Op RENAISSANCE Maj D.M. Gray DART Operations Officer (J3)

Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Ready to deploy quickly to conduct emergency relief operations In support of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) and the Head of Mission for the provision of humanitarian assistance in order to address the humanitarian crisis and assist in re-establishing essential life support capabilities. Self sufficient, scalable military capability ready to deploy quickly to conduct emergency relief operations for up to 40 days. Not designed to provide first response services, such as search and rescue or emergency trauma care. Can be useful where the capabilities of local governments and humanitarian agencies to provide primary health care and potable water are overstretched.

DART DART is the CAF’s most likely initial response to a natural disaster DART is not a standing unit, but a core group of CF capabilities held at high readiness Most DART equipment, stores and supplies are held at the High Readiness Detachment in Trenton DART personnel are brought together periodically for training One DART only.

Means of Last Resort DART and other Foreign Military UN/IO/NGO Need Capability Affected Nation Government Authorities Time

DART Operational History Honduras 1998 (Op CENTRAL): Hurricane Mitch Turkey 1999 (Op TORRENT): 7.6 Earthquake Sri Lanka 2004/05 (Op STRUCTURE): Indian Ocean Tsunami Pakistan 2005 (Op PLATEAU): 7.6 Earthquake Haiti 2008 (Op HORATIO): Hurricane Gustav Haiti 2011 (Op HESTIA): 7.0 Earthquake Philippines 2013 (Op RENAISSANCE): Super-Typhoon Haiyan

READINESS POSTURE 12 hrs NTM Interdepartmental Strategic Support Team (ISST) Humanitarian Assistance Reconnaissance Team (HART) 48 hrs NTM High Readiness Components Equipment Most Equipment and Material pre-positioned at the High Readiness Detachment Trenton Established and equipped for a planned 40 days in theatre

DART Capability Concept Interdepartmental Strategic Support Team (ISST) Disaster Response Stages GoC Tasking to CF (M Day) Humanitarian Assistance Reconnaissance Team (HART) ISST C2 M + 2 to 3 days Rescue Rapid Reaction Package (RRP) DART M + 10 days High Readiness Components (HRC) Relief M + 50 days CF Managed Readiness elements Recovery Rest of Canadian Forces

DART HQ and Company HQ DART Headquarters (about 45 CAF members) Link to the Government of Canada and the affected nation, and to partner organizations. Responsible for determining and coordinating all the unit’s work in the theatre of operations. DART Company Headquarters (about 10 CAF members) Main body of the DART, comprising Engineer Troop, Medical Platoon, Logistics Platoon and Defence & Security Platoon. Provides command and control for its sub-units and sets their tasking priorities.

DART Supporting Enablers Engineers (approx 40 pers): Water Supply Heavy Equipment Vertical Construction Field Engineers Light Urban Search and Rescue Geomatics Medical (approx 48 pers): Primary Care Pharmacy Holding Aviation (scalable to the mission) Defence and Security (approx 45 pers) Signals (approx 20 pers) Logistics (approx 20 pers)

DART CAPABILITIES Support the Force Effects DART (287) HOTF HQ (26) Cbt Camera (3) Aviation Elms (42) Security Elms (52) Engineer Elms (59) Medical Elms (44) Support Elms (45) Signal Elms (16) Hel Flt (12) D&S C2 (8) Engr Sqn HQ (9) Med Pl (44) Log Pl (32) HOTFSE (8) HQ Signal (6) Main Flt (6) LUSAR (10) D&S Pl (44) Primary Care (16) Med Sec (3) QM Sect (8) NCCIS (5) Engr Tp (40) Log Flt (4) Holding (16) D&S Sect (10) Maint (10) MP (2) Ext. Det (3) ROWPU Sec (5) Avn CIS Det (5) Triage (3) D&S Sect (10) Tpt Sect (7) Bed Down (Engr Elms) ROWPU Sec (5) Pharmacy (2) ALCE (5) D&S Sect (10) MCC Det (2) Const Engr (12) Lab (1) MAMS (10) D&S Sect (10) Fd Engr (8) P Med (2) Support the Force Effects Hy Eqpt Sect (8)

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Medical

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Geography

Super-Typhoon Haiyan

Panay Island

Damage on Panay Island 2.8 Million people affected 241,738 homes totally destroyed 256,302 homes partially damaged $50 million damage to schools $30 million damage to agriculture $30 million damage to fishery $2.5 million damage to hospitals/clinics 800,000 litres oil spilled in Estancia

Operational Timeline Final Departure Rear Party - Air Equipment - Sea 23 Jan 14 Redeployment of DART Personnel essential equipment 17 - 27 Dec 13 15 Dec 13 Prime Minister Direction to Cease Operations 24 Nov – 14 Dec 13 Relief Operations Continue 24 Nov 13 DART FOC Declared All mission essential equipment in Philippines 15 Nov 13 DART HQ Established and Relief operations commenced 14 Nov 13 DART declared OPRED Main Body flights begin Advance Party arrive ILOILO CDS Tasking Order Issued Panay Island confirmed as Canadian AO 13 Nov 13 12 Nov 13 ISST/HART arrive in Philippines Minister Baird Announced DART Deployment Departures of HART (-) in am & Adv Pty in pm 11 Nov 13 10 Nov 13 Deployment of ISST / HART (-) 8 Nov 13 Typhoon HAIYAN Stuck Philippines

Operations 6600 patients treated (by 4 x Mobile Medical Teams) 519,000 litres of potable water produced/distributed 290,000 lbs of food delivered 10,325 lbs of building materials delivered 2,688 x Non-Food Items (Water/Wash/Hygiene kits) delivered 27 family water purification systems delivered 131 kms of routes cleared from debris 8 hospital generators repaired 2,500 person evacuation camp built 133 media interviews conducted 1.2 km of maps produced

Civil-Military Coordination Environment Manila NDRRMC Cdn Embassy MNCC Kalibo Aklan Provincial Govt PDRRMC Roxas City Capiz Provincial Government PDRRMC 3rd Inf Div HQ Canadian DART Dept of Social Welfare UN OCHA 40 x IO, NGO, UN Agency Royal Navy Liaison Det Municipal Government Philippines Governmental International Civilian International Military San Jose Antique Provincial Govt PDRRMC Iloilo City Iloilo Provincial Govt RDRRMC PDRRMC Airport Authority

Civil-Military Coordination

“This is the most effective civil-military coordination we have ever seen at the field level and should be used as a model for future disaster response operations” -Baroness Valerie Amos UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs

Cultural Liaison Officers

Host Nation Armed Forces

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