DISASTER MITIGATION AND
PREVENTION OF PHUKET

By:
Bhuritt Maswongssa
President
Tourism Council of Phuket
6 Nov 2012 (updated 19 Feb 20162016))

RELATED HAZARDSStormwinds
Monsoonwinds

Avalanches

EarthQuakeQ

Stormsurges

Depression

Flood

TsunamiThisThi chart
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the hazards that may
effected and cost thedamage to the Cityand its population.

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE NATURAL
HAZARDS SINCE 1993 - 2002
Windstorm
Florest/Scrub fires
Extreme temperature

Volcanics eruptions
Earth quakes
Droughts and famines

FloodsAvalanches and landslides

9%5%

28%

6%
8%

Windstorm

Earthquake
Flood

2%5%

37%
Climate and Land Degradation
Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, Ndegwa Ndiang'ui - 2007

REGIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF DISASTER
1993 - 2001
Oceanea3%Europe
14%

Asia
42%

Africa21%
America20%

Climate and Land Degradation
Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, Ndegwa Ndiang'ui - 2007

EVOLUTION OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND THEIRIMPACTS

Climate and Land Degradation
Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, Ndegwa Ndiang'ui - 2007

DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATIONCOMMAND
National CommandDi t Prevention
DisasterPti andd Mitigation
Mitig ti off Thailand
Th il d / PrimePi
Minister
Mi i tProvincial Command
Phuket Province / Governor of Phuket

District Command
Chief of District and Local Authority

Chief of village and community

DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATIONCOMMAND
Provincial
Command
DDPM
Department of Disaster
Prevention and Mitigation

District
CommandLocal
Ll
Authority

Chief
Chi f off
Community

Chief
Chi f off
VillagePHUKET DISASTER MANAGEMENTFRAMEWORKS
Response

Preparedness

Impacts
Pti anddPrevention
Mitigation

Recovery
BeforeImpacts-AfterImpacts

BEFORE DISASTER SITUATION Frameworks:

1. Safety places for evacuation planning.
2. Safety routes of evacuation planning .
3. Evacuation information implementing.
4. Drill performing.
performing
5. Monitoring.
6. Early warning system retreat.
7. Frameworks updating.
updating

SAFETY ROUTE AND SHELTER PLACE PLOTINGN

Inundation area(26/12/2004)

12534
Evacuation shelter

Evacuation route Evacuation directions set up

RISK IDENTIFICATION: MONITORINGEARLY WARNING SYSTEMNATIONAL EARLY WARNING TO LOCATIONWARNING SYSTEMS AND EVACUATION ROUTESDRILLING FOR EVACUATION PROCEDURE
ON 13 SEPTEMBER 2010
 Evacuation Process:1. Warning and alarm.
2. Evacuate along the route.
p moves to a highg gground
3. People
or high building follow the signs.
4. Vehicles have to move awayy
from the beach front.
5. Police and volunteer are inplaces.
6. Stayy until safetyy situation isannounced and dismissed.

REAL SITUATION ON APRIL 11TH, 2012
INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKES AT 8.6 MW.
Situation reports:
15..30 Feeling the strong vibration.
15
15..45 Message of Earthquakes in15
Indian Ocean was announced.
16..25 Early Warning Office has
16announced for evacuation.
16..40 Hawaii Tsunami Center has
16announced for Tsunami impacts.
17..20 Citizen and Tourist have
17
evacuated from risk area to higherground.

EVACUATION IS UNDER CONTROL AS PLANEDBUT STILL CHAOTIC

WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THE REALSITUATION OF THE EARTHQUAKES? ( - )Weakness:
1. Tourist and Citizen are chaotic
during the evacuation.
2. Vehicle was moving in thewrong direction without rules.
3. Communications failure.
failure4. Lack of information for tourist
during the evacuation.
evacuation
5. Same sound of warning siren
and safety siren.

WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THE REALSITUATION OF THE EARTHQUAKES
EARTHQUAKES?
?(+)
 Strength:Sh

1. Police and volunteer guards
were replacedld ini theh riski k area.
2. Evacuation routes indication
was very useful to guide theway for tourist and citizen.

FROM THE SITUATION ON APRIL 11TH, 2012
 What
Wh t we hhave llearnedd ffrom theth situation
it ti anddneed to be improved;
1. Communication failure during the situation.
2. Traffic was uncontrolled.
3. Evacuation route for walking way and vehicle
should not be on the same route and same
safety place.
4. SoundSd off sireniffor emergency warning
i anddsafety signal should be different.

PHUKET SCENARIO
 Chances of occasion with Tsunami,
Tsunami Landslide,
Landslide

Earthquake or flood.
 2,400 hotels with 100,100,000 rooms/night.
 Tourist at 12 million per year.
year Registered population of 351,351,000 people.
 Non registered population of 300,300,000 people.
 7 hospitals with 1,186 beds.
beds
 Mass transport end after 18.
18.00 hrs.
 Tallest building has 23 floors.

WHAT IS PHUKET RESILIENCE TO DPM.?
DPM ?
 What if … Phuket has encountered the …. ?
 Answers is turn to questions:

How many people involve in the scenario?
- Do we have enough space for injured people?
- Do we have rescue team with experiences?
- Who will be the crisis commander?
- Do we have enough equipment to support?
- How high of the fire truck ladder can reach?
-Thank you and Khob Khun Krub