| PUBLIC NOTICE |
Public awareness on normal procedure to follow in responding to emergencies or disasters in Papua New Guinea |
This notice is for the general public in Papua New Guinew both in the rural and urban areas. It is about the procedure to follow when there is an emergency or disaster impacting your community. |
All or any natural or human caused emergencies and disaster that occure in your community are firstly to be reported or referred to your District or Provincial Disaster Coordinators or Police. |
The District or Provincial Coordinators through their system are required to make initial assessment on the situation and advise the Provincial Disaster Committees who then make appropriate responses to the situation. |
Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) is notified through situation or initial assessment reports from the Provincial Disaster Committee or the Coordinator on the current situation of the disaster. |
The Provincial Disaster Committees (PDC) have powers under the National Disaster Managment Act to make necessary plans in managing emergencies or disasters in their respective provinces. |
If there is insufficient funding under the Provincial Disaster & Emergency Appropriation, the Provincial Disaster Committee can make representation to the Provincial Government for assistance. |
If the effects of the disaster is such that is beyond the capacity and capability of the Provincial Disaster Committee and other provincial institutions, including the provincial government, then the situation is to be referred to the National Disaster Committee (NDC) through the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) as an overall national corrdinating body. |
Any emergencies such as flooding, landslides, damage to economic crops, blown or burnt down houses, missing boats or canoes, sea rise flooding, small aircraft crash etc which do not exceed K100,000 in its total response (not restoration) cost is regarded as a provincial and not a national scale emergency or disaster. |
For the last 25 years the following disasters were treated as national scale disasters:- |
- 1988 Bougainville Crisis
- 1993 Earthquake caused Landslide at Kaiapit & Finisteire Ranges of Madang and Morobe Provinces.
- 1994 Rabaul Town Volcanic Eruption.
- 1997 El Nino (Drought)Effects
- 1998 Aitape Tsunami Disaster.
Other disasters involved the National Disaster Management Office (NDES then) but strictly speaking from the point of view of disaster management concepts and principles, they were not national scale disasters. |
Nevertheless the provinces, through the Provincial Disster Coordinators and the Provincial Disaster Committees headed by the Administrators, responded responsibly to their local and provincial disasters during the last 25 years. |
With more support rendered by their respective leaders, the preparedness and rapid response capabilities of most provinces will double within the next five to ten years, compared to past years. |
For speedy process of information relating to disaster & emergencies in your respective communities and provinces, the following are your provincial disaster and emergency focal points to contact:- |
| Province |
Contact No |
Province |
Contact No |
|---|
| Gulf (Kerema) |
6481168/6481198 |
Morobe (Lae) |
4727722/4727707 |
| Central (K'Dobu) |
3214170/3213850 |
Madang (Madang) |
8523222/8523200 |
| NCD (City Hall) |
3252700/3230099 |
E/Sepik (Wewak) |
8561393/8562860 |
| Western (Daru) |
6459477/6459164 |
EHP (Goroka) |
7322880/7321842 |
| Milne Bay (Alotau) |
6411264/6410051 |
Sandaun (Vanimo) |
8572606/8571013 |
| Oro (Popondetta) |
3297342/3297145 |
Manus (Lorengau) |
4709358/4709421 |
| Enga (Wabag) |
5471240/5471262 |
WNB (Kimbe) |
9835073/9842317 |
| WHP (Hagen) |
5421627/5422316 |
ENB (Vunadidir) |
8922002/9827070 |
| SHP(Mendi) |
5491199/5491165 |
N.Ireland (Kavieng) |
9842290/9841049 |
| Simbu (Kindiawa) |
7351155/7335024 |
N.Solomon (Buka) |
9739798/9739797 |
National Disaster Management Office (Waigani, National Capital District).Phone:3011111 Fax:3254186
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Remember, |
All emergencies and disasters are unpredictable and don't follow disaster plans.When they do occur, they affect everybody in the community. Be wise and be self-reliant. Prevention is better than cure. |
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