District Disaster Management Plan of Kutch 2018 Kutch District Disaster Management Plan 2018-19 Name of District : KUTCH Name of Collector : Smt Remya Mohan IAS Date of Submit : 17/05/2018 Date of Update plan : June- 2018 Signature of District Collector : _______________________ 1 | P a g e District Disaster Management Plan of Kutch 2018 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 12 1.1 What is a Disaster? ...................................................................................................................... 12 1.2 Aims and Objectives of Kutch DDMP .......................................................................................... 12 1.3 The Scope of the Plan .................................................................................................................. 13 1.4 How to Use the Plan .................................................................................................................... 13 1.5 Evolution of the Plan.................................................................................................................... 14 1.6 Authority for the Plan .................................................................................................................. 15 1.7 Stakeholders and Their Responsibilities ....................................................................................... 16 1.8 Approach to Disaster Management ............................................................................................... 18 1.9 Financial Support During the Disaster .......................................................................................... 19 1.10 DDMP Review and Updation ..................................................................................................... 19 Chapter 2: District Profile of Kutch ................................................................................................... 21 2.1 District Overview ......................................................................................................................... 21 2.2 Climatic and Geographical Conditions of Kutch District .............................................................. 22 2.3 River and Dams ........................................................................................................................... 23 2.4 Ports and Fisheries ....................................................................................................................... 23 2.5 Salt Works ................................................................................................................................... 23 2.6 Live Stock ................................................................................................................................... 23 2.7 Industries ..................................................................................................................................... 24 2.8 Roads and Railway ...................................................................................................................... 24 2.9 Health .......................................................................................................................................... 24 2.10 Education ................................................................................................................................... 25 Chapter 3: Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment .................................................................... 26 3.1 Risk and Vulnerability Ranking Analysis ..................................................................................... 26 3.2 Hazard Risk Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) .......................................................................... 27 3.3 Identify Areas with Highest Vulnerability: ................................................................................... 30 3.3.1 Earthquake: ........................................................................................................................... 30 3.3.2 Flood: ................................................................................................................................... 31 3.3.3 Cyclone ................................................................................................................................. 31 3.3.4 Chemical Disasters ................................................................................................................ 32 3.3.5 Tsunami ................................................................................................................................ 32 3.3.6 Epidemics ............................................................................................................................. 33 2 | P a g e District Disaster Management Plan of Kutch 2018 3.3.7 Drought: ................................................................................................................................ 33 3.3.8 Fire: ...................................................................................................................................... 33 Chapter 4: Institutional Arrangements ............................................................................................. 34 4.1 District Disaster Management Committee: ................................................................................... 37 4.2 Incident Response System in the Kutch District: .......................................................................... 38 4.2.1 Disaster Response and District Incident Command System: ................................................... 38 4.2.2 ICS-Basic Functions:............................................................................................................. 40 4.3 District Incident Command Structure-Key Officers: ..................................................................... 46 4.4 District Emergency Operation Centers/Control Rooms (DEOC) ................................................... 47 4.4.1 Design and Layout of DEOC, Kutch: .................................................................................... 48 4.4.2 Role and Objectives of DEOC, Kutch: ................................................................................... 49 4.5 Alternate EOC Available and Its Location:................................................................................... 52 4.6 Public and Private Emergency Service Facilities Available in The District: ................................ 53 4.7 Forecasting and Warning Agencies: ............................................................................................. 53 Chapter 5: Prevention and Mitigation Measures ............................................................................... 54 5.1 Prevention measures in development plans and programmers: ...................................................... 54 5.2 Hazard wise Structural and Non- Structural Mitigation Measures: ................................................ 55 5.3 Special Projects and Ongoing Programmers for Preventing the Disasters: .................................... 62 5.3.1 Disaster Risk Management Programme (DRMP) ................................................................... 62 5.4 Structural: Structural Mitigation Measures ................................................................................. 62 5.5 Non-structural: ............................................................................................................................. 63 5.6 Development Schemes: ................................................................................................................ 64 5.7 Prevention and mitigation responsibility of each department: ....................................................... 66 Chapter 6: Preparedness Measures: ................................................................................................... 71 6.1 Formation of Person training for Search and rescue: ..................................................................... 71 6.2 Early Warning: ............................................................................................................................ 72 6.3 Evacuation: .................................................................................................................................. 72 6.4 Damage and Loss Assessment:..................................................................................................... 75 6.5 Activation of Incident Response System in the District and identification of quick response team: 76 6.5.1 Checking and certification of logistics, equipment and stores:................................................ 78 6.5.2 Operational check-up of Warning System: ............................................................................. 78 6.5.3 Operational check-up for Emergency Operation Centre: ........................................................ 78 6.6 Awareness Generation: - .............................................................................................................. 78 3 | P a g e District Disaster Management Plan of Kutch 2018 6.7 Seasonal preparedness for Seasonal Disasters like Flood and Cyclone: - ....................................... 79 6.7.1 Identifying Risks: .................................................................................................................. 79 6.7.2 Decreasing Risks: .................................................................................................................