Colombian Emergency Response Platform

Vanessa Guzman Mesa

Challenging Environment

Atmospheric Hydrological Geological

Others

Agglomerations of public

Landslides Fires

Chemicals Electrical

Mechanical Thermic

Global warming Deforestation

Natural

Atmospheric

•Hurricanes

•Windstorm

•Frost

•Drought

Hydrological

•Overflows

•Floods

•Fire

Geological

•Earthquakes

•Volcanism

•Mass movements

Others

•Tsunamis

•Lahars

Technological

Chemicals

•Spills

•Leaks

•Explosions

Electrical

•Overloading

•Short circuit

Mechanical

•Collapses

•Rollovers

Thermic

•Fire

•Explosions

Colombian Situation

Legal Framework

Legal Framework

Risk Management Law (1523 of

2012)

Establishment of National Unity for

Disaster Risk Management

(UNGRD-Spanish) (Act 4147 of 2012)

National Development Plan

2010 - 2014

Volunteer Law (1505 of 2012)

Firefighter Law (1575 of 2012)

National System for Disaster Risk Management-SNGRD

Source: UNGRD, 2013

Organization chart

Entities

Autonomous regional and sustainable

development corporation asociation

- ASOCARS

Departamental Council for Risk Management -

CDGRD

Municipal Council for Risk Management -

CMGRD

Hydrology, Metereology and

Environmental Studies Institute - IDEAM

Coastal and Marine Research Institute -

INVEMAR

Nacional Institute of roads - INVIAS

Source: Own elaboration Data: UNGRD, 2013

National System for Disaster Risk Management-SNGRD

Stakeholders

Social – Cultural

•Universities

•Civil Defense

• Firefighter Delegation

Political – Administrative

•Secretariat of Planing

•Autonomous Regional Corporation

•Secretariat of Education

•Secretariat of infrastructure

•IGAC – Cadastre Branch

•IDEAM – District or Regional

•Geological Service

•Public Service Entities

•Secretariat of Health

•Secretariat of Development

•Military and Police Forces

Economic

•National Fund

International

•Red Cross

•World Bank

•UN

• IDB

•OEA

National System for Disaster Risk Management-SNGRD

Source: Own elaboration Data: UNGRD, 2013

Source: Own elaboration and Cundinamarca Government Data: UNGRD, 2013

Problem

Sharing of information, tools and knowledge

Standardization of information Wasted resources

Lack of information Diminished communication in the emergency response •Casualties

Lack of consolidation of SNGRD

Globedia RRHH Digital

Improvement areas

Hypothesis

Technological Platform for the integration of

data and knowledge in the response stage of an emergency

Characteristics • Systems of systems

• Integration – Information (data)

– Knowledge

• Standard information

• Open Source

• Analysis depends on information gathered

• Aspects – Health, defense,

institutional, financial, transport, communication, energy, food, water.

• Analysis

• Protocols

•

.

Entitities and Community

• Information standarization of public and private entities under privacy conditions and of strict use for Risk Management

• Efficient and effective resource management

• Decreased response time

• SNGRD members (main) and community Accesibility

Expected Results

1. Colombian Current Situacion Evaluation

• Current Risk Management situaction

• Emergencies

2. Literature Review

• Colombia

• Chile

• Australia

3. Preliminary Design

• Standardization of data sharing

4. Workshops

• Entities

• Decision makers

5. Pilot

• Cundinamarca

6. Adjustment

• Workshop and pilot feedback

Methodology

Time Line M

on

th 1

Analysis of current information systems

Understanding the Australian Platform for Disaster Management

Mo

nth

2

Literature review of the current database systems in Risk Management

Establish the parameters of the Colombian Platform for response in the event of an emergency

Workshop preliminary design

Mo

nth

3

Pilot design -Cundinamarca

Identifying knowledge and analysis of the platform

Mo

nth

4

Final design Platform for Cundinamarca with aid from the regional government

Mo

nth

5

Platform adjustment