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Responses/Mitigation Strategies* (Modify Vulnerability (Nevado Del Ruiz…
Responses/Mitigation Strategies
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Modify Vulnerability
Icelandic Eruption 2010
Good economy and EU has financial capacity to cope too
Other European countries have policies to make predictions
Icelandic meterological office, monitors earth movements and issued warnings - 24 hour watch
Weather radar, calculates distribution of ash
Technology and infastructure to cope
Close work between different agencies in different countries
Nevado Del Ruiz Eruption 1985
No evacuation
Hazard not managed
After Eruption
Flyers circulated on hazards, with evacuation procedures
Evacuation route markers + maps
Education in 1986
Plan for warning and evacuation of areas
3 days after - no govt. plan
Despite warning signs and prediction from scientists, govt. did nothing
People unaware what to do
Hazard map published, but not well distributed
No education
-Monitor Hazards
-Warning
-Education
-Predict when will happen
-Land use zoning
-Community preparedness
Modify Loss
Aid
Nevado Del Ruiz
Colombian military provided helicopters to airlift injured for medical care
Typhoid and Tetanus Vaccine (drinking water contaminated)
Reliance on humanitarian aid from other countries
Colombian red cross and civil defencepersonel were first to organise rescue and medical care
Icelandic -
More aid given
Aid delivered by own government
Insurance
Nevado Del Ruiz -
No one insured, nothing replaced
Icelandic -
Most things lost were replaced
Other responses
Icelandic -
Cancellation of flights in Europe due to Ash cloud
Evacuation of farmers
Modify The Event
(prevent it happening)
Icelandic -
"Seawater Surges" on lava flows.
Making rivers larger to prevent flooding
"Explosions" to divert lava
Very little can be done