letter, we need something official. I mean, im just an old paramedic, i have to ask, right . Within 24 hours we had a l
With a guitar in your hand its another story. You have to be prepared as much as you can. The first section is to establish coms. Communications is the most important thing to deal with an emergency of this sort and you are absolutely right. People and infrastructure regulations. In our school we teach our kids that if they felt a tremor or an earthquake, which is they cant stay stand, they have to run it high lands. How high . About 30 meters above sea level. This is mostly safe. But also we practice that in many coastal communities we practice at least once a year. Also the streets, we have signs that say, this is the Evacuation Route in case of tsunami. We have that in all our coastal cities. Infrastructure regulations, you cannot build anything which is not 7. 5, or less than a 7. 5. If there is a mother who has no diapers and no food for their children, 24 hours and everything is, you know, no water, no nothing, people tend to go to a supermarket, absolutely broken, no one is in t