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strategic locations to enable emergency supplies of
food, clothing and personal hygiene necessities. Five
(5) large depots at different regions of the regularly
affected areas have also been established this year to
improve the relief actions, which are to be undertaken;
iii. 31 localized training activities were organized
at national and state levels. 1750 officers from
the Department of Social Welfare and 1689 local
volunteers were participated in these various
training exercises. Disaster management measures
and methodology were discussed in detail using
the framework of the Standard Operational
Procedure (SOP) during these various training
sessions. The training modules were inclusive of
multi disciplinary disaster management such as
technical management of impending disasters and
rehabilitation.
iv. Relief centers will be managed by Social Welfare
Officers and assisted
by volunteers from the National Welfare Brigade. During
their stay, the disaster victims will be registered and
those with emotional problems due to the disasters
will be handled by trained and able councilors.
Establishment of Central Store
To ensure that all the necesary resources are
mobilised during the occurrence of disaster, the
Deputy Prime Minister with his capacity as
the chairman of National Disaster Management
Committee, on 28 November 2007 had approved
for the establishment of central store to accomodate all
the assets for disaster relief and operation. Among
the assets are rescuer bots, trucks, portable
toilets, tents, mobile kitchens, mobile hospitals etc.
For the meantime, Ministry of Defence Depot in
Sungai Buloh, Selangor has been appointed to
accomodate the assets until the permanent central
store is completed on 2010.
ASEAN Standard Operating Procedure
For Regional Standby Arrangements and
Coordination of Joint Disaster Relief and
Emergency Response Operations (SASOP)
ASEAN Member States signed the ASEAN
Agreement on Disaster Management and
Emergency Response (AADMER) on 26 July 2005
in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The agreement requires for
the development of standard operating procedures
to guide the actions among member countries for
the mobilization of regional standby arrangements
for disaster relief and emergency response, the
utilization of military and civilian assets and
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capacities and coordination of joint disaster relief
and emergency response operations.
Malaysia has been tasked to lead the Sub-Committee
for the development of ASEAN Standard Operating
Procedure for Regional Standby Arrangements
and Coordination of Joint Disaster Relief and
Emergency Response Operations (SASOP)
together with the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore
and ASEAN Secretariat. SASOP will be finalised in
the 14th of ACDM Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia on 31
November-1 December 2009.
4.0 Update of Members’ Working Groups
representatives
i. Working Group on Meteorology
Ms. Che Gayah Ismail
Deputy Director-General
Malaysian Meteorological Department
Jalan Sultan
46667 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Malaysia
Email: cgayah@met.gov.my
ii. Working Group on Hydrology
Mr. Hj. Azmi Md. Jafri
Deputy Director
Hydrology and Water Resources Division
Department of Irrigation & Drainage
Km. 7, Jalan Ampang
68000 Ampang
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Email: azmijafri@water.gov.my
iii. Working Group on Disaster Prevention and
Preparedness
Mr Ogu Salim bin Omar
Under Secretary
Disaster and Crisis Management Division
National Security Council
Aras G, Blok Barat
Bangunan Perdana Putra
62502 Putrajaya
Malaysia
Email: ogu@mkn.gov.my
iv. Training and Research Coordinating Group
Dr. Wan Azli Wan Hassan
Director, Technical Development Division
Malaysian Meteorological Department
Jalan Sultan
46667 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Malaysia
Email: wanazli@met.gov.my
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