Operation RUMAN and Hurricane IRMA: planning, execution and recovery

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-435
Author(s):  
Andrew M Nelstrop
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Medical Environment ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Start Line ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Medical Perspective ◽  
Hurricane Irma

Operation RUMAN was the UK response in the Autumn of 2017 to the Category 5 Hurricane IRMA, which affected the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean. The Joint Operations Area (JOA) spanned an archipelago of Islands over 1000 nm across, stretching logistical and medical doctrinal clinical timelines in a rapidly changing and generally high risk medical environment. Despite significant challenges and a relatively suboptimal start line position, the Operation was a success from a medical perspective, with lower than expected dNBI rates. This paper, written from the medical Operational in-Theatre HQ perspective, charts the phases of Operation RUMAN during Planning, Execution and Recovery. It examines the context and lessons that arose from the Operation RUMAN that could inform future fast-moving Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief Operations.

Operation RUMAN: Role 2 Afloat delivering Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief operations in the Caribbean

2018 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-164
Author(s):  
J J Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
The Military ◽  
Maritime Environment ◽  
Extensive Damage

AbstractIn the autumn of 2017, two Category 5 hurricanes caused extensive damage in the Caribbean. This resulted in the activation of two Role 2 Afloat (R2A) teams in support of Operation RUMAN, the military response to provide Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) to the affected area. This paper documents the deployment of the R2A capability during Op RUMAN and outlines the main lessons identified in the delivery of HADR in the maritime environment.

Operation RUMAN and the Ministry of Defence response to Hurricane Irma

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 (6) ◽  
pp. 436-437
Author(s):  
Michael Connolly ◽  
J Breeze
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
International Development ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Defence Response ◽  
Delivery Of Healthcare ◽  
Humanitarian Operations ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
Hurricane Irma

Operation RUMAN was the British government’s combined military and humanitarian operations in September 2017 to provide relief to the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean affected by Hurricane Irma. The Ministry of Defence (MoD), in conjunction with the Department for International Development, produced a tangible effect by the delivery of healthcare and a response to a humanitarian disaster with very little time for planning. The rescue element was accomplished within days but this was followed swiftly by a recovery phase requiring a ‘whole force approach’, with additional assets from non-governmental organisations and the private sector. The aim of this article is to provide information on the role of the Defence Medical Services on behalf of the MoD, and other departmental organisations in achieving the mission of providing medical and logistical support for these British Overseas Territories.

Consideration of the medical care and biomedical support of women and children on Role 2 Afloat maritime contingency operations

2017 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
CM Hillman ◽  
R Horrobin ◽  
S Mills ◽  
S Mercer
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Biomedical Scientist ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Relief Operations

AbstractThe Royal Navy’s Role 2 Afloat (R2A) capability has now been firmly established in support of United Kingdom (UK) troops on contingency operations such as humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations. This article reviews the current capability of R2A to deliver medical care to children and pregnant women, including the challenges facing the deployed Biomedical Scientist (BMS).

scholarly journals An Extended Model for Disaster Relief Operations Used on the Hagibis Typhoon Case in Japan

Logistics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Darya Hrydziushka ◽  
Urooj Pasha ◽  
Arild Hoff
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Extended Model ◽  
Distribution Problem ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Recent Case Study ◽  
Dynamic Flow Model ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Given

This paper presents a generalization of a previously defined lexicographical dynamic flow model based on multi-objective optimization for solving the multi-commodity aid distribution problem in the aftermath of a catastrophe. The model considers distribution of the two major commodities of food and medicine, and seven different objectives, and the model can easily be changed to include more commodities in addition to other and different priorities between the objectives. The first level in the model is to maximize the amount of aid distributed under the given constraints. Keeping the optimal result from the first level, the second level can be solved considering objectives such as the cost of the operation, the time of the operation, the equity of distribution for each type of humanitarian aid, the priority of the designated nodes, the minimum arc reliability, and the global reliability of the route. The model is tested on a recent case study based on the Hagibis typhoon disaster in Japan in 2019. The paper presents a solution for the distribution problem and provides a driving schedule for vehicles for delivering the commodities from depots to the regional centers in need for humanitarian aid.

Role of the Deployed Aeromedical Response Team Squadron (DARTS) on Operation RUMAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 (6) ◽  
pp. 438-439
Author(s):  
Rebecca Woolley
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
British Government ◽  
Short Notice ◽  
British Military ◽  
Response Team ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Military ◽  
Hurricane Irma

In September 2017, the British Government called on the military to deliver aid and provide assistance to British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean affected by the devastating category 5 Hurricane, Irma.1 The military and humanitarian operation, named Op RUMAN, saw British military personnel from all services deploy at short notice to assess damage, reinstate vital infrastructure and help islanders get back on their feet as quickly as possible. Members of the Deployed Aeromedical Response Team Squadron (DARTS) were among the first troops deployed to the region. The aim of this paper is to describe the role of DARTS within this Op.

China’s response to the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis: Enhancing Africa’s soft security under Sino-US competition

2020 ◽  
pp. 0920203X2097854
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Strategic Competition ◽  
International Response ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Military Teams

The 2014–16 Ebola crisis in West Africa was China’s very first opportunity to demonstrate its willingness and ability to play a meaningful role in addressing public health emergencies of international concern. China’s decision to participate in the international response to the outbreak was part of an ambition to enhance its contribution to Africa’s security in general and health security in particular and to exert more influence on global norms. The specific role played by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), especially its Academy of Military Medical Sciences, in Sierra Leone and Liberia is part of an ongoing effort to increase China’s involvement in international humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. It was the first time that it sent medical military teams to set up and operate infectious disease hospitals overseas. This participation also underscores the PLA’s crucial role in fighting epidemics overseas as well as at home, as the current COVID-19 pandemic illustrates. The Ebola crisis enables us to explore aspects of the PLA’s overseas missions, some of which are humanitarian and others which generally enhance China’s influence as a great power in Africa and in the world in the context of a growing Sino-US strategic competition.

scholarly journals Evolutionary optimization for disaster relief operations: A survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 553-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Jun Zheng ◽  
Sheng-Yong Chen ◽  
Hai-Feng Ling
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Evolutionary Optimization ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Relief Operations
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