All Hazards Approach
Dr. Salim Said AlWahaibi,
Director,
Department of Environmental & Occupational
Health,
Ministry of Health.
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
Learning objective
By the end of the session you will be able to
Understand the difference between the All
Hazards Approach & the Hazards Unique
Approach to emergency readiness &
response.
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
Background
History of National Response
Guno 2007
H1N1 2009
Phet
2010
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
All Hazards vs Hazard Unique Planning Approach
Why Oman adopts an All Hazards Approach
to planning & prepardness?
1, Core response management systems are simillar for most
disaster types
2, Reduces confusion if all responses have the same basic
organisation
3, Less expensive
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
Concept of All Hazards Approach
“the principles of preperation for
human made or natural disasters
overlap with those of dealing with a
chemical or biological event”
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
All Hazards Approach
Integrate the following
Regional & National Organizations
NGO's & Community Organizations
Links the following
National development planning
Decision making processes / systems
Seeks the following
Develop prepared communities with reduced vulnerability to risk
and with increased resilience to the impact of hazards
Strengthen multisectoral collaboration and partnership
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
All Hazard Emergency Management Components
Comprised of four (4) interdependent risk-based functions as follows:
1) Prevention and Mitigation
To eliminate or reduce the impacts and risks of hazards through pro
Active measures taken before an emergency or disaster occurs,for
example land-use Management, public education and protective structures
such as flood dykes.
Prevention and mitigation may be considered independently or one may
include the other
2) Preparedness
To be ready to respond to a disaster and manage its consequences
Through measures taken prior to an event,for example emergency
response plans,mutual assistance agreements,resource inventories and
training,equipment and exercise programs.
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
All Hazard Emergency Management Components
3) Response
To act during or immediately after a disaster to manage its
consequences through,for example,emergency public
communication,search and rescue,emergency medical
assistance and evacuation to minimize suffering and losses
associated with disasters.
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
All Hazard Emergency Management Components
4) Recovery
To repair or restore conditions to an acceptable level through
measures taken after a disaster,for example return of
evacuees,trauma counseling,reconstruction, economic impact
studyies and financial assistance. There is a strong relationship
between long-term recovery and prevention and mitigation
of future disasters
First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management
12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman
These four (4) interdependent functions may
be undertaken sequentially or
concurrently,but
they are not independent of each other