PHILIPPINES LOGISTICS CLUSTER LOGISTICS CLUSTER–MEETING MINUTES TYPHOONKETSANAEMERGENCY RESPONSE WFPOffice,Manila Date:November10,10:00 1. IntroductionandSituationUpdate ••• RepresentativesoftheLogisticsClusterandUNHASwenttonorthernLuzontomeet withthelocalDSWDandestablishapullsystemfordeliveriesattheregionallevel. Underservedandcut-offlocationswereidentifiedwithassistancefromtheDSWD. ••• Massive damage was noted in many places from landslides and flooded rivers. Shelterremainsamajorconcernintheaffectedareas. ••• Two staging areas have been set up for air operations. One in Wallace, San FernandoLaUnion,toserveBenguetandMountainprovinces,andoneforLaoag toserveCalanasanandApayao.Mobilewarehousesof320m2weresetupineach locationovertheweekendandpalletsmadeavailable. ••• AthirdhubwassetupinBaguiowhichcanbeusedforairops,butwillmostlyserve fordeliveriestoremotelocationswithuseofsmalltrucks.Amobilewarehouseof240 m2hasbeensetupattheairport. ••• LogisticsClusterstaffhavebeendeployedtoallthreelocations. ••• ThereisaplantocarryoutasimilarmissionintheLagunadeBayareatomeetwith regionalDCCsandDSWDandestablishalistofprioritylocationsforthenextround ofhelicopteroperationsonceneedshavebeenmetinthenorth. 2. C/MCoord ••• The army will provide light support vehicles (3 – 4 mt) to carry out deliveries from Baguio.AnarrangementisbeingmadewiththeNDCCforfuel. ••• AdditionalstoragehasbeenmadeavailableatWallaceairbasebytheairforce. ••• AirForcestaffhavebeensecondedtoassisttheLogisticsClusterwithoperationson theground. 3. UpdateonAirOperations ••• One helicopter iscurrentlypositioned at Laoagand rotations havebeenongoing sinceSunday. ••• YesterdaytheotherhelicopterfocusedonrotationsinQuezoninthesouth.Today’s operation is a donor flight with UN, embassy and government representatives for cargorotationsoutofBaguio.Asoftomorrow,itisscheduledtobeginsortiesoutof Wallace. ••• Followinga formalrequest from the government,thehelicopterswillbe extended untiltheendofNovember. ••• Oncethecurrentoperationsinthenortharefinishedtherewillbeaneedtorestock cut-offareasinsouthernLuzon. ••• PassengersonUNHASflightsmustfileapassengerrequestformandobtainsecurity clearanceiftheyarewithanorganizationwhichrequiresit. 4. Transport ••• TheLogisticsClusterisinvestigatingtheoptionofhiringsomesmallfishingboatsto performdeliveriesintheLagunadeBayregion. ••• ManyroadsonthenorthupfromBaguioareconsideredopenbutremainextremely precarious. PhilippinesLogisticsCluster-MeetingMinutes–10/11/2009 1/3 http://www.logcluster.org/phl09a PHILIPPINES LOGISTICS CLUSTER ••• The2trucksdonatedbyAgilityendoperationstoday,buttheuseofthethreetrucks from UPS will be extended until the end of November and remain available for interagencyuse.ThesearesmallervehiclesandappropriatefortransporttoBaguio. ••• PremiereUrgencewentonanassessmenttoRegionIIandhasreportedthatroads aremostlyaccessiblewiththeexceptionofafewbarangayswhichremainisolated duetoriverpassagesinSantaMargaritaandBaggao.Thesearesaidtohavenot receivedanyreliefgoodsintherecentperiodduetotheirlocation.Thereissome lackofvisibilityregardingthecoastalareawhichisn’taccessiblebyroad. 5. Warehousing/Infrastructure ••• UseoftheAgility500m2warehousedonatedbytheLETisduetoendtodayasper contract. The UPS warehouse of 300 m2 will remain available until the end of November,aswellasstaffingprovidedtoNROC. 6. GIS/IM ••• Maps of the inaccessible areas currently being targeted in the north have been disseminatedandareavailableat www.logcluster.org/phl08a . ••• Theroadconditionsmapshowingblockagesandaffectedareashasbeenmade availableinA0. 7. UpdatefromOrganizations • 2 UNICEF trucks arrived in Baguio over the weekend with 1,000 family kits. An additional 200 family kits will be distributed by air out of Wallace. A follow-up assessment is planned to northern Luzon next week to establish further delivery locations.EmergencyhealthkitswillbeairliftedtoApayao,MountainProvince,Abra andKalingafromLaoagandWallacerespectively. • For the present emergency, UNICEF has rented two additional warehouses, which arealsousedforkittingofreliefitems. • Allservicesareoutsourcedtoafull-servicecompanywhichprovideswarehousing, customsclearance,transportetc.WarehousespecialistsfromtheSupplyDivisionin Copenhagen were deployed for a month to help organize and streamline the process of kitting and storing. They were also deployed to Mindanao for a short assessmentmission. • WHOmayrequirewarehousespaceinManilatostorehealthkitsforthenextfew weeksandintendstofileastoragerequestwiththeLogisticsCluster. • WHOhashelpedidentifyathirdhospitalinneedofoneofthegeneratorsbroughtin bytheLogisticsCluster. • WFPhasdistributedaninitial4803mtofricetocoverallsixaffectedregions,andhas finishedpreparingtheNovemberdistributionsofrice,cannedfish,oilandHEB. • WFPhastwowarehousesinTanayof1,400m2plusanotherof3,000m2openingup. Cargoimportedbyseawillbeginarrivingnextweek. • Save the Children have distributions of hygiene and household kits planned for LagunaandMuntinlumpaoverthenexttwoweeks. • LastSaturdayIOMfinisheddistributing8,000hygieneandsanitationkits.Todayand Fridaytrialdeliveriesofshelterrepairkitswillbeheld.Iftheproceduresgosmoothly, the program will be put in place in Laguna. So far IOM has had no need for warehousing since vendors have been handling everything including kitting and deliveries.Distributionshavebeentakingplacethroughmunicipalgovernments. • Oxfamhasadistributiontargetof17,000hygienekitsinRizalandLaguna,6,500of which have been distributed. All procurement is currently being done locally. SupportmayberequestedfromtheLogisticsClusterforsomeadditionalstorage. PhilippinesLogisticsCluster-MeetingMinutes–10/11/2009 2/3 http://www.logcluster.org/phl09a PHILIPPINES LOGISTICS CLUSTER • AneedwasexpressedforanoutlineofwhatNFIhavebeendistributedwhere,and lists of what the various kits contain. The Logistics Cluster will raise the issue at tomorrow’sCoordinationmeeting. • Since this is a disaster-prone region, a request was made for lists of suppliers, transportetctobemaintainedforpotentialfutureoperations. • OCHAisplanningtoorganizeaninteragencyassessmentmissiontonorthernLuzon now that the revised flash appeal has officially extended support to the areas affected by Typhoon Parma. It was noted that all assessment missions using the helicoptersmustcoincidewithcargomovements. 8. TheWayForward • TheDSWDhasaddressedtheissueoftransportationforearlyrecoverymaterials.For now, the Logistics Cluster has no mandate to participate in this phase of the operation. • TheLogisticsClusterwillcontinueGISservicesuntiltheendofNovember. • LogisticsClustermeetingswillcontinueonaweeklybasis. Nextmeeting:TUESDAY November17at10.00amattheWFPOffice. PhilippinesLogisticsCluster-MeetingMinutes–10/11/2009 3/3 http://www.logcluster.org/phl09a.