... International Disaster Information Network (IDIN)
Coordinated in
conjunction with the Global Community Needs Database
.
Contact: Stephen M. Apatow,
Director
of Research and Development, Humanitarian
University Consortium GraduateStudies
Center
for Medicine, Veterinary
Medicine and Law. Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
The IDIN project was developed in
cooperation with the FEMA
Preparedness, Exercises & Training Directorate
in 1999, building upon the foundation established by the U.S. State
Department (for a Global Disaster Information Network: GDIN)
in
the early 90's.
HRI's
county level networks (3100 counties/50 states), set up as a part of
the America's National Community Needs Database project, was
first used to support FEMA Community
and Family Preparedness program education initiatives in conjunction
with the El Nino contingency planning.
In 1999, a global communication network was developed that included
leaders in approximately 200 United Nations member countries, corporate, inter-governmental, non
governmental, community action, interfaith organizations and
media (newspaper,
radio and television networks). This resources were utilized
to
support contingency
planning for the Year 2000 conversion.
Humanitarian Resource Institute
has the capacity to advance a rapid
response plan for (1) infrastructure analysis in each country, (2)
assessment of NGO's and relief organizational capacity to address the
size and scope of humanitarian needs, (3) the provision of data to
enhance the strategic planning, project development and allocation of
financial and inkind donations.
In The Spotlight
Humanitarian Crisis Response
Preparing for a NATO level Operational Medicine
Response for Humanitarian Catastrophe in Syria.
Ref: OPSEC:
Syria - Planning a NATO Level Operational Medicine Response Plan:
HRI:UNArts:H-II, 25 February 2012.
Special thanks to Dr.
Zehra Gilic, Veterinary Expert Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Fellow representative for Vet 2011.
4 March 2012
Confusion Regarding Logistical Planning for Emergency Response in Syria
When the size and scope of a humanitarian crisis is beyond the
operational capacities of relief organizations and UN Agencies, then
resources equipped to handle large scale logistical challenges need to
be engaged.
Two such emergencies that HRI:IDIN mediated assistance with were the
Tsunami in Indonesia and Hurricane Katrina in the United States: See:
the Pathobiologics
International Operational Medicine (Emergency Medical/Veterinary
Selfcare) site.
The key focus is the
systemic collapse of critical infrastructure.
With the Tsunami, we made sure within minutes of projected impact,
demographic population maps with contrast wave destruction projections,
and made sure they were infront of disaster planners in every UN
country through IDIN. Governments then responded in real time, at the
speed of an email. See: U.S.
Forces Aid Tsunami Relief Efforts in Southeast Asia:
U.S. Department of Defense.
The same efforts were done in the United States with Hurricane Katrina,
when the size and scope of the disaster were beyond the capacity for
State and federal disaster relief agencies capabilities. Up until
this
crisis, there existed no strategic plan for DOD support of relief
efforts, this challenge has now been addressed. See: Systemic Collapse: Medical Care in the Aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina: Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: biodefense
Strategy, Practice, and Science, Volume 4, Number 2, 2006.
UPMC: Center
for Biosecurity: Publications by year.
The
United States has provided the International community with a reference
point and example for NATO, that needs to coordinate a Global Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster
Relief & Mine Action Strategic Plan. See: Humanitarian
Assistance,
Disaster Relief & Mine Action: U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Center.
Who Is HRI? See: Pathobiologics
International - The Consulting Arm of Humanitarian Resource Institute
and the Humanitarian University Consortium: National Academy of Sciences
has recognized Humanitarian Resource Institute (HRI) as one of nine
leading educational and research institutions.
UN Economic Emergency
Also In The News
- Humanitarian Early
Warning Service (HEWS): Rome - As of 31 December 3:00
p.m.(GMT+1), the death toll from the Asian tsunami has passed 135,000.
More
than 5 million people are reported homeless with expectations that
these numbers will continue to rise. 26 December 2004:
Humanitarian Resource Institute International Disaster
Information Network activated .
Biodefense
Resources
For the
latest International updates by country visit:
ReliefWeb
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