Earthquake and Tsunami Community Disaster Cache Planning Guide
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EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI COMMUNITY DISASTER CACHE PLANNING GUIDE Earthquake and Tsunami Community Disaster Cache Planning Guide EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI COMMUNITY DISASTER CACHE Planning Guide May 2021 Abstract A Community Disaster Cache is a stock of supplies designed to support a local population in its response to a disaster. Developing a successful and sustainable Community Disaster Cache involves a four-step planning process: 1) Design, 2) Implementation, 3) Maintenance, and 4) Deployment. Each step serves an important function in the community disaster cache development process. Susan M. Graves 1 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI COMMUNITY DISASTER CACHE PLANNING GUIDE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI COMMUNITY DISASTER CACHE Planning Guide Written and Prepared by: SUSAN M. GRAVES Susan M. Graves Consulting, LLC Prepared for: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES and OREGON OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Project Manager Project Advisory Team DR. JONATHAN ALLAN CINAMON MOFFETT Coastal Geomorphologist Research Program Manager Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State Industries, Newport Field Office University MEG REED Coastal Shores Specialist Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development DR. ALTHEA RIZZO Geological Hazards Program Coordinator Oregon Office of Emergency Management Published May 2021 This publication is a result of tax-supported research and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. When quoting, paraphrasing, or otherwise referring to this guide, the citation should be: Graves, Susan M. (2021). Earthquake and Tsunami Community Disaster Cache Planning Guide. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Oregon Office of Emergency Management. www.oregongeology.org/tsuclearinghouse/resources/pdfs/TsunamiDisasterCachePlanningGuide.pdf 2 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI COMMUNITY DISASTER CACHE PLANNING GUIDE Acknowledgments Survey and Case Study Participants Thank you to everyone who participated in our survey or targeted interviews. You informed the concepts in this manual and guided its content. Also, thank you to the case study participants who gave graciously of their time, experience, insights, and disaster cache plans for the benefit of others. Your contributions are a gift. Project Team The author wishes to thank the Project Team for their foresight in advocating for the development of a Community Disaster Cache guide. They understand the dire conditions coastal communities will be faced with as a result of a large Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and tsunami. They also recognize the void in guidance for developing community disaster caches and the desire communities have to learn from those who have already developed caches. I am indebted to Project Manager Dr. Jonathan Allan for his leadership, oversight, and strategic guidance throughout the process of research and writing the Planning Guide. His vision, insights, and encouragement as the project grew in scope were invaluable for developing a robust yet practical product. I am grateful to the Project Advisory Team, Cinamon Moffett, Meg Reed, and Dr. Althea Rizzo for sharing their expertise and for their significant investment of time in reviewing, organizing, and editing the Planning Guide. Their contributions have made it a much more readable and valuable tool. Funding This project is co-funded under award #NA19NWS4670013 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, and through the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program under award #EMS-2019-CA- 00009-S01 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Cover Images Left: Neighborhood Disaster Cache at a Temporary Tsunami Assembly Area. Right: Inside of a School Disaster Cache. Both photos courtesy of Susan Graves. 3 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI COMMUNITY DISASTER CACHE PLANNING GUIDE Notice __________________________________________________________________ Many recommendations of specific products, brands, and strategies were made by our case study participants and by others who were interviewed. The inclusion in this guide of a product, brand, strategy, or photographs or drawings that depict a product, brand, or strategy does not indicate an endorsement. Each planning team will need to do their own research and select products and strategies that align with their mission and policies. This planning guide is intended to assist communities to prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis, and is for information purposes. Opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) or the Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM). Neither DOGAMI, OEM, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process included in this publication. Users of information from the publication assume all liability arising from such use. 4 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI COMMUNITY DISASTER CACHE PLANNING GUIDE Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 8 STEP 1: DESIGN .................................................................................................................................. 10 1.A. Project Management ...................................................................................................................... 11 1.B. Cache Mission .................................................................................................................................. 11 1.C. Cache Model .................................................................................................................................... 14 1.D. Financial Plan .................................................................................................................................. 16 STEP 2: IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................................. 23 2.A. Cache Location ................................................................................................................................ 24 2.B. Storage Container ........................................................................................................................... 26 2.C. Securing the Cache .......................................................................................................................... 33 2.D. Cache Contents ............................................................................................................................... 35 STEP 3: MAINTENANCE ...................................................................................................................... 40 3.A. Exterior Building .............................................................................................................................. 41 3.B. Interior Environment ...................................................................................................................... 41 3.C. Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 42 STEP 4: DEPLOYMENT ........................................................................................................................ 43 4.A. Operations Plan .............................................................................................................................. 43 4.B. Training ............................................................................................................................................ 48 4.C. Replacement Plan ........................................................................................................................... 48 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 50 APPENDICES OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 51 Appendices APPENDIX A: CACHE SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 53 APPENDIX B: CASE STUDIES ................................................................................................................ 97 APPENDIX C: TEMPLATES ................................................................................................................. 120 APPENDIX D: SAMPLE AGREEMENTS ................................................................................................ 129 APPENDIX E: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES ............................................................................................ 147 APPENDIX F: SAMPLE BUDGETS & SUPPLY LISTS .............................................................................. 160 APPENDIX G: OPERATIONS PLANS .................................................................................................... 171 APPENDIX H: DISASTER MORGUE EXAMPLES ................................................................................... 203 APPENDIX I: RESOURCES & REFERENCES .......................................................................................... 219