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The Canadian Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)

The Canadian Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). Briefing to MPAT 17 November 2000 By Major Wayne Gauthier DCO DART. Briefing Outline. Background Organization Vehicles and Equipment General Characteristics Capabilities and Limitations Features of OPLAN GRIFFON Deployment

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The Canadian Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)

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  1. The Canadian ForcesDisaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Briefing to MPAT 17 November 2000 By Major Wayne Gauthier DCO DART

  2. Briefing Outline • Background • Organization • Vehicles and Equipment • General Characteristics • Capabilities and Limitations • Features of OPLAN GRIFFON • Deployment • DART Objectives • Redeployment • OP CENTRAL and OP TORRENT

  3. Background • Experience of 2 Field Ambulance deployment to Rwanda - 1994 • Canadian government recognized the need for rapid response capability to provide humanitarian aid - OPLAN GRIFFON • Deployable component of OPLAN GRIFFON is the DART • DART stood up 01 July 1996 • Deployed three times: • Op ASSURANCE, Uganda: Nov 1996 • Op CENTRAL, Honduras: Nov 1998 • Op TORRENT, Turkey: Aug 1999

  4. Organization Organization Vehicles and Equipment General Characteristics

  5. DART (30,27,139 = 181) DART HQ (12,4,4) MP SEC (0,1,1) DART COY (17,21,121) SIGS TP (1,1,13) COY HQ (3,1,3) D&S PL (1,4,29) ENGR TP (1,8,43) MED PL (10,5,30) LOG PL (1,3,16) Standard Organization

  6. Vehicles and Equipment • 21 x LSVWs & 6 x Trailers • 5 x MLVW s & 5 x Trailers • 2 x 5T Dump Truck & 3 x CLTs (for 6 Sea containers) • 4 x Crewcabs • 10 x SUPACATS with 20 x SUPACAT Trailers • 4 Skid Steer Loaders (2 sets of attachments) • 2 ROWPU with water baggers • Approximately 400 x TRIWALLS

  7. General Characteristics • Largely a Secondary assignment • Equipment/Vehicles at APOE (8 Wing, Trenton) • Time Sensitive • 48 hours notice to move • Mandate is for 40 days • Self-sufficient for 7 days - Sustainment flights • Reconstitute within 7 days of return • Funded for 3 deployments / year • Capable as a stand-alone or with a Joint Task Force

  8. Capabilities and Limitations

  9. DART Capabilities DART meets four critical needs in emergency situations: • Command and control structure with communications • Primary care - medical facility can treat 250 - 300 outpatients and 30 inpatients daily. • Produce 100,000 litres potable water daily • Construction / Combat engineering support

  10. Limitations • Can’t respond to nuclear disaster (Chernobyl), chemical emergencies (Bopal, India), emergencies involving biological toxins or where the injured/sick must be isolated from the general public • Everything must fit into a CC-130 Hercules • Has limited integral heavy lift • Access to an airfield within 100 kms of disaster site • Speed of deployment limits mandate to 40 days

  11. Features of OPLAN GRIFFON Deployment DART Objectives Redeployment

  12. Conditions for Deployment • Permissive environment • Possible belligerent parties agree to allow emergency humanitarian relief efforts • No open hostilities between belligerents are expected • Looting and theft will the most serious threat which CF personnel may face • Consent of national / local government

  13. Timing for Deployment Phases Of A Disaster • Phase one: Immediate effects: Search for victims, recover bodies, deal with shock, stabilize injuries, rudimentary shelter for displaced DART deploys here • Phase two: Secondary effects: Emergency assistance on a continuing basis (food, water, shelter), infrastructure improvement, rehydration, prevent spread of disease • Phase three: The rebuilding phase - long term

  14. DART Objectives • To deal with the primary effects • To prevent the rapid onset of any secondary effects • To act as a stop-gap measure to allow humanitarian organizations time to establish themselves

  15. Conditions for Redeployment Endstate marked by: • Other national or international agencies are in place, or • Other CF humanitarian options are deployed, or • Disaster’s effects on population have been mitigated If Endstate not met within 40 days, national decision to: • End • Continue • Expand the operation

  16. OP CENTRAL

  17. HONDURAS

  18. La Ceiba GUATEMALA HONDURAS EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA

  19. DART JTF CAM La Ceiba Sonaguera

  20. DART La Ceiba JTF CAM Tocoa Sonaguera Saba

  21. OP CENTRAL • 5 Nov 98: Strategic Recce with DFAIT Rep • 9 - 15 Nov: JTFCAM deployed using 40 X CC130 • 16 Nov: JTFCAM declared OPRED • 12 - 23 Dec: JTFCAM Redeployed • 23 - 29 Dec: Reconstitution

  22. Accomplishments Medical: • The medical staff, in conjunction with local medical personnel treated approximately 7500 patients • Assisted the honduran ministry of health in an insect spray programme to combat malaria

  23. Accomplishments Engineers: • 254,219 litres of water • 51,200 litres bulk delivered • 84,500 litres bagged • 19 community based projects

  24. Accomplishments Helicopter Detachment • MEDEVAC • Transport Joint Med Teams • Transport humanitarian aid • Flew • 223 sorties • 476 hours • 782 passengers • 361,062 pounds of aid

  25. OP TORRENT

  26. TFS OP TORRENTTask Force SERDIVAN

  27. TFS IZMAT SERDIVAN • EARTHQUAKE STRUCK NW TURKEY • 17 AUG 1999 • 7.4 RICHTER SCALE - 45 SECONDS

  28. TFS SERDIVAN Area of Operations

  29. OP TORRENT • 17 Aug: (0302h) the earthquake • 20 Aug Recce conducted • 21 Aug Equipment arrives • 22 Aug Main body arrives • 24 Aug Operational

  30. Accomplishments • Primary care facility • Potable water • CIMIC outreach

  31. Accomplishments • Care for over 5,000 patients • Earthquake related • Austere living condition related • Chronic health related

  32. Accomplishments • Three ROWPUs • 3 million litres bulk • 200,000 liters bagged • Coordination of water distribution • SERDIVAN • Greater ADAPAZARI

  33. Accomplishments

  34. Accomplishments

  35. Questions

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