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Nigeria Disaster Preparedness
Strategies: An Overview of
Existing Disaster Response Plans
Presented by Engr. Daniel B. Gambo, Mnse
Ag. Director of Training, NEMA
INTRODUCTION
• Disasters are Natural or Human induced
events that disrupts the normal functioning
of the Society.
• To address the impact of disasters which
normally happens with or without prior
notice and often with un-quantified loss to
lives, property and the destruction to our
cherished environment, It is necessary to
put in place Institutions, Policies and Plans.
• The main purpose of these institutions and
Plans is to address the challenges that are
often posed by the hazards of disasters in
a timely, effective and efficient manner in
order to minimize its impact on the
vulnerable community.
AIM
The Aim of this session is to present to
you an overview of Nigeria’s institutional
framework and existing disaster
response plans that are already
developed by NEMA and Stakeholders to
mitigate the impacts of disasters.
SCOPE
• Response Institutions in Nigeria
• National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
• Functions of NEMA
• Response Tasks
• Existing Disaster Response plans in Nigeria
RESPONSE INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESPONSE AGENCIES
• Nigeria Police Force (NPF)
• Federal Fire Service (FFS)
• Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)
• Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
• Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRSC)
• National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
• Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)
• Nigeria Maritime and safety administration (NIMASA)
• Nigerian Inland Water Ways (NIWA)
• Directorate of Road Transport Services (DRTS/VIOs)
• Private Construction Companies
• International Development Partners (NGOs)
RESPONSE INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESPONSE AGENCIES
• Federal/ State Ministry of Health (FMOH)
• Federal/ State Ministry of Environment (FMEnv)
• Federal/ State Ministry of Works (FMOW)
• Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA)
• Federal Ministry of Transport (FMOT)
• Federal Ministry of Aviation (FMOAvi)
• Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
• Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
• Nigerian Customs Service (NCS)
• Nigerian Prison Service (NPS)
• Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB)
• Military (Army, Navy, Air Force) – Disaster
Response Units (DRUs)
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
The National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA)
National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) is an Agency of the Federal
Government directly under the
supervision of the Presidency saddled
with the responsibility of Managing
disasters in Nigeria. The Agency was
established through Act 12 (as amended)
by Act 50 of 1999
FUNCTIONS OF NEMA
• Formulate policy on all activities
relating to disaster management in
Nigeria and co-ordinate the plans and
programmes for efficient and effective
response to disasters at national level;
• Co-ordinate and promote research
activities relating to disaster
management at the national level;
• Monitor the state of preparedness of all
organizations or agencies which may
contribute to disaster management in
Nigeria;
FUNCTIONS OF NEMA
• Collate data from relevant agencies
so as to enhance forecasting,
planning and field operation of
disaster management;
• Educate and inform the public on
disaster prevention and control
measures;
• Co-ordinates and facilitate the
provision of necessary resources for
search and rescue and other types of
disaster curtailment activities in
response to distress call;
• Co-ordinate the activities of all voluntary
organizations engaged in emergency relief
operations in any part of the Federation;
• Receive financial and technical aid from
international organizations and non-
governmental agencies for the purpose of
disaster management in Nigeria;
• Collect emergency relief supply from local,
foreign sources, including international and
non-governmental agencies;
• Distribute emergency relief materials to
victims of natural or other disasters and to
assist in the rehabilitation of the victims
where necessary;
• Liaise with State Emergency Management
committees established under section 8 of this
Act to assess and monitor where necessary,
the distribution of relief materials to disaster
victims;
• Process relief assistance to such countries as
may be determined from time to time;
• Liaise with the United Nations Disaster
Reduction Organization or such other
international bodies for the reduction of natural
and other disasters;
• Prepare the annual budget for disaster
management in Nigeria; and;
• Perform such other functions which in the
opinion of the Agency are required for the
purpose of achieving its objectives under this
Act.
Looking at the fifteen – point mandate of
NEMA listed above, you will discover
words such as co-ordinate, collate, liaise,
monitor, collect and receive are used. This
means that NEMA is essentially a
coordinating Agency. It is placed at the
center of a network of disaster
management Institutions, liaising and
coordinating their efforts. Thus the
success or failure of disaster management
in Nigeria depends largely on how well
these organizations are working and how
effectively NEMA is able to co-ordinate
their efforts.
RESPONSE TASKS
• Sensitization
• Mobilization of resources
• Assessing the disaster
• Treating remaining hazard effects
• Providing water and food
• Shelter
• Fatality management
• Sanitation
• Security
• Social services.
• Resumption of critical infrastructure
• Donation management
Existing Disaster Response Plans and
Agreements • National Disaster Response plan (NDRP) – 2001
• The Integrated National Avian and pandemic
Influenza Response Plan – 2007
• Search and Rescue and Epidemic Evacuation plan
(SAREEP) – 2009
• National Contingency Plan on Infrastructural
resuscitation (NCPIR) – 2010
• National Disaster Management Framework (NDMF) –
2011
• National Contingency Plan (NCP) – 2012
• National Emergency Management Agency Standard
Operating Procedures – 2012
• Guidelines for use of Military assets and personnel
during disasters – 2012
• Memorandum of understanding between NOA,
NESREA and NEMA - 2013
National Disaster Response plan
(NDRP)
The Agency with the active involvement of relevant
stakeholders in disaster management has put in place
to assist it in its role as a coordinator is the production
of a National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) which has
been approved by the Federal Executive Council in
2001. The Plan:
States the disaster response and recovery
actions and responsibilities of the Federal
Government and its Agencies;
Describes the Federal Government response
and recovery resources available to support
States and Local Government and
Communities at the Ward level to save lives,
Protect public health and safety; protect
property and aid victims in their
reconstruction efforts after a disaster;
Describes disaster management facilities
available in some non-governmental
organizations which may be called upon for
assistance in times of emergency;
Describes the standard operation
procedures or disaster response functions of
relevant Federal Government agencies and
some non-governmental organizations;
Assigns disaster response functions to
various government agencies and NGOs;
Provides a coordinating framework for
disaster response, with NEMA as its hub.
Identifies 13 key support service areas
required in disaster management
Transport;
Communication;
Public works and
Engineering;
Fire Fighting;
Information and
Planning;
Mass Care;
Resource support;
Health and medical
services;
Search and rescue;
Hazardous Material
Food and Water;
Energy;
Military/Police
support.
i) Identify Agencies with roles in each of these areas;
ii) Makes the Agency with core responsibility the primary
or lead agency and the others as secondary or support
agencies;
SEARCH AND RESCUE AND EPIDEMIC
EVACUATION PLAN (SAREEP) The Search and Rescue and Epidemic Evacuation Plan (SAREEP)
is a document developed to serve as guide to provide a
coordination and response mechanism for a timely, effective and
efficient disaster response operation on receive of a disaster
alert.
Each section of the document, introduces a scenario using a
specific trigger event or Hazard that has impacted a community
causing a disaster that require the collaboration of stakeholders
to deal with and thus a coordinated multi agency response.
The document identify agencies that have responsibilities in
dealing with such emergencies and assign organizational roles
and tasks, stating Lead and Coordinating agencies at the
Strategic, Tactical and Operational levels of coordination in
disaster management.
The following Hazards are covered in this plan and the
Incident Command Structure (ICS) is employed as the coordinating Mechanism:
1. Flood
2. Fire
3. Collapsed Building
4. Road Traffic Accident
5. Rail Accident
6. Maritime Disaster
7. Aviation Disaster
8. Oil Spill Disaster
9. Epidemic Disaster
10.Terrorism
1. Alerting System
2. Lines of Authority
3. Organisational
Roles &
Responsibilities
at Strategic,
Tactical &
operational Levels
The National Disaster Management
Framework (NDMF)
The National Disaster Management Framework (NDMF) is a
document developed to serve as a regulatory guideline for effective
and efficient disaster management in Nigeria.
The framework defines measurable, flexible and adaptable
coordinating structures, and aligns key roles and responsibilities
of disaster management stakeholders across the nation.
It describes specific authorities and best practices for managing
disasters.
It explains a paradigm shift from response and recovery in
disaster management to disaster risk reduction.
It offers a holistic approach to disaster management and serves
as a legal instrument to address the need for consistency
among multiple stakeholders.
It is a coherent, transparent and inclusive policy for disaster
management in Nigeria.
All Relevant Disaster management stakeholders
can use this document as justification for
organisational preparedness using the roles that
have been assigned to them in it.
The plan ensures that all sectors in humanitarian
responses such as Camp management, Water
Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Basic Education,
Food and Nutrition, Logistics, Telecommunication
and Security are addressed
It also serves as a link between National, Regional
and International humanitarian actors.
NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT
FRAMEWORK
The NDMF therefore is a foundation upon which all plans, policies, programmes and procedures for disaster management can be created, developed or sustained
The framework was developed to look at the following:
1. Institutional Capacity
2. Coordination mechanisms
3. Disaster Risk Assessment
4. Disaster Risk Reduction
5. Disaster Prevention, Preparedness/Mitigation
6. Disaster Rehabilitation
7. Facilitators
NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN ON
INFRASTRUCTURAL RESUSCITATION (NCPIR)
The National Contingency Plan on Infrastructural Resuscitation
(NCPIR) is a document developed to serve as guide to provide
business continuity as well as providing a timely, effective and
efficient process of restoring failed critical infrastructures after the
impact of a disaster.
Each section of the document, introduces the general situation and
scenarios where a type of infrastructures is caused to collapse
beyond instant repairs and will require the collaboration of
stakeholders to deal with and thus require a coordinating multi
agency response.
It identified trigger events that could lead to these scenarios which
included the following:
• Earthquake and Wind storms
• Fire
• Flood and Land slides
• Epidemics
• Violent conflicts such as Wars and civil crisis
• Volcanic eruptions
• Technology-induced disaster
NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL
RESUSCITATION (NCPIR)
1. Medical /Health
2. Communication
3. Airports
4. Roads and Bridges
5. Electricity
6. Water
7. solid /Liquid Waste Management.
Each theme consist of: • Strategic Objectives, • List of relevant
Stakeholders, • Lines of Authority, • Alerting System, • Priorities, • Resource need and
Capacities • Detailed tasking of each
stakeholders.
The plan covers these critical infrastructures and services:
NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN (NCP)
The National Contingency Plan is a multi-hazard
contingency plan that specifically focused on
hazards that have highest probability of
occurrence and severity, such as flood,
conflicts, drought and epidemics.
The plan addresses the readiness of disaster
management stakeholders in the country and
defines the modus-operandi for engaging
International assistance if and/or when required.
It is guided by the Global Cluster Groupings to
enable interface with the global system
1. Hazard Risk Scenario
2. Planning Assumptions
3. Sectoral Response in the following areas:
Camp management
Basic education
Food and Nutrition
Logistic and Telecommunication
Security and Protection
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Health
Emergency shelter and Non-food items
4. Contingency supply budget
The integrated National Avian and
Pandemic influenza response plan
The Plan was developed by the National Inter-Ministerial
Steering Committee on Avian Influenza under the
auspices of the Federal Ministry of Health in 2007 to
address National and State response to the Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus A/H5N1 that
causes a disease in domestic and wild birds.
The overall strategic approach of the plan is to ensure
that all stakeholders work in a coordinated and
collective way to address the threat posed by avian and
human pandemic influenza.
The Plan also uses the ICS under the overall authority of
the presidency to ensure a unified command of the
multi-sectoral actors and stakeholders.
The integrated National Avian and
Pandemic influenza response plan
• The plan provided stakeholders with
roles, responsibilities and coordinating
mechanisms in the PRE – DURING –
POST disaster Phases for a time and
efficient response.
• It identified the following Sectors and
associate this sector with actors:
Agriculture Sector
Health Sector
Information and Communication Sector
The plan addresses:
pandemic influenza containment
mitigation and recovery
wider non-health consequences of a
human influenza pandemic
Cross-cutting communications
mechanisms for enhancing coordination
across sectors
individual autonomy and community
interest
Maintaining Non Health Essential
Services
This Plan will soon be replaced by the Nigeria National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan.
DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF
MILITARY PERSONNEL & ASSETS
DURING EMERGENCIES
The draft guidelines for the use of Military Personnel
and assets during emergency was borne out of the
necessity to activate military assistance to civil
authority out going through the traditional path of
waiting for the President to declare a state of
emergency. The guideline recognized the critical role
the military plays during civil or communal crisis
when military barracks are often besieged by
displaced or frightened persons seeking refuge.
The guidelines was developed to be used by the 64
military designated Disaster response Units (DRU)
strategically located across the country comprised
of 32 Army, 16 Naval and 16 Air Force Units
DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF
MILITARY PERSONNEL & ASSETS
DURING EMERGENCIES
1. Procedure for the Use of Military Assets and
Personnel During Emergencies
2. When To Call Out The Armed Forces.
3. Disaster Response Assistance by DRUs
4. Principles of Employment of the DRUs
5. Coordination
6. Command and Control
7. Co-ordination Between Civil Authority /
International Agencies and the Armed
Forces.
COORDINATION
National Emergency Management Agency
Standard Operating Procedures
National Emergency Management Agency Standard
Operating Procedures is a guideline on how to
manage emergency within or outside the Agency.
The procedures are developed specifically to guide
NEMA staffs on what to do when in an emergency
situation. It was also developed as a template to be
replicated by other Ministries, Department and
Agencies that currently do not have such a process
in place.
The document provide procedures to handle
common workplace emergencies such as Medical,
Fire, Hazardous Material, Abandoned Unidentified
Parcels/Mails, Dangerous and Threating Situations,
etc.
National Emergency management Agency
Standard Operating Procedures
The document provide guidelines in these
areas:
Guide to Emergency Preparedness
What every Staff should know
What every Staff should do
Personal Emergency Response Kit
Emergency actions to be taken by any Staff
at the scene of any incident
General emergency procedures to be
followed by a staff when he is in the office
and Fire alarm sounds continuously.
It finally provides essential Telephone
numbers of Agencies to be contacted for
assistance during emergencies.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This is a tripartite agreement entered into in 2013
between the National Orientation Agency (NOA),
National Environmental Standards Regulations and
Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) to collaborate in the
development, implementation and organization of
projects and programmes targeted at sensitizing
Nigerian citizenry on environmental and other natural
and human – induced hazards by way of amongst others:
Public enlightenment and awareness campaign on
natural and human – induced disasters and disaster
risk reduction strategies.
Early Warning System development, deployment and
management
Advocacy and information sharing amongst the
communities on all environmental hazards.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
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