Aziz Ail Nasser
Director for Floating Unit Red Sea Sector
Yemen Coast Guard

Location: in middle east, bordering by Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden and RedSea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia, Geographic:15 00 N, 48 00 E
Capital : Sana‘a, Population23 million, Area: 527,970 sq km
The climate of Yemen varies depending of the height; the country
can be divided into three climatic zones:
Yemeni Mountains is moderate in summer but in winter can be verycold. In the capital Sana'a’s avarage temperature is between 20°C
to 30°C. The rains occur twice a year.

Costal Plains is hot and humidity area, average maximum temperatures are
28°C in winter and 37°C in summer. Annual rain average is 130 mm.

Yemeni Highlands is very hot and dry, maximum
temperatures is 25°C in December and 37°C in June

From natural disasterhistory, Yemen has been
struck by many disasters
such as :1‐Earthquake
2‐Volcano
3‐Drought
4‐Epidemic
5‐flood
6‐landslid

during the history Yemen has stroked by many
disasters some of them we had information
about, while the others we didn’t have enoughinformation about. The important disaster were1‐earthquake
2‐volcano3‐drought
4‐Epidemic
5‐flood
6‐land slid
also there anther disasters reasons likefamine

NAUTURAL DISASTER WHICH Struck YEMEN DURING1973_2008
Type of disasterdateFlood

August 1973

Epidemic
StormsEarthquake

Disasters casualties
60

Affected number
2862

August_1975

5250000

MARCH_1982

482

350000APRIL_1989

38

150000December_1991_30000FEBRUARY_1993

3121500

JUNE_1996

338238310

August_1999_19750

July_2001

31_

April_2002

2700

August_2002

28_

April_2005

10715

23 October 2OO81833275

September_2000

32298February_2005

179Jun2001_13

December_1982

2800

November_1991
Volcano2005

Drought

1961

Land slid

December_2005

701141050
4039

32020000

6511

Flood occurred in Hadarmaut 23 Oct 2008
183 killed and 3275 injured

The 2008 flood affected two governorates in Yemen, which received 90 mm of rainfall in
30hours, almost eighteen times greater than the normal rainfall of 5mm to 6mm. The rain fellover a catchment area of 2 million hectares, and the nearly 2 billion cubic meters of water
caused severe flash floods in the valley, with water surges exceeding 10 meters in some areas.

Relief in Hadramaut after flood disaster ‐23 Oct 2008 t‫‪TECTONIC PLATE‬‬‫ﺧﺎرﻃﺔ ﺗﻮﺿﺢ ﺣﺮآﺔ اﻟﺼﻔﻴﺤﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ واﻟﺘﻲ‬‫ﺗﺘﺴﺒﺐ ﻓﻲ ﺗﻜﺴﺮ اﻟﺼﺨﻮر واﻟﺘﻲ ﺑﺪورهﺎ ﺗﻜﻮن‬‫اﻟﺰﻻزل‬•Location: Yemen: Dhamar•Date and Time: 12/13/1982 at 12.13 am•Depth: 5 km
•Latitude: 14.701•Longitude: 44.379•Magnitude: 6 Richter scale•More than 2800 killed (More than 41050
injured)Volcano in Yemen

Yemen is located in one of the most active plate boundaries ofthe World - the triple junction made up by the Gulf of Aden, theRed Sea and the Eastern African Rift System.

1/10/2007 at Jabal Altair Island iroughly oval volcano island
northwest of Bib Almandp wa
passage military base there
after 124 year of dormancy forthe volcano ‐ 11 soldiers killed

Tsunami 26 December2004

Losses by Tsunami in Al Mah
rah and Socotra
7-injurd
33Fishing boats destroyed
Other equipment
Outboard engines 33 (totallydestroyed
Vehicles 5 cars
Other buildingsDrought in Yemen

Yemen is set to be the first country in the world to run out of water. The
capital, Sana’a, has about ten years at current rates before its wells run dry
because of water shortages

Landslides in Althafer Sana'a
Location: about 50km (31 miles) west of thecapital Sana'a
Date : 1‐12‐2005 at 12.13 am
65 people are dead): (More than 10injured)Legal system
Republic cedar No.(32) Issued at 1997 include the following:
1‐ Assign The Highest Council Of The Civil Deviance (HCCD)
2‐ Identify the disaster .
3‐ Tasks and Missions of the (HCCD).

Organisational Chart
The president republic of Yemen

Highest council civilI defence

Department public civil defenseIUN
international organization
And localUN agencies
international organization
And local

Ministries coordinators

Government governor
Civil defences branch

operation room
Operation room

Yemen Coast Guard (YCG)

Established by Republican Decree No. (1) 2002
Stood up in 2003.
Personnel drawn mainly from the police, butsome from the Yemen Navy and civilians withspecialist skills.
Divided into HQ and 3 Districts.

Floating units

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YCG (Phase 1)
Commenced Feb 08

YCG HQ
North Arabian
Sea District

Red SeaDistrict
AdenDistrict

1. Search & rescue, one of our mission

ACTION PLAN

Project title
Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity
Building in Dhamar city in Yemen

1‐BACK GROUND
Dhamar is situated 100 km to the south of Sana'a, north of Ibb, andwest of Al‐Beidha. the elevation around 2400 meters.. The city ofDhamar is situated on the main road, which connects Sana’a with anumber of cites and located in the center of the Dhamar basin, is ofancient origin. Dhamar is the only town in northern Yemen, which is
not surrounded by a wall or natural defensive formations; on
December 13 1982 the city hit by earthquake the magnitude was
6.0 It was the first instrumentally recorded earthquake in theDhamar region. over2,800 people were killed and more than 41050injured.

•Location: Yemen: Dhamar•Date and Time: 12/13/1982 12.13 am•Focal Depth: 5 km
•Latitude: 14.701•Longitude: 44.379•Magnitude: 6•Deaths (Approx. Deaths): 2800 (Morethan 41050 injured)2-Justifications
this project will provide pilot model on the development of multistakeholders platform on the governmental level.
The success of this project will encourage other local administrations(councils) to repeat this model.
It is very important to indicate that ,this project will provide remarkablesupport to Yemen government in the implementation of Hyogo Framework
for Action (2005-2015) it comes under several priorities i.e. enhancing
institutional framework of DRR at the local level ; raising awareness ofpublic; and reducing the vulnerability of the high risk areas.

3-General Objectives. To raise public awareness of the Local Administration,
through introducing the concepts of natural and man‐maderisk reduction and management.
. To enhance the institutional multi‐stake‐holders structure of
the disaster risk reduction and management through building
the capacity local administration of Dhamar governorate andguide them to establishment of local platform

Specific objectives.To raise the public awareness through introducing the concepts
of DRR to the communities leaders , local governmental staff,students and public.
.To enhance the institutional framework and build the capacityof local governmental staff on DRR management.. of Dhamar
local administration .
.To develop a framework of local Disaster Risk managementplan.
.To promote sustainable disaster reduction management
practices.

4‐Project activities

a. For Raising public awareness•Conduct 2 workshops about the concepts of Disaster Risk reduction
targeted the local council staff, local governmental offices staff andNGOs.
•Produce and publish several publications such as leaflets, brochures
and other educational material about Disaster Risk management’s
concepts , the roles of partners•Organize an awareness campaigns on DRR in the city of Dhamar andtwo other selected areas targeted students and publics using theschools and mosques.

b. For enhancing the institutional framework and build the capacity oflocal governmental on DRR management. Of Dhamar local
administration•Conduct workshops to establish the local disaster reduction
management Platform.
In these workshops the platform will be declared and prepared its
organizational framework.

c. For development of a framework of local Disaster Risk management
plan‐ Carry out risk assessment on Dhamar city and 3 selected districts of
Dhamar governorate.
‐ Conduct training workshops on disaster risk management and planning forthe members of local council (administration) of Dhamar governorate andthe local council of the 3 selected districts.
‐ Develop a draft framework of disaster reduction management plan
through conducting meeting for the local platform members.

d. For promote sustainable disaster reduction management practices.
.Support establishment of 3 Nongovernmental organizations in Dhamar Cityand the 2 selected districts.
.Conduct training of trainer’s course on Disasters reduction and management
community based participation.

5‐Output of the Project•Draft disaster reduction and management framework
plan for Dhamar governorate.
•Local Disaster reduction platform as multi‐stakeholders mechanism.
•Distribution of Disaster Reduction and management
concepts Publications among the target audience.
•Reports on the main risks and hazards on Dhamar
Governorate.

6‐Implementing Agencies :( Partners)
Ministry of Water & Environment
Coast guard .
Civil Defense .
National Seismic and Volcanic Monitoring Center.
Sea Sciences Center .
Dhamar University .
Schools Managers in Dhamar .
Dhamar Media.
Local government

7‐Estimated Budget

8‐Work plan schedule

The First week The Secondweek
Make campaigns
and lecture anddistribute theleaflet
Drill thecommunity atfire fighting ,first aid ,searchand rescue
Make meeting‐workshop‐ tostart organizing
community
disastermanagement
team
Drill at town
watching
Make final
meeting forparticipants

The Thirdweek

The fourthweekQuestion ?