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Thailand Country Report
Lalita Panoottikorn
Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Visiting Researcher 2018B

OUTLINE01

Overview of Thailand

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Disaster in Thailand

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Disaster Management System in Thailand

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Disastr Management Activities in Thailand

THAILANDGeographyNorth• mountainous• forested areas

Central• including Eastern ,& Western area
• Alluvial flat
Presentation
PPresentationo DesignedDesess• Plain with the Chao Phraya River
Basin and some other, smaller riversbasins

North-East• PlateauSouth• Narrow peninsularClimate
3 seasons :• Hot (March-May)• Rain with plenty of sunshine(June-September)• Cool(October-February)• Temperature during the timeof the Congress isapproximately 28㼻C(80㼻F)

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

Central Government- Ministries- Bureaus- Department.

Provincial Government- 76 provinces- 878 districts (amphoe)- 7,255 subdistricts (Tambon)- 75,032 villages (mooban)

Local Government- Ordinary local government: municipalities-Special local government: Bangkok and PattayaThailand : Disaster Profile
Key points• Thailand is exposed toa variety of hazards,
but the ones affecting
the most amount ofpeople are drought andfloods• Disasters in Thailand
are unpredictable.
Although seasonal
flooding occurs every
year, some years are
far worse than others.

Recent Major Disaster2019 Tropical Storm“PABUK”,
The storm has affected 18 provinces in southernand eastern. Now, Pabuk has lost speed andmoved across land to the Andaman Sea.
Damages have been reported to 4 deaths
and 2 injuries.

2018 Flooding
continuous heavy rain influenced by tropicalstorm SON TINH and tropical storm BEBINCA
have caused a widespread flooding in several
provinces in northeast northern southern east
ern and central region. The flood has affected
43 provinces.

Disaster Management system in Thailand
MissionRoles

1. Create and develop disaster management
system of Thailand in all phase including before, during and after disaster happen

DDPM plays its role in the following areas :2. Building disaster management education
and awareness1. Serve as Secretariat of the National
Committee on Disaster Prevention andmitigation

3. Run an effective disaster management
work to help save people’s life and property

2. Serve as the coordination center for disa
stermanagement

4. Assist disaster victims and develop effective disaster victim assistance

3. Provide operational support to local andprovincial

5. Assist in disaster recovery to bring backlivelihoods of the people to normalcy

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Core agency :DDPM as the central government agency to operate any related activities on national disasterprevention and mitigation

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation(DDPM)• Headquarter in Bangkok• 18 Regional Centers• 76 Provincial Offices• 30 District Offices (only in largeprovinces)• 1 Training Institute• 6 training campuses

Legal Framework :Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Act 2007 (B.E.2550)

National Disaster Risk
Management Plan 2015

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Act 2007(B.E.2550)
Definition of “Disaster”

Section 4 :Section 6 :Appointed National Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation Committee

Section 11 :Section 12 :Designate DDPM as National Focal Point to carry out
disaster management activities of the country
Formulate National Disaster
Prevention and Mitigation Plan

Section 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 :Designate Authorized person in charge ofManagement as Incident Command
Director from National Level to Local Level

National Disaster Risk Management Plan 2015••

Participatory Process
From “disaster management” to“disaster risk management”• Concept of Operation: Framework andproviding guidelines• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015
• Toward building “resilience”

Disaster Risk Management Strategies

Strategy 1

Strategy 2Strategy 3

Focusing on disasterrisk reduction

Applying integrated
emergency
management
systemStrengthening andenhancing the efficiencyof sustainable disasterrecoveryStrategy 4
Promoting andstrengthening
international
cooperation ondisaster

Operational Level• Different level of mechanisms during
disaster will be activated according to
the level of emergencies

National Disaster Risk Management Plan 2015
• DDPM as the central government agency responsible for disastermanagement in Thailand• The Plan provided guideline and organization structure as well as roles andresponsibility of each government agencies involve in disaster management.
• DDPM provides guideline for each agencies in drafting their own action plan
which in accordance with the national plan
• Emergency Support Functions (ESF): 18 ESFs will be established to provide
support by function to the decision maker during the emergencies.

• The concept of “Build Back Better and Safer” is corporate within the planBefore Disaster :䕮 Flood Prevention: Improve the efficiency of flood water drainage
䕮 Community – Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM): Helps community understand disaster risk faced andbe prepared for disaster strike through workshop andtraining

䕮 Disaster Response Simulation Exercise: Ensures that the disaster management manager andthe people know what to do when hit by disaster䕮 Disaster risk education and awareness promotion: Remind people of disaster threats though educational
campaigns and educational means

During Disaster :䕮 Disaster Early Warning System: Put in place disaster early warning in disaster prone areas
including tsunami and flood. This is also assisted by“Mr. Disaster Warning” project䕮 One Tambon One Rescue (OTOS): Make sure that in each of the sub – district (or tambon)
is equipped with search and rescue team
䕮 Emergency Response Team (ERT): Support provincial and local governments in disaster
response by this well trained disaster response officers

After Disaster :䕮 The Disaster Emergency Relief Find
: Empower provincial governors and DDPM with fund toassist disaster victims
䕮 Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA): Support disaster relief and early recovery through PDNA䕮 Building Back Better Disaster Recovery: Adopt this principle which is under the Sendai Frameworkfor Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015 - 2030

Research Theme• Business Continuity Plan in Japan- Government sector- Private sector

Website: www.disaster.go.th

Thank you
Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Ministry of Interior
Thailand