{"id":4927,"date":"2018-12-16T11:36:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T03:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2018-12-16T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T03:36:04","slug":"malaysia-needs-a-disaster-crisis-management-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/malaysia-needs-a-disaster-crisis-management-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Needs a Disaster Crisis Management Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December 13, 2018\u00a0by\u00a0Hafizan Hamzah<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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A standard Crisis Management Plan should be drafted by the Malaysian government to help mitigate the damage and loss of human lives if the country is hit by an earthquake.\u00a0Expert from the Center of Tropical Geoengineering of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) or Geotrophic, Prof. Ir. Dr. Hj. Ramli Nazir said it was important for a country like Malaysia to prepare for this catastrophe. The high degree of scientific and engineering skills is also a major factor in the success of critical disaster crisis management.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the experience of conducting research in Central Sulawesi where the earthquake and tsunami struck, many damages occurred due to a low level of preparedness among the people of the country.
\n\u201cThe government must play a role in making technical preparation and also providing education on earthquake prevention to the people to be ready, and to be in the most preparatory and tranquil conditions,\u201d he said.
\nProf. Ramli had previously departed for Palu, Indonesia to conduct an examination of the earth movements after the signal was picked up by the National Center for Earthquake Studies (PusGen) Indonesia.
\nWhile he was there, he had witnessed many property damages and loss of human life as a result of being unprepared. The Palu District in the Sumatra Islands was hit by the earthquake and tsunami on September 28, 2018.
\n\u201cThe 6.1 magnitude foreshock occurred at 15:00 local time while the 7.5 magnitude earthquake later in the evening caused severe destruction in Palu, Donggala and Sigi, destroying several homes and hospitals, a shopping center, a mosque, a church, a hotel and a road bridge.
\n\u201cAt least 2,100 people were confirmed dead after the disaster and more than 10,000 others injured, of which 4,612 were seriously injured,\u201d said Prof. Ramli.
\nOn the evening of 28 September, earthquakes followed by a tsunami struck Palu city. Indonesian authorities stated that at least 200 survivors in Palu were evacuated with a Hercules C-130 to Makassar, some for further medical treatment.
\nNearly 17,000 people in Palu had been displaced by the earthquake and tsunami. The Data, Information and Public Relations Center of Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management stated that around 2.4 million people were affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
\n\u201cIn Donggala, the victims could not be accounted for due to limited access and downed communication lines. In the next days, emergency workers arrived in the city. The impact on the city was deadly, causing many victims could not be accounted for.
\n\u201cThe Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management stated that Sigi Regency was among the area with the most casualties. Reports from Petobo revealed that \u201cdozens of people\u201d were killed by the earthquake, \u201che said.
\nThere were also reports of \u201cmassive liquefaction\u201d which caused homes to be swept away. Officials also reported that numerous earthquakes with magnitude of over 5.0 had struck Sigi continuously, damaging more buildings and structures.
\nRamli said that the heavy casualties of human lives and properties was because there was no contingency plans available to combat such an incident.
\n\u201cThe\u00a0 potential attack in Malaysia is very high based on the earthquake historic timeline of the peninsular Malaysia and also to East Malaysia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very important for us to have such a contingency plan or earthquake disaster management crisis plan to help us to overcome or at least reduce the losses inflicted by the disaster itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Prof. Ramli (seven from left) with the team of experts from Pusat Studi Gempa Indonesia (PusGen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prof. Ramli showing a mud flood stains on the house wall at heavily affected area in Palu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Soil liquefaction that caused the house where Prof. Ramli is standing moved about 100 meters from its original location.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prof. Ramli (four left) with team from Badan Penyelidikan dan Pekerjaan Umum in Bandung, Indonesia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prof. Ramli showing a huge crack at Palu International Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December 13, 2018\u00a0by\u00a0Hafizan Hamzah A standard Crisis Management Plan should be drafted by the Malaysian government to help mitigate the damage and loss of human lives if the country is hit by an earthquake.\u00a0Expert from the Center of Tropical Geoengineering of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) or Geotrophic, Prof. Ir. Dr. Hj. Ramli Nazir said it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4928,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927\/revisions\/4928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}