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Title: U.S. Office of Foreign


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U.S. Office of Foreign
Disaster Assistance
(O F D A)
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WHAT IS OFDA ?
  • Part of the U.S. Agency for International
    Development (USAID)/Bureau for Democracy,
    Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA).
  • DCHA/OFDA is responsible for coordinating the USG
    response to international disasters.

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Legal Authority
  • USAID is the U.S. federal agency authorized under
    Chapter 9, Section 493 of the Foreign Assistance
    Act (FAA) of 1961, to provide International
    Disaster Assistance.
  • The USAID Administrator is appointed by the
    President of the United States as the Special
    Coordinator for International Disaster
    Assistance.
  • USAID may coordinate and chair the inter-agency
    working group during major disasters.

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USAID Organization
U.S. Agency for International Development
Transition Initiating
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian
Assistance
Food for Peace
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad
Private Volunteers Cooperation
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
Operations Support
Disaster Response Mitigation
Program Support
Africa Region
Asia-Pacific Region
LATAM Caribbean Office-Costa Rica
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USAID
  • Provides assistance to developing nations in the
    areas of
  • Improving health and population conditions
  • Protecting the environment
  • Promoting economic growth
  • Supporting democracy
  • and ...

6
USAID
  • Provides humanitarian assistance to victims of
    natural and manmade disasters through OFDA

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OFDA LAC Office
Senior Regional Coordinator
Consultants
Support Staff
Emergency Operations Center
Advisor SOUTHAM
Advisor Caribbean (Barbados Office)
Advisor CENTAM/ Mexico
Regional Disaster Response
Military Liaison/ Logistics Officer
Information/Reports Officer
Communications Support
  • EOC has DSN, CNN, SAT Phones, teleconferencing,
    Internet/Email via SAT Links

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OFDA Latin America Caribbean Office The Region
We Assist
Historical OFDA Funding
OFDA/LAC Main Office in San Jose, Costa Rica
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OFDAs Mission is To
  • Save lives.
  • Alleviate suffering of disaster victims
  • Support prevention, mitigation, and preparedness
    activities.
  • Reduce the economic impact of the disaster.

10
Comparison FEMA and OFDA
  • FEMA - responsible for the coordination of
    federal assistance to domestic disasters in the
    U.S. and its territories.
  • OFDA - responsible for coordinating USG foreign
    disaster relief activities.

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U.S. Military Involvement Process
SECSTATE
SECDEF
Head of Government
USAID/OFDA
50K Limit
Joint Staff (JCS)
U.S. Ambassador
National Emergency Management Office
OFDA/LAC (Costa Rica)
SOUTHCOM
Local Disaster Office
Most Probable DoD Request
Component
USMILGP or JTF
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OFDA Response Options
  • Initial provision of up to 50,000 to the
    Ambassador/CM
  • Fund NGO/PVO/IO/UN directly, or provide funds
    through the Embassy or USAID Mission
  • Provide disaster relief commodities

13
OFDA Response Options
  • Deploy
  • Regional Advisors
  • Assessment Teams
  • Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) or
    portions of DART

14
OFDA Relief Commodities
  • Located in 5 stockpiles Guam, Italy, Honduras,
    Homestead, and Maryland
  • Types of commodities
  • Blankets wool and polyester
  • Body bags, chainsaws, gloves
  • Plastic sheeting
  • Water containers 5 - 3,000 gal.

15
Regional Advisors
  • Regional Disaster Management Specialists
  • Language skills
  • Located in
  • Latin America-Caribbean
  • Africa
  • Asia-Pacific

16
Assessment Teams
  • Assess disaster situation
  • Define needs and priorities
  • Recommend USG response actions
  • OFDA responses are demand driven and are based on
    reliable assessments

17
What is a Disaster Assistance Response Team
(DART) ?
  • It is a rapid response management team made up of
    disaster relief specialists

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What is the purpose of a DART?
  • Assist the Ambassador or Chief of Mission.
  • Identify and prioritize needs
  • Report on the situation.
  • Recommend response actions.
  • Coordinate with the affected country and other
    response organizations.

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When Disaster Strikes !
  • Conditions under which the U.S. Government
    (through USAID/OFDA) may respond
  • Disaster is beyond the ability of the affected
    country to respond
  • Affected country requests (or will accept)
    outside assistance
  • It is in the interest of the U.S. Government

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Disaster Declared
  • By the Ambassador, who may request assistance up
    to 50,000. Further assistance requires OFDA
    review and approval.

21
USG Disaster Response Coordination
  • Coordinated with/through the U.S. Ambassador or
    Chief of Mission of the affected country.
  • Based on the support and the needs of the
    affected country.

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International Humanitarian Relief Community
Affected Country
The Fog of Relief
OFDA
Red Cross
USG
PVOS
NGOS
ICRC
GOVERMENTS
IOS
DONOR
UN Agencies/PAHO
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OFDA Disaster Preparedness Training Program
  • Through its regional office in San Jose, Costa
    Rica, OFDA supports disaster management training.
  • OFDA/LAC spends the majority of its time in
    disaster mitigation and preparedness efforts.

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Program Background
  • OFDA/LAC's training activities commenced in 1989
    with the Disaster Management Training Program
    (DPM).
  • Beginning with its anchor course, Training for
    Instructors (TFI), OFDA/LAC began the DPM as a
    multi-course venture with instruction in disaster
    management concepts, training capacity
    strengthening, and technical disciplines such as
    search and rescue and fire management.

25
Program Background
  • The DPM was divided into four series of courses
  • Training Management, teaches effective
    instruction skills, focusing on organization of
    materials, lesson planning, and classroom
    presentation.
  • Disaster Program Administration/Management,
    presents an introductory survey of disaster
    management concepts and definitions designed to
    teach participants a uniform approach to managing
    disasters in order to better coordinate and
    administer programs.

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Program Background
  • DPM Continued
  • Event Management, provides technical training in
    areas such as damage assessment, needs analysis,
    and shelters.
  • Technical/Skills Support, emphasizes specific
    emergency response knowledge in technical areas
    such as fire suppression, search and rescue, and
    hazardous materials handling.

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Training for Instructors (TFI)
5 Days long
  • Participants learn training methodologies, how to
    establish teaching goals, performance objectives,
    and how to manage a classroom environment course
    includes
  • Informing vs. instructing
  • Communication and platform skills
  • Purpose and objectives
  • Lesson plans
  • Methods of instruction
  • Audio-visual equipment/Classroom facilities
  • Testing and evaluation methods

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Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (EDAN)
3 Days long
  • This course includes many key elements of
    disaster program management
  • Disaster Cycle
  • Characteristics of events that generate adverse
    events
  • Team work and group dynamics
  • Operation and logistics
  • Data gathering techniques
  • Information analysis and interpretation
  • Measurement of the impact of an event
  • Critical decision-making
  • Use of assessment forms

29
Damage Assessments and Needs Analysis for
Discision-Making (DANA/DM)
3 Days long
  • This is a follow-on (advanced) DANA course with
    focus decision-making.
  • Participants must be graduates of DANA to be
    eligible for this course.

30
School Security Course(CUSE)
5 Days long
  • Provides and prepares participants with knowledge
    required to promote and execute school security
    course includes
  • Country and community risks
  • Country and community resources
  • Cycles of disasters
  • Educational system and disasters
  • School Security Plan
  • Stress management

31
Advanced Course for First Aid Assistants(APAA-EM
T)
12 Days long
  • Provides participants the necessary knowledge and
    techniques to provide first aid at an accident
    scene.
  • Course also covers proper care of sick person,
    how to stabilize, and properly transport a
    patient to a hospital or clinic.
  • This course is also known as Emergency Medical
    Technician (EMT).

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Disaster Management Course
5 Days long
  • This basically a management course with some
    focus on disaster management (such as cycle of
    disasters).
  • Discusses ideal characteristics of a disaster
    manager.
  • Exposes participants to the qualities and
    attitudes expected of a disaster manager.

33
Forest Fire Fighting
6 Days long
  • This Basic Course of Prevention and Control of
    Forest Fires is comprised of 16 lessons and a
    duration of six days.
  • The course employs the interactive method of
    teaching and the practical demonstrative way and
    is based on objectives.
  • Course includes classroom exercises and field
    practice.

34
Hazardous Material Handling Training(HAZMAT)
3 Days long
  • Introduces participants to directive/regulations
    and knowledge necessary to
  • Recognize presence of HAZMAT
  • Be able to take initial proper steps to ensure
    safety and protect the environment
  • Course includes U.S. procedures to use in case of
    a HAZMAT emergency and how to secure an incident
    site.

35
Collapsed Structures Search Rescue
8 Days long
  • Purpose of the course is to teach participants on
    techniques to find, stabilize, and extract
    trapped victims from collapsed structures.
  • Course includes how to organize and start a SAR
    mission.
  • Course focuses on using local tools and local
    capacity vs high tech that maybe unavailable in
    the the affected country.

36
Incident Command System (ICS)(Currently Offered
by PAHO)
3 Days long
  • Teaches participants first response and efficient
    command of an emergency scene.
  • The course includes the following
  • ICS
  • Basic system structure
  • Human relations at the scene
  • System installation
  • Plan of action and organization
  • Execution, control, closure, and evaluation

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Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management
Training
  • This is currently basically the FEMA EOC course
    (in English only) with minor adjustments for use
    outside the U.S.
  • OFDA is coordinating with countries and other
    organizations to determine need for an EOC course
    in Spanish.
  • If needed, the course will be redesigned to
    reflect political and resources realities of
    Latin America.

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www.usaid.gov/hum_response/ofda/
Questions ?
www.ofdalac.org
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