| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 進修部環境經濟資管碩專(假日) === 105 === With the impact of severe weather, situation of disaster caused by the extreme rainfall has turn from simple, partial into large scale and from area floods and mudslides to nowadays complex disasters. Both the extreme rainfall of typhoon Morakot and the instantaneous gusts of up to 17 of typhoon Nibert caused horrible damage at Taitung County.
This study is based on the experiences and the progresses that how we responded of typhoon Morakot and Nibert. To investigate whether Emergency Operation Center operated well after tremendous disaster or not by comparing the ordinances, organizing systems, resource checks and arrangements bases on the organization response and crisis management.Searching whether the systematic share work was appropriate, distribution of resources is sufficient, the information of disaster protection is integrated, and the basis of ordinances is thorough, to buildings the requirement of mission at emergency response phase.
To virtually understand the response practiced by Taitung Emergency Operation Center after the typhoon alerts, this study implements “Case Study Method” to thoroughly examine the response measures to reduce the losses of lives and properties caused by typhoons. Considering about the objectivity and integrity of the complete study, we invited the relevant disaster-prevention experts to hold an "expert conference”. Observing through, we compiled four major evaluation indexes and twenty-seven typhoon response-effect items which based on the differences of roles-play, executive levels and their perspective.
According the result of the questionnaire written by the experts as fire departments and township government offices who actually participated in the contingency during two typhoons to illustrate conceptive diagrams of the contingency. Then we analyzed the effects of the entire contingency measures according to the differences in the two diagrams.
Base on the study, we can find clear differences between the occurrences of typhoon Morakot and Nibert. The noticeable differences are: the rescue operation of army turn passivity into initiative, the prearrangement of the army force, the evacuation of people from the areas may potentially be destructed, the building of various efficient communication systems, the illustration of the presumable damage diagrams, the setting of the rescue supporting on networks, and the planning of the items for life saving supplies and shelters, etc. Not only the additions and modifications made to the relevant rescue ordinances but also more aggressive annual drills and educational trainings had been made to the fields mentioned above before the occurrence of disasters.
By analyzing and examining the target above, we hope to find out a comprehensive response mechanism fitting Taitung county Emergency Operation Center using the response experience learned from the past typhoons to effectively raise the abilities and make flexible adjustments to respond.
Moreover, to promote the protective and rescue operations by utilizing the resilient community concept, Taitung Emergency Operation Center can face the challenges of severe weather in the future and be able to gain resilient ability, sustain development, and reduce the loss of residents’ lives and properties.
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