WCO- Situation Report (SR-1) 25 April 2012

Emergency and Humanitarian Action (EHA) Unit WHO Country Office - Indonesia

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SITREP # 1: 25 April 2012 at 10.00 AM (UCT +7)

HIGH LIGHTS  On Tuesday, 24 April 2012 at 11.21 AM (UCT+6), Mt. Lokon was erupted. It is located in Konilow village, North sub-district, Tomohon, North province.  As of 24 April 2012 at 14.00 PM (UCT+7), Centre for Health Crisis (CHC), Ministry of Health (MoH) reported no casualty or damage of health facility.  By 25 April 2012 at 06.00 Central Indonesian Time (UCT+6), PVMBG reported that Mt. Lokon’s activity remains in alert level 3 “Watch Status”.  Tomohon DHO, PHO and Center for Health Crisis MOH are monitoring the situation closely;  WHO is in close contact with MOH in monitoring the situation through Center for Health Crisis MOH. In case the situation warrant, WHO will provide any assistance needed.

Affected Areas and Incident Site Mapping

Level 1: Normal, basaltic activity.

Level 2: Vigilant, Low activity. Level 3: Ready, Possibility of major eruption within weeks. Level 4: Alert, major eruption is imminent (within 24 hours).

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Affected Area

Manado

Tomohon

Situation Analysis

Mt.Lokon  Mount Lokon is a strato-type volcano located in Tomohon City, approximately 20 Km south west of , North Sulawesi province.

Mt. Lokon Eruption on 2011  On 10 July 2011 at 22.00 PM local time (UCT+6), the Center of Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) has declared Mt. Lokon status was raised to Alert Level 4 “Warning Status” (major eruption is imminent within 24 hours) based on the monitoring of volcanic earthquake, visual, S02 level fluctuation and hazard analysis of Mt. Lokon.  By 23 July 2011, the number of casualties and damages reported so far are as follow e.g. 2 people died, 30 with inpatient, 2,119 outpatients and 5,309 IDPs evacuated in 23 IDPs camps. Following the decrease of its volcanic activity, the local government has already sent the IDPs back home on 24 July 2011 and there are 203 people (55 house hold) in the IDPs camps  On 24 July 2011 at 22.00 PM local time (UCT+6), Mt. Lokon’s level is decreased to level 3 “Watch Status”. Safe zone is revised from 3.5 Km to 3 Km from Tampuholan summit.

Mt. Lokon’s activity on 2012  Mt. Lokon’s activity has been increasing since Monday, 23 April 2012 at 15.00 PM. Up to 24 April 2012, there were 180 volcanic earthquakes. The eruption was accompanied with thundering sounds.  By 25 April 2012 at 06.00 Central Indonesian Time (UCT+6), PVMBG reported that Mt. Lokon’ s activity remains in alert level 3 “Watch Status”.  Based on PVMBG, the potential hazard of Mt. Lokon are hot debris in the radius of 2 km and volcanic ash in the radius of 2.5 km from the Tompaluan crater.  PVMBG has already provided the technical recommendation as follows : 1. There should be no community activity within a 2.5 kilometer radius of the Tompaluan crater. 2. Prioritize the resident of Kinilow I village to be equipped with communication and early

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warning devices such as loudspeaker, bell, and traditional communication device named kentongan. 3. Resident to be alert of the lava flow through the river from Mt. Lokon crater to the lower land. 4. Advice the resident to stay calm and follow the instruction from the local government. 5. District Disaster Management Agency/Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD) of Tomohon to socialize the preparedness of mount eruption 6. Local government keeps close contact Mt. Lokon’s monitoring post.(Phone: 0431351076) in Kakaskasen village, Tomohon, North Sulawesi or Geology Agency in Bandung, West Java.

Casualties and Damages

Major Minor Health Facilities Dead Missing IDPs Injured Injured Damaged 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source: Center for Health Crisis, MOH per 24 April 2012 at 14.00 PM Western Indonesian Time/WIB (UCT+7)

Communication, Transportation and Electricity Power

Communication No communication line was disrupted.

Transportation No transportation line was disrupted.

Electricity Power No temporary electricity outage was reported.

Response

Local Government  Tomohon DHO and North Sulawesi PHO are monitoring the situation closely.  Tomohon DHO requested face masks and radio communication device/handy talky.

Center for Health Crisis, MOH  Center for Health Crisis MOH are monitoring the situation closely.

WHO, Republic of Indonesia  WHO is in close contact with MoH to provide any assistance needed.

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Important Contacts

JAKARTA OFFICE FOCAL PERSON CENTER FOR HEALTH CRISIS -MOH No Name Designation Phone Fax Email Address 1 Dr. Sri Henni Head of Department 0811 166 043 021 5271111 [email protected] Setiawati, MHA [email protected] 2 Drs. M. Nasrun Head of Emergency 0818 946 719 021 5271111 [email protected] Harun, MAP Response & Recovery o.id Unit [email protected] 3 Mrs. Maryani, Head of Information and 0812 937 3039 021 5271111 [email protected] SKM, MM Monitoring Unit [email protected] EHA-WHO JAKARTA No Name Designation Phone Fax Email Address 1 Dr. Nagi M Shafik Medical Officer 0821 1317 4188 021 5201164 [email protected] 2 Dr. Suci Melati Program Officer 0821 1398 5798 021 5201164 [email protected] Wulandari 3. Dr. Fina Hidayati Program and Field 0811 251 3497 021 5201164 [email protected] Tams Monitoring Assistant

Source of Information from Indonesia Information is gathered from the following sources. This report is for reference only and should not be quoted as factual accuracy can change. 1. World Health Organization (WHO) 2. Center for Health Crisis MoH/ Pusat Penanggulangan Krisis Kesehatan (PPKK) 3. Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi/PVMBG) 4. Local news media

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