ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL SITUATIONS DURING FLOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS

Abstract

 To achieve timely disaster response, it is critically important to learn lessons from past disasters, predict possible problems we may face in future disasters, and take necessary measures to prevent them. This study collected critical situations from the review reports of past flood disasters, defining critical situations as the situations in which local government officers had difficulties during an emergency response effort. As a result, typical critical situations were identified from the 516 cases classified in the chronological response categories. The causes and lessons for each typical critical situation were also analyzed in terms of “Skill”, “Procedure” and “Facilities” by using fishbone diagrams. Finally, a booklet entitled “Collection of Critical Situations during Flood Emergency Response,” for local government officers to learn the typical critical situarions, causes and lessons for future disasters.