1. VAN,TURKEY EARTHQUAKE October 23, 2011 SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS ENDING AND RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS BEGINNING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011 Dr. Walter Hays Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

2. LOCATION

3. AS TURKEY IMPLEMENTED ITS INITIAL “S AND R,” OFFERS OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE POURED IN EXAMPLES: NATO, IRAN, ISRAEL, EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, USA

4. OCTOBER 25 OFFERS OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACCEPTED

5. IMMEDIATE NEEDS: MASS CARE NEEDS PRE-FABRICATED HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS WHO ARE PRESENTLY SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN NEAR- FREEZING FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, ETC FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO WERE DISPLACED

6. TENS OF THOUSANDS SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN NEAR-FREEZING TEMPERATURES

7. TENS OF THOUSANDS DISPLACED FROM HOMES

8. AID AGENCIES ESTABLISH TENT CITIES TO MEET NEEDS OF DISPLACED

9. IMMEDIATE NEEDS: FINISH FINAL PHASE OF S AND R SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, EVEN THOUGH THE “GOLDEN PERIOD” FOR LIVE RESCUES IS CLOSING.

10. OCT 25: SEARCH AND RESCUE RESOURCES ON THE GROUND 2,400 RESCUE WORKERS (Exhausted from working day and night), 680 MEDICS, 12 TRAINED DOGS, 108 AMBULANCES (INCLUDING 7 AIR AMBULANCES)

11. SEARCH AND RESCUE: AN ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT OPERATION

12. OCTOBER 25: MORE THAN 200 AFTERSHOCKS (up to M6.0) HINDERED S AND R, AND KEPT PEOPLE SLEEPING OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES

13. VAN: INITIAL SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS

15. ERCIS: SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS INTENSIFIES

16. VAN: FRANTIC SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS

17. INTENSIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE AS TIME RUNS OUT

18. IMMEDIATE NEEDS: MEDICAL SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAL ASSIST- ANCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OVER 1,300 WHO WERE INJURED AND THOSE PULLED FROM COLLAPSED BUILDINGS, AND TO PREVENT DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROWING NUMBER OF DEAD BODIES (e.g., more than 100 stacked next to the hospital).

19. THE INJURED HAVE IMMEDIATE MEDICAL NEEDS

20. THE RESCUED HAVE IMMEDIATE MEDICAL NEEDS

22. IMMEDIATE NEEDS: PORTABLE HOSPITALS PORTABLE HOSPITALS TO EXTEND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL THAT WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND LOST ITS MAIN FUNCTION IN THE EARTHQUAKE.

23. IMMEDIATE NEEDS: DEBRIS REMOVAL AND RESTORATION SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL AND RESTORATION OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES (E.G., POWER, WATER, SEWAGE, AIRPORT, ROADS AND BRIDGES).

24. ERCIS: MOUNTAIN OF RUBBLE TO BE REMOVED