Reports

A. LOGISTICS PREPAREDNESS PLAN a. LOGISTICS PREPAREDNESS CHECKLIST 1. COORDINATION Set up a Logistics Coordination Group (LCG) of key people to support the preparedness activities of the DMO’s Logistics Unit. This LCG should be in charge of the implementation…

Extract: Situation Description: An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 occurred at 9.8 degrees South and 160.6 degrees East, approximately 37 km Southwest of Honiara, Solomon Islands. The NEOC has being activated on-standby immediately and the NEOC Standby-Team conducted an initial…

Extract: The attempts by the NEOC to areas close to the epicentre via HF Radio last night was unsuccessful. However, the NEOC have received reports from Biti and other nearby communities stating that villagers on all coastal areas…

A. LOGISTICS PLANNING OVERVIEW a. IDENTIFIED GAPS & PROPOSED SOLUTIONS Organizing emergency logistics operations for delivery and distribution may be a real challenge in Tonga due to the remoteness of outer Islands, access conditions to affected locations on…

B. CONTEXT INTRODUCTION Tonga is highly vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters, especially on the outer islands. The effects of climate change have exacerbated naturally occurring phenomenon, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, cyclones, coastal flooding and…

B. Emergency Scenarios Identification Overview The range of possible disasters that may impact Tonga is large, too large to set up specific response mechanisms and operational logistics procedures for each one. As the size of the potential impact, the…

Executive Summary Since 2009 there have been accelerated efforts to strengthen the resilience of Samoa’s disaster management systems and processes. After evaluation of a number of leading systems which were found to be too complex (regardless of…

Situation Description: There has been some major Flooding and a couple of Landslides in the Solomon Islands Province of Makira/Ulawa following very heavy rain being experienced in the Province over the weekend (Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd…

*B. Emergency Scenarios Identification: Overview  The range of possible disasters that may impact Samoa is large, too large to set up specific response mechanisms and operational logistics procedures for each one.  As the size of the potential…

B. CONTEXT INTRODUCTION The South Pacific is a region prone to frequent natural catastrophe. Its location south of the equator results in the frequent occurrence of tropical cyclones with damaging winds, rains and storm surge; tropical storms pass…