1. Nepal Red Cross Societyin
Disaster Response
Dharma Raj Pandey
Head, Disaster Management Department
Nepal Red Cross Society

2. Presentation Outline Key Guiding Documents
Major Areas of intervention of NRCS in DM and Response Capacity
NRCS response process
Response Practice
Challenges/constraints
Key lessons learnt

3. Key Guiding Documents External Internal DM Policy
Natural Calamity act 1982
NSDRM
NDRF
DPRP
Internal
DM Policy
Disaster Management Strategic Framework (DMSF)
EQ contingency plan
Relief manual
Disaster Response operational manual
Warehouse management guideline
Fund management guideline
Emergency shelter guideline

4. Areas of Intervention of NRCS Disaster Management
Disaster response (emergency relief)
Disaster recovery (early recovery)
Disaster risk reduction (Building safer communities, organization development, response preparedness as well as organizational and capacity building) as development initiatives
Population Movement/Restoring Family Links

5. Areas of Intervention on Disaster Response
NRCS provides assistance for immediate relief and early recovery that are urgently needed during and after the disaster to assist affected people utilizing its standard assessment procedures
Non-Food Item distribution
Food item distribution
First Aid service
Potable water
Garbage removal/cleaning of sources/
WASH
Primary health care (through partnership)
Restoring family links’
Temporary shelter
Ambulance service
Blood transfusion service
Seeds, tools distribution as part of early recovery
Education support (through partnership)

6. Preparedness measures
Material Resources
Resources (3M)
Tools and Equipments
Rub Hall : 1
LSAR Equipment: 159
Emergency Fund: NPR 22 Million
E. Comms. : VHF and WISP
Response operation fund: 2 Million
GIS
Ambulance service;181 (69 dist.)
Blood TCs 86 (62 dist.)
GPS equipment
Warehouses:12
(total Capacity 36,000 NFRI)
Sat phones: 5 / PPEs: 1,000
Emergency WATSAN kits: 2 &5 (2000/5000 beneficiaries)
Hygiene kits: 305
Emergency shelter kits : 774 set

7. Preparedness measures
Human Resources
FACT: 3
Global Level
ERU, FACT (5)
Regional Level
RDRT: ( 58)
National Level
NDRT, CSSR, MFR: (294)
Dead Body Mgmt: 401
PSP/ Counseling: 29/53
Emergency shelter :107
PHiE: 30
District Level
DDRT, LSAR, RCAT : 19,084 (69 DCs)
Tracing personnel: 255
Advance FA: 182
WASH: 1,642
Community Level
LSAR: 2, 000 (App)
CADRE: 2291

9. NRCS Coordination system in DM
DP/DRR
1) Institutional DP
2) CBDRR DR
Relief and rehab
Population movement
Go/N
Home Ministry CNDRC
District Administration Office (75 districts)
DDRC
VDCs-
Municipalities-
NRCS
Central Executive Committee
National DCM Committee
DM Department
District Chapter-75
Districts Chapter DMC
Sub-Chapter & Cooperation Committee
DMC (but not in all place)
DP-NET
IFRC
ICRC
PNSs
INGOs
NGOs
CBOs
International Community/Donors

10. NRCS Response Process

11. Operation Cycle : Normal Situation
EOC functions as Resource Centre like, discussion, meeting, exhibition etc.
Alert Phase
EOC alerts the respective district chapter, staff and volunteers and other stakeholders immanent emergency
Response Phase
EOC leads the response operation and communication of the response and relief to the disaster)
Recovery Phase
(EOC coordinates the Early Recovery efforts and once the recovery interventions inters its more stable phase the EOC de-activates from emergency phase to Normal functions)

12. Response Structure : CNDRC ERC EOC NEOC DC EOC Sector Teams (HQ)
Field Teams

13. Emergency Response Committee
Operation flow chart :
1. Emergency Response Committee (ERC)
Emergency Response Committee
(ERC)
( policies, guidelines and directives of Operations)

14. Emergency Operation Centre
Operation flow chart :
2. Emergency Operation Centre Coordinator
Emergency Operation Centre
EOC Coordinator/DM Director
( Leadership of the overall operation cycle, staff and volunteer mobilization and reporting )

15. Operations, Information Communication Management
Operation flow chart :
Operations, Information Communication Management
( Overall coordination of the response operation, act as a communication focal staff and volunteer mobilization and reporting )

16. ( Implementation of respective sectoral responsibility )
Operation flow chart :
5. Sectroal Team
Sectoral Team
( Implementation of respective sectoral responsibility )

17. Early notification (within 6 hours)
Rapid Assessment (within 72 hours)
Distribution of immediate relief items
Distribution of Ready to eat food, Distribution of non-food items
Relief Phase
Detail Need Assessment (4-10 days)
Sector specific response
Distribution of staple food, Distribution of non-food items, Transitional shelter, Provisioning of safe drinking water, Basic health service etc

18. Detail Need and Damage Assessment (60 days)
Recovery Phase
Early recovery along with Sector specific response
Distribution of staple food; Distribution of non-food items (as per need); Provisioning of safe drinking water; Basic health support; Livelihood promotion, Reconstruction etc

19. Response Practice

20. Organize emergency meeting immediately after the disaster (at HQ and DC levels)
Activate EOC (based on scale of disaster)
Contact with DCs and gathered preliminary information Contact with Disaster Response Team members and deploy.
NHQs standby NDRT/RDRT members to assist district chapters and deploy based on need

21. Daily situation report is being produced by NHQs
Information sharing (data compiled, updated and shared) to various agencies, media
Transport relief material (Warehouses to DCs to SCs)
Distribute relief Package especially NFRI set
Coordinate with internal and external partners for resource generation/Emergency appeal launch (DREF)
Conduct Monitoring and Supervision
Organize lessons learnt workshop and capture lessons for future improvement

22. Challenges/Constraints
Assessment
Data variation and access to site
Transportation and logistics
Due to geographical condition

23. Lessons Learnt
Better preparedness and response mechanism at VDC, DC and national level ensures timely and effective response,
Communication (VDC-DC-central level) and sharing of information helps coordinated relief efforts, avoiding duplication,

24. Lessons Learnt
Emergency meetings and consultations among different stakeholder to ensure effective response operation
Established HR roster and tools are very helpful in timely response operation
Joint assessment, mobilizing human resources from various agencies can be helpful for sector specific response.

28. NFRI Preposition

30. Thank you