ASEAN Joint Disaster Response Plan (AJDRP

ASEAN Joint Disaster Response Plan (AJDRP)

The AHA Centre developed the ASEAN Joint Disaster Response Plan (AJDRP) at the behest of the ACDM. The AJDRP provides a common framework for delivering a timely, at-scale, multi-lateral response by mobilizing necessary assets and capacities. Moreover, the Plan reemphasizes the AHA Centre’s role as the coordination mechanism for ASEAN during disaster response.

The Plan provides a common framework that applies for most types of hazards although for its development, planners used three disaster scenarios as reference points. These scenarios are: 1) a major earthquake in Metro Manila, Philippines; 2) a megathrust earthquakegenerated tsunami under Indonesia’s Mentawai islands; and 3) a large-scale cyclone event in Myanmar. These scenarios were endorsed by the ACDM WG on Preparedness and Response as having a high probability of occurrence and the possibility to severely impact populations. These three scenarios are used as starting points, and the AHA Centre continuously identifies other possible scenarios to which the Plan can be adapted or adjusted.

A key part of the Plan is the outline of types of human and material resources that may be required during an emergency response. Under the AJDRP, ASEAN member-states are encouraged to earmark and report on the availability and capacity of their assets and to establish standby agreements for the movement and use of these assets in case of emergency. The resources fall under nine “modules.” 1. Search and Rescue – Heavy or Medium Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Teams, Confined Space Rescue, Ground or Aerial Fire Fighting, Flood Rescue Teams, Hazardous Material Detection and Handling (HAZMAT), and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Detection and Handling 2. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) – high-capacity pumps, water treatment facilities and personnel, water tankers,

bladders, and trucks, mobile latrines, mobile bathing facilities, repair equipment 3. Health and Medical Services – Emergency

Medical Teams Types 1-3, medical tents, field hospitals, medical aerial evacuation, essential medicines and health kits, disaster victim identification teams, body bags 4. Food Assistance – ready-to-eat food 5. Non-Food Items – immediate shelter items (tarpaulins, plastic sheeting, ventilated tents, mattresses, sheets, and blankets), household kits (rope, kitchen utensils, clothing, cook stoves, and flood lights), shelter repair kits (shovels, picks, saws, nails, wire, and hammers), temporary shelter (iron sheets or prefabricated) 6. Early Recovery – structural and civil engineers, waste and debris management 7. Logistics – generators, tents, mini-/microunmanned aerial vehicles, air and sea transport, warehouse managers, transport and fleet managers, ground handling at airports, customs (import and export) experts 8. Emergency Telecommunications – information technology officer or an emergency telecommunications team and equipment 9. Expertise – humanitarian coordination, incident command support teams, information management, civil-military coordination, communications, camp coordination and management

Based on the three scenarios used to develop the AJDRP, each module is further broken down into the types of assets that may be needed in case of earthquake, tsunami, or typhoon. This is illustrated in Figure 10 wherein ASEAN’s material assets and human experts may be applicable in case of one of the major types of disaster, i.e., earthquake in urban area, tsunami in highly populated area, and cyclone affecting widespread area.104