ITU DMC

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Istanbul Technical UniversityDisaster
Management Center
Dr Hikmet ISKENDER Vice Director
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Outline I. Kick Off II. Establishment
of the Center of Excellence for
Disaster Management III. Educational and
Training Activities IV. Research and Service
Activities V. International Opportunities
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I. Kick Off
The Kocaeli and Düzce Earthquakes - 1999
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• Istanbul Technical University
• US Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Project ACHIEVE September 2000 - February
  2001
• A Cooperative Hazard Impact-reduction Effort Via
  Education
• ITU-CEDM

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Training Topics (TTT)

• 1. Introduction to Emergency Management
• 2. Emergency Planning
• Basic Emergency Operations
• 3. Incident Command System
• 4. Emergency Operations Center
• 5. ICS/EOC interface
• Mitigation
• 6. Introduction to Mitigation
• 7. Mitigation for Emergency Managers
• 8. Earthquake Program for Schools
• Exercise Capability Building
• 9. An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises
• 10.Exercise Design
• 11.Exercise Evaluation
• 12.Exercise Development

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Training Topics

• Disaster Resilient Communities
• 13. Project Impact
• Developing Volunteer Resources
• Public Information
• Community Preparedness
• 16. Local Assessment
• 17. Donations Management
• 18. Community Emergency
• Response Team (CERT)

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• Establishment of the ITU-Center of Excellence for
  Disaster Management

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Some Activities of the Center (2001 present)

• Publications ITU Press
• International Conferences
• Research and Implementation Projects
• Educational Programs
• National Programs

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PublicationsITU Press, since 2001
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Some of Our Publications

1. The Restructuring of the Turkish Fire Brigades
   under the Light of International Experiences, ITU
   Press, 2001.
2. A Model for Restructuring the Turkish Fire
   Bridade (in Turkish), ITU Press, 2002.
3. A National Emergency Management Model Study (in
   Turkish), ITU Press, 2002.
4. Proceedings, FEMA-ITU Higher Education
   Conference in Turkey, 2003.
5. Disaster Management Planning for Schools, ITU
   Press, 2004.
6. The Disaster Management Reconaissance Report for
   the Nov.15 and Nov. 20 Terrorist Attacks in
   Istanbul, ITU Press, 2004.

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International Conferences

• The Restructuring of the Turkish Fire Brigade
  (2001)
• 2. FEMA ITU Higher Education Conference
  (2003)

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RTMI - ITU National Research Projects
(2001-2003)
RT MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR STRATEGIC PLANNING
CENTER

• Turkish National Emergency Management,
• Education and Exercise Implementation Program
• Development of a National Emergency Management
  Model
• The Restructuring of the Turkish Fire Brigades
• The Development of a National Database
  (GIS/RSS)
• Standard for a Disaster Management Decision
  Support System

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III. Educational and Training Activities
Training at ITU Principles of Disaster
Management
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Training for Local Government Officials
Training for Local Mayors with Japans (JICA)
support (2003 2005)
KOCAELI, EDIRNE, KIRKLARELI, TEKIRDAG and
SIVAS (2003) Governors Mayors
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Training Programs for NGOs
Principles of Disaster Management Course
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Cooperative Agreements

• AKUT Search Rescue (NGO)
• TRAC Turkish Amateur Radio Society
• Turkish Red Crescent

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Some Training Courses ITU Conducted

• Istanbul Technical University Personnel,
• 6 days, 300 participants
• Kocaeli Governor and Deputy Governors,
• 2 days, 75 participants
• Kocaeli Governor Disaster Employees,
• 5 days, 65 participants
• Edirne Governor Disaster Employees,
• 5 days, 50 participants

• Kadiköy Municipality and NGOs
• 1 day, 30
  participants
• NGOs in Istanbul,
• 3 days, 153 participants
• Private Sector in Istanbul ,
• 3 days, 50 participants
• TÜBITAK Marmara Research Center
• 4 days, 28 participants
• ERDEMIR Corporation,
• 3 days, 30 participants

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• DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTMaster of
  Science Degree ProgramIstanbul Technical
  University
• initiated in cooperation with
• Texas AM University
• Oklahoma State University
• 2002 - 2003

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Student Profile

• Professions include
• Medical Doctors
• Journalists
• Engineers
• Architects
• NGO representatives

First Graduation in February 2004!
Graduating Class with US Consul General David
Arnett
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Research and Service Activities

• Training/Certificate Programs forITU Personnel
  
• Non-Governmental Organizations
• Public Officials
• Disaster Planning for the Erdemir Steel
  Corporation
• Disaster Planning for the IPRAGAZ Corporation

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V. International Opportunities

• Accreditation
• Standard Publications
• Web-Based Learning
• Regional Training Education
• International Partnerships

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• Many T h a n k s
• For
• Your Attention
• For further information
• ITU Disaster Management Center
• Istanbul Technical University
• Ayazaga Campus - 34469
• Istanbul, Turkey
• e-mail aym_at_itu.edu.tr