DISASTER MANAGEMENT

SUPPORT TEAM (DMST)

Dr. Abdulaziz A. Saddique Pharm.D., CPHQ, CSSMBB

9th Arab Hospital Administration Conference, Beirut, Lebanon Dec 6 th – 9th 2010
Can We Handle
?Such Disasters
Tsunami Wave
Tokyo Subway Sarin
Gas Incidence
San Diego On Fire
Atomic Bomb
OKLAHOMA
CITY
Volcanic Eruption
 Sichuan
Earthquake
ANTHRAX And Other Pandemics
TORNADO
Chemitrail
Are We Ready to Manage Such
Disasters?
Disaster Risk Management Cycle
 Characteristics of Major
Incidents
·· Occur
Occur when
when least
least expected
expected

·· Their
Their Size
Size always
always goes
goes beyond
beyond
expectations
expectations

·· Mostly
Mostly affect
affect most
most low
low socioeconomically
socioeconomically
societies
societies
 Characteristics of Major
Incidents
·· Involve
Involve more
more than
than one
one agency
agency (often
(often many)
many)

·· May
May involve
involve more
more than
than one
one political
political jurisdiction.
jurisdiction.

·· Have
Have the
the more
more complex
complex management
management and
and
communication
communication problems.
problems.

·· Require
Require more
more experienced,
experienced, qualified
qualified supervisory
supervisory
personnel.
personnel.

·· Require
Require large
large numbers
numbers of
of tactical
tactical and
and support
support
resources.
resources.

·· Cause
Cause more
more injury,
injury, death,
death, illness.
illness.
 Characteristics of Major Incidents
(cont.)
(cont.)
··Produce
Produce the
the most
most damage
damage to
to property
property and
and the
the
environment.
environment.
··Have
Have extreme
extreme elements
elements of
of crisis/psychological
crisis/psychological trauma
trauma
that
that diminishes
diminishes human
human capacity
capacity to
to function.
function.
··Are
Are longer
longer in
in duration.
duration.
··Are
Are the
the most
most costly
costly to
to control
control and
and mitigate.
mitigate.
··Require
Require extensive
extensive mitigation,
mitigation, recovery
recovery and
and
rehabilitation.
rehabilitation.
··Have
Have greater
greater media
media interest.
interest.
 Psychology during Disaster
• Panic
• Chaos
• Level of understanding and
communications decrease significantly
• Emotion control behavior more than
logic
 DMST
Disaster Management Support Team (CMST)
composed of members from different countries
who underwent extensive training in Disaster
Management each in their respective area of
specialty, who utilize a unified system,
equipments and Management System
 Objectives of DMST
 Effectively coordinate and update the League
of Arab States designated committee and the
local authorities at the county level in all
phases of disaster management, namely:
preparedness, emergency response,
rehabilitation and risk reduction to ensure the
least loss of people lives and properties and
active sustainable human development.
 Objectives of DMST
 Provide high level of efficiency in Disaster
management throughout the Middle East.
 To provide technical support to catalyze and
facilitate the disaster management policy
reformulation process and dialogue in the
Middle East.
 Assist in the drafting of a national disaster
management policy, implementation
guidelines and legislation.
 Set up of the DMST
 The team will be under the Designated committee
by the League of the Arab States.
 Members of the Team will be selected from different
countries in the Middle East, nominated by their
respective countries each in his own specialty.
 Team members will be trained in accordance to the
best management techniques in Disaster
management.
 The System utilized, the set-up, equipments etc. will
be unified throughout all the Middle East, based on
the best systems available world-wide.
 Set up of the DMST
 Each team will have different divisions each
has its own specialty (WMD, Earthquake,
Tornado, Terrorism etc.)
 Once a disaster is being declared, the team will
be assembled of the concerned divisions in
each country and moved to the disaster region
 The team can collaborate with the international
disaster management organizations.
 Important Legislations
 Travelling visas to the site of the disaster
should be issued instantly based on drafted
policies and procedures of the Team
 Full support and understanding of the mission
should be known by all hosting countries.
 All political, financial, and legislation
constrains should be removed.
Organizational Structure
 League of the Arab States Designated
Committee

Operations Planning Logistics Finance/

Finance/
Administration
Administration

Branch
Branch Branch Branch
Branch

Division Division Division Division Division

Single Resources, Task Forces, Strike Teams

 For Branched Disaster
Incident
Commander
(IC)

Command
Deputy IC Staff
Operations
)if required(

North South
Operations Operations

Planning Logistics /Finance

Administration
 Finally

The DMST will be a great asset to the

development of Quality disaster
management system to assure better
management, minimize causalities
and enhance our rescue operations
Thanks You for your Participation

Let us Build a better future for our

Children