Bouasy Thammasack.
National Disaster Management office.
Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare.
Lao PDR
22December2004

Content
I. Activities in Japan.
II. Lesson lean form Japan
III. Recommendation to Disastermanagement in Lao PDR.
IV. My lesson learn to apply to my work.

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I. Activities in Japan• Japanese Class From 20 July-6 August 2004.

Received
Certificate2• Visited the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake Memorial
Disaster Reduction Museum

Human Renovation Museum• Attended Earthquake and firefighting
Experiences.

Earthquake Experience

Firefighting Experience3• The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Information 17-01-1995. 5:46. 7.3 Scale
Description

Number

Dead

6,401

Missing3

Seriously injured

10,494

Lightly injured

29,598Houses damaged

448,929

Building damaged

248,412

Total cost ofdamaged

9,926.8
BillionYen• Visited Nigawa Landslide Museum.

Completed
works

Model of
Facilities

4•Visited Amagasaki Public Works Office,Numbu Pumping Station and Waste Water
Treatment Center
Mukogawa Lower River Waste Water Treatment System

Response for
Response forcontaining Waste & Treatment of Sanitation
Sanitation water& Raining water•Visited Tokyo on 23-25 August 2004.
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transportation
Urban Planning Division :response for planning evacuation and long plan to protect
disaster.
Planning evacuation for natural disaster in Tokyo.
Planning evacuation for Dense urban areas in Tokyo( Example in Arakawa area )Improving major evacuation areas and evacuation routes.
Evacuation roads ( at least 6m wide )Construction of Auxiliary route 306 in dense urban area.
Length of road 1,361 m, width 14 m, sidewalk 3.5 x 2,
driveway 7.0 ( one lane on each side )5•Visited Tokyo on 23-25 August 2004.
National High Way & Risk

Management Division:
Response for planning andcoordination of road traffic safetyadministration, survey andresearch of measure to prevent
disaster on road.
Established transportation andlifeline systems and other urban
facilities, several earthquake
monitoring networks to use
earthquake information for early
Information Technology forwarning or early damage
Road Management
assessment.

•Visited Tokyo on 23-25 August 2004.
Emergency Operation Center:
Function as the central room for disaster management, todecide the immediate response in case of large disaster.
The Center based on the latest IT Technology, has acomprehensive role to collect, integrate, understand anddisseminate the disaster information and the damage conditions.
This center provide the information of MLIT for the Official residence
residence of the Prime
Minister and other related organization, to request assistance toto the related organizationand to carry out publicity work.
1. Collection of disaster information: The regional organization of MLIT and the relatedorganizations automatically transfer the metrological information,
information, earthquake information,
river information and ………
2. Collection of damage information: The system for the collection
collection of real time image of adisaster ( from a helicopter or monitoring camera ) is prepared.
3. Estimation of damage: Disaster information system is introduced,
introduced, which is developed by
Cabinet Office for the automatic rough estimation of damage caused
caused by an Earthquake.
4. The base function of activities: Through a digital circuit, TV
TV conference is performed
with regional organization.

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•Visited Tokyo on 23-25 August 2004.
Ministry of Public Management Home Affairs Posts &Telecommunication.
Fire & Disaster Management Agency:
With the earthquake preparedness as the most important
issue, Fire & Disaster Management Agency comprehensively
promoters the following eight issues:

Prevention of Fire outbreaks
Initial firefighting
Improvement of regional disaster preparedness
Reinforcement of initial response action
Information management
Prevention of fire spread
Search & Rescue
Evacuation and post quake safety

With the lessons learned from the effective initial fire fighting
fighting
immediately after the Great HanshinHanshin-Awaji Earthquake, theyemphasizes these eight items in fire drills and makes efforts at theappropriate use of the Earthquake Damage Prediction System in line
linewith a seismograph network,
Build disaster resilient communities, FDMA have steadily urban
infrastructures and promoting projects on fire resistant building.
building. At
the same time, each and every Tokyo citizen must have a correctunderstanding on risks in the communities of their residence, andand takesufficient preparatory measures in the daily course of life.
Many activities on
Public awareness&education andtraining in every years.

7Attended the Public Forum”Recovery

from Catastrophic Disaster-toward asafer world for all”
This forum organized by ADRC, Cabinet Office ofJapan, The United Nations University, UN ISDR
Secretariat and UNDP. In cooperation with USAID,
NHK ( Japan Broadcasting Cooperation ) and Hyogo
Prefecture Government.
Focused on, learning from the pass experience toimprove and develop the approach, disaster reduction
Networking among governments, NGOs,
regional/international organizations, communities, andcorporations is essential in achieving a holistic
approach to disaster reduction. Networking canfacilitate information sharing, best practices, many
experiences and weak point to be improved for the
future disaster risk preparedness and recovery
activities.

•Joined Disaster Management ( Action )Drill. By Hyogo prefecture
Medical care
Evacuation &ReliefFirefighting
Search & Rescue
Firefighting
Experience

Earthquake
Experience

Smoke
protection
Exper.
Exper.

8•Experience of Town Watching & Hazard
Mapping.
Making Hazard
Mapping
Town watching
Group presentation

Information sharing•Visited Hokudan-cho Earthquake
Memorial Park
Real damaged
show

Produced damaged
show

Forward Infor.
Infor.

Past disaster
Information

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•Visited Disaster Prevention Center in
Kakogawa City
DisasterPrevention Center
Training facilities

Education & Infor•Visited Kyoto City Citizens’ Disaster
Prevention Center

Kyoto City Citizen
DisasterPrevention Center

Turbulent Wind
Education information
Simulation room
3 D Kyoto Great Earthquake,
3 D Sound/Fear of Mud slide
Brave fire fighter
Fire Helicopter

Home safety
simulation room10•Visited Hyogo Prefecture Disaster
Management Center.
Disaster Counter Measure in Hyogo Prefecture
1. Facilities to use for implementation Disaster management activities such as:

Stock Room Audio-Visual equipment
Emergency Relief
Night Duty RoomHeadquarters Control RoomControl room
Network Control Room

Water Supply

Air Conditioning Diesel (fuel) stock Battery stock Electricity Generation•Visited Hyogo Prefecture Disaster
Management Center . (Cont )2. Preparation for the Emergency Response System in Hyogo Prefecture
Established Monitoring & Quick Response System.
Three Building containing 76 department have been
constructed near the prefectural office as the standby
lodgings for first staff in case of emergency.

Networks of the Phoenix
Disaster management
systemPhoenix Disaster Management System.
The main purpose is to collect information as a result of
meteorological observation, the initial stage estimation ofdamage to be caused by disaster, and assessment of actual
damage, together with a map and visual images.
331 Computer work stations installed ( 65 at offices of theprefectural government, 71 at prefecture relatedorganization, 124 at municipalities and local fire
department, 5 at organizations related to disastermanagement, 62 at local police headquarters andprecincts, and 4 at utility companies )11•Visited Hyogo Prefecture Disaster
Management Center . (Cont )3. Development of emergency management bases..
Arial view of Miki
1. Regional emergency management bases
Earthquake Disaster
have been established for each major area
Memorial Parkin the Prefecture( there are 7 regional emergency
1: Hyogo Prefectural Disastermanagement bases ) , to store rescue
Management Centermaterials and equipment and relief
commodities for the victims; to collect and 2: Hyogo Prefectural Fire Fighters'
Training Institutedeliver relief supplies; and to station relief
and rescue workers. In addition, someexisting facilities will be also used as
emergency management bases.
2. Emergency management bases has 3function as: 1. Storage, 2. Collection anddelivery of supplies, 3. Stationing.

3: 33-DFullDFull-Scale Earthquake
Testing Facility•Field survey on Flood situation in
Toyooka City, Hyogo Pref.

12•Flood damage information

23rd Typhoon on 20
October brought
downpours and strong
winds, cause to flood,
landside to many cities inSouthern and Central ofJapan

In the whole country
reported:- 82 dead- 8 missing- 443,198 houses
completed destroy- 9,322 damaged houses-252 public building
damaged.

•Flood damage information•Level of flood in Toyooka city.

•Around 1 m an half

Around 4 m

13•The damage in the city
•Damaged houses & buildings

Damaged train, bridge, car, boat andagriculture

Emergency response of the government.
Government set up the Volunteer Center

Head quarter corner

Relief stock

Register corner

Information corner Tool use for Volunteer Cooking corner14

Emergency response of the government.
- Very quick and good cooperation ofrelated organization on information
dissemination and early warning.
- ( before, during and after disaster)
Information Forecasting on TV andRadio very frequently- Evacuation was very Quick.

Emergency response of the government.
Quick rescue.

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Emergency response of the government.
Good coordination and actively from volunteer groups andmany sections related on rehabilitation as:

Visited Osaka prefecture office .

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History of flood damage in Osaka
prefecture government.
Date

Photo of flood in the pass

- Jul. 1212-13,1972- Sep. 1515-16, 1972
- Jun.27Jun.27-Jul.2,1979- Sep.30Sep.30-Oct1, 1979
- Aug.2Aug.2-3,1982- Sep.2Sep.2-3, 1989
- Sep. 14,1989- Sep. 1919-20, 1989
- Jul.2Jul.2-6 1995
- Jul.9, 1997
- Jul.13, 1997
- Aug.. 5, 1997
- Aug.7,1997- Jun. 2626-27, 1999
- Jun. 2929-30,1999- Aug. 1010-11, 1999
- Sep. 17,1999

Flood damage.
No. Houses damage
43,411
61,407
13,087
27,73650,040
1,953
3,668
1,697
2,040
172
3,828
3,202
9,213
401
197
3,480
3,957

Neya river basin comprehensive flood
control measures in Osaka prefecture
government.
In order to create a safe and comfortable town by
alleviating flood damage, not only the restoration of rivers,
but also the construction of water retention facilities suchas:
Flood control green spaces
Flood control reservoirs
Effluent facilities,
Underground flows.
Improvement measures for the river basin for the
purpose of preventing rainwater from flowing out to thesewerage system or rivers all at once are also important.

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Reconstruction of bridges to broaden of
the river, raising the height of the levees.
Before the reconstruction ( 1971 )Mostly completed in 1981, This
photo taken in 2000

Diversion channels
Neya river driving channel

Illustration of Diversion
channels
Drainage pumping station
Yodo river

Taina drainage pumping station

Main river( Neya river)

Yodo river18

Under ground flow

Neya river northern section
underground flow

Illustration ofunderground flow
River

Sewage pipe

Underground flow
( water is discharged
outside the basin )Drainage basin. ( Flood control green space )Neya river flood control green space

Illustration of flood
control green space
River Zon A

Zone B

Zone C

View of the Neya river flood control
green space when receiving flood
water( August,1999)

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Mitsushima flood control reservoir
Illustration of a flood control
reservoir in the basin
Park

SeweragesystemFlood control Water
reservoir
channelUnderground view of the section circled
with the dotted line in the above

Reserving rainwater within the grounds ofa school ( Shijonawate city) and building20

underground flow which just completed.

Field survey on Earthquake in Niigata Prefecture.

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Information of Earthquake Damage.
People Dead
People injured
People evacuation
Houses destroyed
Houses partiallydestroyed
Housed damaged

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2,867
10,663
2,028
4,430
42,429Major Earthquakes withmagnitudes ranging from 5.9
to 6.8 struck on 23 Saturday
evening October 2004 in
Niigata prefecture, northern
Japan. Cause to landslides,
Flood and Mudslide,wrecking houses andbuckling railway tracks.
Many people dead, missing,and thousand of people
evacuation.

Information of Earthquake Damage.

Cause to dead, damage houses, old temple and gravestone, derail trail.

Cause to many huge landslide, flood and mudslide, damaged roads & railways

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Emergency response of National & Local government.
The Niigata prefecture set up the Emergency
center, in this center there were many relatedorganization based, to sharing information
about the earthquake , discussion Such as:
there is the corner of the representative from
Hyogo prefecture to share the lesson learn
and suggestion how to response in theemergency, based on Experience of Hanshin
Awaji earthquake 1995.
There is the corner of Self Defense Force,
Conner of Medical service, and manyorganizations related to…
to…..

Emergency response of National & Local government.
There were many organizations based In Ojiya City officesuch as Ojiya Disaster Management Center, Red cross,and many media from many prefectures. There weremany update information day by day, providing for the
residents and media such as the information about thedamaged of road, direction of road can be used,evacuation, health consultation and many concerning.

23Set up evacuation center
The city gymnasium was used as a evacuation
center temporary. There were manyorganizations as Self Defense Force corner,
Red Cross corner, Information Corner, Playroom, Relief corner, Cooking corner, some
private food relief corner, temporary toilet &bath room and many corner else..

Set up volunteer center
In Volunteer center there weremany Volunteer from allaround the country having
difference skills as Computer
skill, first aid……
.., information
aid……..,
providing also have inJapanese and English, there
was the corner provide food forevacuee and also many
activities took place.

24Very quick search & rescue.

Very quick evacuation

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Very quick response on relief as providing food,water, clothes and necessary things.

Very quick Recovery and Reconstruction.

- Very quick investigate roads, houses andpossibly of landslide,- Rebuild houses and stores.
- Reconstruct roads, railway and recovering
cause by landslide .

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Enjoy visiting famous places in Japan.

Enjoy visiting famous places in Japan.

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Enjoy Japanese food.

II. Lesson learn from Japan

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1. Experience of pass major disaster
Realized the emergency response of HanshinHanshin-Awaji Earthquake ( search andrescue, emergency assistant, the way assessment and other else…
else…).
Also realized the quick and well coordination and collaboration fromnetworking group and people of Japan, especially involving implement
implement forrecovery &reconstruction after earthquake. Also many steps toward
towardrecovery & reconstruction process were implemented will be the very good
guidance for many countries in the implementation of recovery andandreconstruction.
Sharing lesson learn and experience of pass major disaster is very
very
important process for develop and improve the weakness points of theactions for the effective response to future disaster, especially
especially for planning
the response measure for disaster reduction and mitigation for thethe future.
More knowledge about rainwater and sanitation treatment systems which
are widely know for my advanced process of flood control in Japan.
Japan.

2. Disaster preparedness IN JAPAN
There are many disaster prevention facilities and equipment:- Observation equipment such as: meteorological satellites, weather
weatherobservation radar and seismometers.
- Materials and machinery required for emergency response such as
relieve stocks, firefighting equipment, water tanks and power
generators.
- Systems for liaising and communicating emergency information suchsuch
as telecommunication or broadcasting facilities.
- Transportation vehicles such as helicopters, ships and automobiles.
automobiles.
- Facilities of evacuation and headquarters for disastercountermeasures.
Also there are many projects such as fireproofing buildings, providing
providingevacuation routes, areas and facilities for disaster preparation bases.

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- Disaster prevention in urban areas such as
creating green space, spreading aseismic
examination and reinforcement of existingbuildings, improving and inspecting public
facilities and seismi retrofit of lifeline facilities.
-There were many erosion control works such as
landslide prevention, Soil and water conservation ,flood control, steep slope prevention and any els....
els....
- There are many activities on school Education &disseminating such as: 1st of September every year
is “Disaster management day”
day” in the period ofAugust 30th to Sept 5th as ‘ Disaster management
week”
week” many event such as dm fair, dm seminar, dm
poster contest and dm drills.

There are many training to volunteer, local organization and residents
residents
such as: fighting fires, fighting floods, search and rescue, first
first aid, andevacuation.

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3. Disaster Emergency Response & Recovery
and reconstruction
Experiences on the real situation and many actions took
place in Earthquake and flood emergency response fromnational and local government . I released that Japan hasvery good preparedness so many organizations related to,have more skill, understand well their role andresponsibilities and the way how to coordination in theemergency situation. Thus the Disaster emergency response
and recovery & reconstruction were very quickly andsmoothly.

III. Recommendation to Disastermanagement in Lao PDR

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- Should pay more attention on increasing capacity of district andprovincial authorities to prepare communities to respond to disasters
disasters
and reduce disaster vulnerability.
- Should improve the coordination and flow of information between alladministrative levels ( national, provincial, district and village
village ).
- Emergency response plans at high risk district should be clear anddisseminated to all relevant agencies and organizations.
- Emergency response drill should conduct at least 1 a year.
- Lesson learn of past experience on disaster emergency response should
be reviewed and sharing the good and weakness points for effectivenesseffectivenessresponse to future disaster.
- Information about past Major disaster should be awareness andeducation to the residents.

IV. My lesson learn to apply to my
work

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I will share my skills that gain from Japan such as:- Assist NDMO to develop and implement disaster prevention

plans.
- Sharing my lesson learn from Japan to my colleagues.
- Introduce the highlight activities to the local government
through training.
- Continue strengthening collaboration and coordination with
ADRC on sharing lesson learn and information about disaster.

“Thank you very much for yourwell taking care and helpful to me“Thank you”

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