Panama Republic of Panama. Sistema Nacional de Protección n Civil

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1 Panama Republic of Panama Sistema Nacional de Protección n Civil

2 Geographical Location

3 Geographical Location Highest Baru Volcano (3.475 meters). Population 2, 839,177 persons, Official Language Spanish Territory km² Weather rainy tropical Temperatures 29 to 19 C Rainy seasons since April until December. Caribbean Coast, annual average precipitation of mm. Pacific Coast of mm

4 Distribution of Earthquakes in Panama 25DIC03 4

5 High, Medium and Low Seismic Impact Zones MAR CARIBE COSTA RICA BOCAS DEL TORO C O L O N P A N A M A SAN BLAS CHIRIQUI VERAGUAS COCLE HERRERA LOS SANTOS LEYENDA HIGH MEDIUM LOW DARIEN COLOMBIA OCEANO PACIFICO 5

6 República de Panamá Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil Geographical Distribution in accordance with amount of events in numbers by province Since : 2003 Fuente:Sistema de Inventario de Desastres (DesInventar)

7 Distribution of the Floods Events República de Panamá Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil Distribución del Número de Inundaciones según Corregimientos Guabito Changuinola Cab. Las Cumbres, Belisario Porras Juan Díaz, Tocumen Chiriquí Grande Cab. Penonomé David Santiago Fuente:Sistema de Inventario de Desastres (DesInventar)

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10 SAN JOSE ISLAND Chemical Weapons

11 SISTEMA NACIONAL DE PROTECCIÓN CIVIL Brief of the Organization Under Ministry of Government and Justice Personnel Workers 199 and Volunteers 2,500 aprox. Budget 2,121,000 per year Offices: +27 Communications: VHF System 4 Repeaters Warehouses: 1 National 2 Provincials EOC: 1 National Equip. 2 Provinces Not Equip.

12 Emergency Operation Center EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER Is a tool of Coordination for Emergencies and Disasters

13 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) (Actual)

14 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) (Actual)

15 Panama Republic of Panama Sistema Nacional de Protección n Civil Statistics

16 República de Panamá Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil Percentage of Events registered by type INUNDACIÓN SISMO VENDAVAL INCENDIO DESLIZAMIENTO ESTRUCTURA AHOGAMIENTO EXPLOSIÓN FORESTAL Fuente:Sistema de Inventario de Desastres (DesInventar)

17 República de Panamá Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil Statistics of Events Registered by type EVENTO No. de Eventos No.de Muertos No. de Heridos No. de Afectados No. de Viv. Destruidas No. de Viv. Afectadas No. de Damnificados INUNDACIÓN , SISMO VENDAVAL INCENDIO DESLIZAMIENTO ESTRUCTURA AHOGAMIENTO EXPLOSIÓN FORESTAL TOTALES , Fuente:Sistema de Inventario de Desastres (DesInventar)

18 República de Panamá Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil Geographical Distribution of the Amounts of Events by Province Fuente:Sistema de Inventario de Desastres (DesInventar)

19 República de Panamá Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil Distribution of the Amount of Affected by Event INUNDACIÓN SISMO VENDAVAL INCENDIO DESLIZAMIENTO ESTRUCTURA 127,690 Fuente:Sistema de Inventario de Desastres (DesInventar)

20 Floods 17sep04

21 Floods in East Part of Panama September Description of the Phenomenon An area of bad weather located at the Panama Bay, and that belongs to the ITCZ enter the past 17SEP04 to the east of the metropolitan area, with heavy rains, electric activity and winds that reached 16 knots in accordance with Airport of Tocumen. Tide for that day was at 17:42 Hrs. high of 16.3 feet s over the sea level.

22 SECTORS AFECTTED BY FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES 17 SEPTEMBER 2004 Montería, Salsipuedes, Villa Cecilia, San Joaquín, Calle M, Calle N, Tapia, 18 de Abril, El Cuicuy, Bda. Roberto Velásquez, San Martín, 8 de diciembre, El Trapichito, La Paz, San Juan Sectores No. 7, 8, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22, 3a. Etapa, Los Pinos, San Lorenzo, Génesis, La Invasión, Monte Martínez. San Martín Las Cumbres Las Mañanitas Pacora Nueva Libia, Nuevo Progreso El Chanel, Monterrey Pedregal Arnulfo Arias, Nuevo Ocú, Cabra, Llanos de Jesús, Los Colombianos 24 de Diciembre Belisario Frías Arnulfo Arias Rufina Alfaro Nueva Esperanza, Progreso, El Bajo 1, El Bajo 3, Prados del Este Urb. Roberto Durán (Dealizamiento) Belisario Porras José Domingo Espinar Tocumen Pacora Amelia Denis de Icaza Mateo Iturralde Río Abajo Juan Díaz Calles 12,13,14, 15 y 16 final Parque Lefevre Calle 9, 13,15,17,W Panamá Viejo, Morelos Villa Venus, Camino Real, Villa Inés, Sta. Inés, El Pailón, El Nance, El Laurel, Calle 1,2,3, El Porvenir, Villa Chalot, El Carmen, Chorrillito, Ciudad Radial, Manzana M, Concepción, Los Caobos, Villa Catalina, Colonias del Prado, Altos de San Pedro, El Prado, Villa Esp. El Trebol, San Fernando. Nva. Barriada, Progreso 2, Brisas del río, Porvenir, 16 de Dic., Nva. Esperanza, Belén, Pantanal, Sector Sur, La Arboleda, Las Colinas, Sta. Elena, El Progreso, Victoriano Lorenzo, Torremolinos, Morelos, Villa Belén, San Antonio, Villa Lochin, La Candelaria, Cabuya, La Siesta, Sector Sur B, Sector Sur A, San Pancracio. Fuente: Mapas Fondo de Inversión Social Elaborado por: Eric H. Reyes

23 Floods in East Part of Panama September Numbers of the Flood. Location Affected Homes Destroyed Homes People Affected Homeless Comunities Affected Las Cumbres Juan Díaz , Mañanitas Pacora de Diciembre , Pedregal Tocumen , Victoriano Lorenzo Belisario Porras José Domingo Espinar ,016 1, Deads 13 people drawn 3 people by landslides

24 Floods in East Part of Panama September Search and Rescue Operations in the Area SAR were executed at first time by the people affected, 23 rescue people were reported that day only by Civil Protection. Rescue Techniques for Flood Swiftwater Rescue. Search and Recovery efforts focus on the sides of the river where we have find 13 bodies

25 Floods in East Part of Panama September Humanitarian Aid to affected and homeless The National System of Civil Protection participates in the Management of the Humanitarian Aid in coordination with the First Lady Office, who is responsible of the distribution of that aid, Aid: 15,086 bags of foods were delivered and 1,284 beds for the affected and homeless.

26 Floods in East Part of Panama September Prados del Este Case The populations of one community Prados del Este was entirely moved to another site were they living without the risk of flooding, The particularity of Prados del Este was that the hole complex was built in a high risk of flooding area it was Under the level of the highway with a difference of about 3 meters, so it was more vulnerable to flooding, There were no walls to protect the community. The person related with the financial issues and construction of Prados del Este are under investigation and are under arrest.

27 Actions Developed After the Floods Reorganization of the Institution: Due to the change of government followed by the heavy floods, and the lack of coordination with the communities the organization decide that there was to make a direct link to the people prioritizing the vulnerable ones, the National Coordination of Local Organization was created as a mean to work with the several groups. Community Emergency Response Teams at Neighborhoods levels CERT-ECRE: Taking the idea from California CERT Teams and from El Salvador Local Brigades we develop a project to work with several neighborhoods mainly affected by the floods, the subject is to gave them proper tools to deal with floods so they are receiving training on: First Aid, Local Organizations, Evacuations, Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis. Financial aid received by Humanitarian Assistant Program of the Southern Command of United States of America.

28 Actions Developed After the Floods Local Risk Management: The appropriate identification of vulnerabilities, and how to avoid be affected and diminish the potential impact that those risk in their live and its communities, for that reason with the help of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency there given also to the local communities training in how to identified vulnerabilities and as a result there is going to be maps of hazards and risk in the areas.

29 Actions Developed After the Floods Monitoring the Watershed: After the floods the surveillance over the watershed was intensify, in order to gave more information the scientific organizations, and to have a better idea of how does it behave, there are installed in the area rules that measures the level of the raise of the river,

30 Actions Developed After the Floods Early Warning System We are planning to install in the upper part of the watershed radios in VHF system so they can gave early warning to the lower part of the watershed were most of the people lives, this is going to work in case of a suspected flood coming.

31 Actions Developed After the Floods *335: Number for Emergencies Free of Charge. Available to community Panama wide Is also used to give information to the people in any case related with how and what to do in flooding, earthquake. It consist in a 4 dedicated lines with two radio operator who are going to received any information and to coordinate with other institutions in cases of emergency. People can call from fixed lines or from cell phones.

32 Actions Developed After the Floods Early Warning Messages by Cell phones: Idea adopted from the State of Virginia, Prearranged with the Cable and Wireless and Movistar both private companies, to received in cases necessary a message to its networks; This messages contains warnings about bad weather in specific areas, and duration of the event, coordinated with The message is reaching about 130,000 people who have direct access to the cell phones networks.

33 MUCHAS GRACIAS THANK YOU