Military Involvement in Disaster Preparedness, Organisation, and Disaster Relief — Civilian Military Co-Operation (CIMIC)

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S25
Author(s):  
Rannveig Bremer Fjær ◽  
Knut Ole Sundnes
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Humanitarian Emergencies ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Military Forces

In frequent humanitarian emergencies during the last decades, military forces increasingly have been engaged through provision of equipment and humanitarian assistance, and through peace-support operations. The objective of this study was to evaluate how military resources could be used in disaster preparedness as well as in disaster management and relief.

scholarly journals Towards a comprehensive security alliance: Evolving dynamics in the United States’ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Philippines

2021 ◽  
pp. 205789112110581
Author(s):  
Julius Cesar I. Trajano
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Us Military ◽  
Agency For International Development ◽  
The Us ◽  
Security Alliance

The Philippines’ humanitarian norms and frameworks have evolved from focusing on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to more pro-active disaster preparedness, enhancing community resilience and empowered participation of local and grassroots actors. The US-Philippines security alliance has evolved in line with these developments and needs to be understood more holistically and not be limited to providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through sending foreign military assets in times of disasters. This article argues that the non-traditional aspect of the US-Philippines bilateral alliance is not intended to underplay the role of the US military, but highlights the importance of the private sector, humanitarian NGOs, and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in deepening and broadening the security alliance.

Enhancing Global Health Security: US Africa Command’s Disaster Preparedness Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 319-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda J. Morton Hamer ◽  
Paul L. Reed ◽  
Jane D. Greulich ◽  
Charles W. Beadling
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Health Security ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Management Capability ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Military Support ◽  
Management Capabilities

AbstractUS Africa Command’s Disaster Preparedness Program (DPP), implemented by the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, partnered with US Government agencies and international organizations to promote stability and security on the African continent by engaging with African Partner Nations’ (PN) civil and military authorities to improve disaster management capabilities. From 2008 to 2015, DPP conducted disaster preparedness and response programming with 17 PNs. DPP held a series of engagements with each, including workshops, strategic planning, developing preparedness and response plans, tabletop exercises, and prioritizing disaster management capability gaps identified through the engagements. DPP partners collected data for each PN to further capacity building efforts. Thus far, 9 countries have completed military pandemic plans, 10 have developed national pandemic influenza plans, 9 have developed military support to civil authorities plans, and 11 have developed disaster management strategic work plans. There have been 20 national exercises conducted since 2009. DPP was cited as key in implementation of Ebola response plans in PNs, facilitated development of disaster management agencies in DPP PNs, and trained nearly 800 individuals. DPP enhanced PNs’ ability to prepare and respond to crises, fostering relationships between international agencies, and improving civil-military coordination through both national and regional capacity building. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:319–329)

scholarly journals Synchronized Humanitarian, Military and Commercial Logistics: An Evolving Synergistic Partnership

Safety ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Yuste ◽  
Campbell ◽  
Canyon ◽  
Childers ◽  
Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Humanitarian Supply Chains ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Supply Chain Management System ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
The Military

The increasing complexity and often transboundary scope of complex emergencies are exceeding the capacity of humanitarian logistics systems. The military plays a growing role in supplementing and even leading humanitarian assistance and disaster relief logistics. However, issues relating to military involvement such as sovereignty and cost have refocused the conversation onto capabilities and capacities of commercial logistics providers, who have not been fully engaged and integrated into disaster preparedness, response, and recovery activities. The commercial sector is part of the larger supply chain management system that includes contracting, procurement, storage, and transportation of food, water, medicine, and other supplies, as well as human resources, and necessary machinery and equipment. Military and commercial logistics share many of these elements and tasks daily. The most effective and efficient response combines key elements from humanitarian, military, and commercial logistics systems. Such trilateral cooperation represents the next step in an evolving partnership paradigm that is truly synergistic. We present a Synchronized Disaster Relief Model, as well as multiple examples of how military, commercial, and humanitarian supply chains each bring unique capabilities to disaster relief operations, and how these three supply chains can complement each other in a synergistic manner, through synchronized action.

Evidence-Based Decision-Making (Part II): Applications in Disaster Relief Operations

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 479-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Bradt
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
Evidenced Based

AbstractRecognized limitations to data in disaster management have led to dozens of initiatives to strengthen data gathering and decision-making during disasters. These initiatives are complicated by fundamental problems of definitions of terms, ambiguity of concepts, lack of standardization in methods of data collection, and inadequate attempts to strengthen the analytic capability of field organizations. Cross-cutting issues in needs assessment, coordination, and evaluation illustrate additional recurring challenges in dealing with evidence in humanitarian assistance. These challenges include lack of agency expertise, dyscoordination at the field level, inappropriate reliance on indicators that measure process rather than outcome, flawed scientific inference, and erosion of the concept of minimum standards.Decision-making in disaster management currently places a premium on expert or eminence-based decisions. By contrast, scientific advances in disaster medicine call for evidence-based decisions whose strength of evidence is established by the methods of data acquisition. At present, disaster relief operations may be data driven, but that does not mean that they are soundly evidence-based.Options for strengthening evidence-based activities include rigorously adhering to evidenced-based interventions, using evidence-based tools to identify new approaches to problems of concern, studying model programs as well as failed ones to identify approaches that deserve replication, and improving standards for evidence of effectiveness in disaster science and services.

Humanitarian emergencies

2021 ◽  
pp. 719-738
Author(s):  
Craig Spencer ◽  
Les Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
First Century ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Humanitarian Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Emergencies ◽  
Technical Advances ◽  
The Cold War

The field of humanitarian assistance advanced spectacularly over the last half of the twentieth century. Prolonged high-mortality crises common in the Cold War era have become rare, corresponding with an increase in international spending, a healthier world, and the politicization of humanitarian assistance. This has created a completely new environment for relief workers in the twenty-first century. This new environment requires an emphasis on chronic diseases, urban settings, and people displaced within their own country. The relative importance of natural disasters has also resulted in a new set of skills deemed essential for humanitarian relief. The concepts of disaster preparedness, risk management, and disaster recovery have become central to the humanitarian endeavour and often these responsibilities fall on the shoulders of host governments. This chapter reviews the new environment in which humanitarian relief exists, the dominant emerging themes, and some of the promising technical advances.

Military Assistance in Complex Emergencies: What Have We Learned Since the Kurdish Relief Effort?

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trueman W. Sharp ◽  
John M. Wightman ◽  
Michael J. Davis ◽  
Sterling S. Sherman ◽  
Frederick M. Burkle
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Humanitarian Relief ◽  
Northern Iraq ◽  
Complex Emergencies ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Military Forces ◽  
Peace Enforcement

AbstractAfter the success of relief efforts to the displaced Kurdish population in northern Iraq following the Gulf War, many in the US military and the international relief community saw military forces as critical partners in the response to future complex emergencies (CEs). However, successes in subsequent military involvement in Somalia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and other CEs proved more elusive and raised many difficult issues. A review of these operations reinforces some basic lessons that must be heeded if the use of military forces in humanitarian relief is to be successful. Each CE is unique, thus, each military mission must be clearly defined and articulated. Armed forces struggle to provide both security and humanitarian relief, particularly when aggressive peace enforcement is required. Significant political and public support is necessary for military involvement and success. Military forces cannot execute humanitarian assistance missions on an ad hoc basis, but must continue to develop doctrine, policy and procedures in this area and adequately train, supply, and equip the units that will be involved in humanitarian relief. Militaries not only must cooperate and coordinate extensively with each other, but also with the governmental and non-governmental humanitarian relief organizations that will be engaged for the long term.

Rationale for Military Involvement in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deon V. Canyon ◽  
Benjamin J. Ryan ◽  
Frederick M. Burkle
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Military Assistance ◽  
Security Cooperation ◽  
Public Health Infrastructure ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
The Military

AbstractGood relations and trust are the foundation of soft power diplomacy and are essential for the accomplishment of domestic interventions and any bilateral or multilateral endeavor. Military use for assistance and relief is not a novel concept, but it has increased since the early 1990s with many governments choosing to provide greater numbers of forces and assets to assist domestically and internationally. The increase is due to the growing lack of capacity in global humanitarian networks and increasingly inadequate resources available to undertake United Nations humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) missions. In response, the military has been more proactive in pursuing the improvement of military-to-military and military-to-civilian integration. This trend reflects a move towards more advanced and comprehensive approaches to security cooperation and requires increased support from the civilian humanitarian sector to help meet the needs of the most vulnerable. Military assistance is progressing beyond traditional methods to place a higher value on issues relating to civil cooperation, restoring public health infrastructure, protection, and human rights, all of which are ensuring a permanent diplomatic role for this soft power approach.

Military Provision of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Non-Conflict Crises

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deon V. Canyon ◽  
Benjamin J. Ryan ◽  
Frederick M. Burkle
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Military Policy ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Response And Recovery

AbstractThere is an upward trend in the use of military personnel and assets to provide domestic and international humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. International humanitarian law has constrained military involvement by imposing particular obligations when it comes to providing assistance. In nonconflict situations, however, these constraints are becoming increasingly unreasonable given that the priority is to fill the gap between global humanitarian capacity and actual community need. Militaries in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region have been proactively assessing their performance in humanitarian missions, and some have made significant progress in advancing civilian-military coordination. Future efforts must focus on improving the integration of military modes of operation and assets into emerging frameworks for disaster management and humanitarian efforts. Military policy makers need to assume a more active role in expanding their focus beyond response to all phases of disasters: prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

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