Description -
There is Committee for Flood and Storm Control CFSC at levels, from the city to the wardcommune and flood and storm control team at sectionvillage and
hamlet level.
- City committee for Flood and Storm Control has 20 members, Chairman of city
PC is head of CFSC and Vice-chair of city PC is deputy head of CFSC and Head of Economic division of city PC is standing officer of CFSC and another member
is all head of relevant divisions of city. As the same of wardcommune level, CFSC has 19-26 members with 2 women, Chairman of wardcommune is head of
CFSC, and other is head of mass organization of wardcommune. The military team consist of 20-25 members with 2-3 women who also help with the rescue
efforts, and rescue team is 20 members with 2-3 women
- Every year, Storm and Flood Control Committees of city and wardcommune
levels prepare plans of storm and flood control and disaster preparedness. These plans seem to have the nature of response rather than sustainable disaster
mitigation. In the plans of socio-economic development of the city and wardcommunes, the plan of disaster preparedness is not emphasized and is not
considered as a priority. Just only the emergency cases such as moving residential areas suffering from landslide or repairing roads were considered as
priority activity.
- Principle “four on the spot” under a framework of the national strategy on Disaster
Risk and Mitigation Management DRMM, CFSC carries out annual disaster preparedness plan for DRMM as “four on the spot” including direction, human
resource, material and logistic on the spot. Based on experiences, issues and areas to be exposed by hazards are identified and emergency rescue and
evacuation plan for people living in most vulnerableunsafe areas are prepared. These plans are annually approved by City People’s CommitteePeople Council
before flood and storm season in June.
3.2 Budget for disaster preparedness
- The budget for flood and storm control and natural disaster preparedness activity
is not yearly allocated. Only when there are damages, City Storm and Flood Committee will decide to use part of the local budget for relief. To deal with high
value damage, local people need to wait for the City CSFC to include the reconstruction costs in their budget to higher levels for the following year.
Wardscommunes and sectionsvillage have no emergency funds. In exceptional cases the Fatherland Front may launch an appeal for emergency assistance.
3.3 Coordination
- Social and political organizations and local authorities are active in disaster
preparedness; especially police and military are main forces to mobilize in any cases.
- Provincial Telecommunication and Coastal Broadcast Station are assigned by
Provincial CFSC to ensure communication and information for CFSC and Rescue; Coastal Army appointed to communicate with fishing boats and to give
instruction and rescue including early warning to fishing boats before storms arrive. Provincial department of Agriculture Rural Development coordinated with
telecommunication, coastal broadcast station, coastal army units, fishery department, citydistrictcommune CFSC, fishing boat owners for instruction and
rescue in emergency cases. Citydistrict CFSC are allowed to mobilize army, police forces and rescue teams on the spot for any supports as required. Urgent
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message on disaster happening has been sent from sectionvillage to wardcommune, to city and province in timely manner.
3.4 Skills and facilities
- CFSC at city and wardcommune levels are equipped with some necessary
communication facility and equipment including communication system, motor- boats and mobilization of local boats and vehicles from local authorities and
private companies for rescue and evacuation.
- Communication system is well operated from city to sectionvillage level, CFSC at
all levels are on duty 24 hours during disasters , however at section level, there are not enough communication stations wireless connection for information
channels to be well communicated, especially to all different groups at section level.
- CFSC at city and wardcommune level has all telephone numbers of fishing boats
to rescue them from storms. -
City provides 76.700 sand-bags for local authorities and local people to reinforce houses, dams, dykes and roads before disaster.
- Facilities for communication and emergency rescue activities in the wardscommunes and sectionsvillages are lacking. Members of the storm and
flood control committees have some life-jackets, lifebuoys, torches, raincoats, but still not enough. At city level and wardcommune level, motor-boats and
communication means have been equipped but facilities are not provided at the sectionvillage level.
- These teams are provided some necessary facilities such as life buoy, life jacket,
megaphone, torches, raincoats, hats, boots and ropes...etc. But, these teams have not been trained in emergency response, first aid and evacuation. They are
not equipped enough facilities to fulfill their duty.
3.5 Rescue teams at city, wardcommune and sectionvillage level:
