Tonga volcano tsunami

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TorqAid has produced a brief Summary Sheet on the Tongan volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami of the 15th January 2022.  This directs the reader towards the ReliefWeb site where all key reports, maps and infographics  are held.  The key Situation Reports (Sitreps) to follow are those by the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), and UNOCHA. The Summary Sheet is below.

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In the coming weeks and months a complex and sophisticated recovery program will develop.  This will be Government led, by supported by national and international stakeholders, and focus on affected individuals and communities.  It will cover the following ten  sectors:  Coordination & Logistics;  Essential Services (water, power, telecommunications); Safety & Protection; Communications; Health, Nutrition & WASH; Emergency Shelter & Non Food Items (NFI); Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL); Education; Economic & Social Recovery; and Reconstruction.

DRMC Covid-19

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As part of its training, TorqAid has developed four key diagrams which help describe and explain disasters.  These are the Disaster Risk Management Cycle (DRMC), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) diagram, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Planning diagram, and the Project Management Cycle (PMC).

Following the Coronavirus pandemic, TorqAid has modified the DRMC to reflect some of the particular challenges of Covid-19.  A jpeg version of this modified DRMC can be accessed here.

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The TorqAid Director presented a paper at the July 2021 Australian & New Zealand Disaster Management (ANZDMC) conference in the Gold Coast, Queensland.  This included putting humanitarian work into the context of the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS); providing an overview of the four key diagrams; and then applying the DRMC to both the 2019/2020 Australian bushfires, and, separately, to the current global Covid-19 pandemic.  Follow the link here for a modified version of this paper.

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Chris Piper Profiles

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Chris Piper is a multi-skilled Global Humanitarian Practitioner (GHP); Community Engagement Practitioner (CEP); Teacher/Trainer/Facilitator; Bangladesh/Rohingya Expert; and Bushfire Recovery Adviser (BRA). Follow the links to these five profiles below:

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Bangladesh BRAC DRM training

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In May 2018, Chris carried out a one day Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program for BRAC in Cox’s Bazar, as part of his assignment there with UNDP.  Enclosed is a summary of that one day DRM workshop, this including recommendations for future similar workshops.

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earthquakes-tsunamis

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Enclosed is a customised TorqAid Humanitarian & Development Bibliography, with details highlighted of material relating to earthquakes and tsunamis. This includes publications on:
– General information (by ACAPS & ALNAP)
– The 2018 Sulawesi earthquake/tsunami, and Lombok earthquake
– The 2018 PNG earthquake
– The 2015 Nepal earthquake
– The 2011 Japan earthquake, tsunami & nuclear (Fukushima) accident
– The 2010 Haiti earthquake
– The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunami

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Global-disaster-statistics

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Note the article below on global disaster statistics over the period 2003-2022.  This summarises the number of natural disasters over this period, together with people killed and affected, and damage caused.

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This material is covered in Topic TC 04 (Global Natural Disaster Trends & Case Studies) of the online Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) program.  Press the link below for a copy of this brochure.

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Bushfires Agency Directory

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Enclosed below is an agency directory, particularly for some key organisations involved in the Recovery Stage of the 2019/2020 Australian bushfires scenario.  This has been updated as at June 2020.

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GTAV bushfire article

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This is a copy of the bushfire-related article entitled ‘ Bushfires:  Is the 2019/2020 bushfire season a portent for the future?’, which Chris wrote in January 2020 for the March 2020 edition of the Geography Teachers Association of Victoria (GTAV)’s quareterly magazine ‘Interaction’.  The GTAV link to this is https://www.gtav.asn.au/resources/interaction-current-issues, but this article can also be found here on this TorqAid link.

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The article highlights the Emergency Response initiatives carried out during December 2019 through to January 2020, and the likely Recovery challenges which will emerge through the (2020) year.  It also includes some comments on likely future Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) initiatives, these including some related to Climate Change.  The GTAV article includes a number of classroom activities for Geography and other subjects.

 

online pdrm registration

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The online accredited 2026 Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) draft program can be accessed from the link below.  This program consists of ten topics, and will be taught from the 27 July through to the 13 November 2026.  Note there is a 5% discount for those who register and pay by the 31 May 2026.

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The Registration Form for the 2026  PDRM can be accessed from the following link.  This registration link includes details of costs and discounts.

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The assignment tasks for this online PDRM can also accessed from link below.

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Bushfire CRV training

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Currently Chris, working as the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV)s Bushfire Recovery Adviser (BRA) is working with the BUV and the Baptist Unions in NSW & ACT to develop a practical training program for their bushfire-related Community Recovery Volunteers (CRVs).  These are people selected and trained up to provide ongoing informal support for bushfire-affected families from the 2019/20 Australian bushfires.  Currently, seven key area of training and orientation are being developed, these being:

  • An understanding/overview of the 2019/2020 bushfires
  • The importance of psychosocial and social restoration
  • The need for effective coordination and information sharing
  • The challenge facing people who’ve lost their homes, of living in temporary accommodation over the winter period
  • The challenge of economic restoration, particularly for primary producers and small businesses
  • The complications of effective interaction with affected folk, due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown
  • The ongoing debate on the role of climate change on bushfires, and subsequent effective future disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives to ensure safer communities

Press here for a report on the suggested Bushfire Volunteer Training program.

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