FROM CHAOS TO ORDER: EXAMPLE of TURKEY NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE PLAN-SİİRT MINE ACCIDENT

Authors : Halil İbrahim ÇİÇEKDAĞI, Yıldız TOSUN, Fatime ÖKENEK, Salih Aydın ÜZÜMCÜ

Pages : 161-176

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Publication Date : 2017-11-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In today’s conditions, the possible accidents, which may be experienced depending on the developing technology, also increase the diversity of disaster.  This also strengthens the probability of facing to technological disasters as well as natural disasters. In addition, as the secondary disaster following natural disasters, technology based accidents may occur. Reducing life losses, which may be experienced in the technological disasters, a part of life, to minimum, and being able to intervene quickly and effectively require a certain planning, synergy, and orderly working. In rescue operations, in which the importance of human life depends on minutes and even seconds, that the staff, who is specialist in search and rescue operations, works according to a certain plan and far from chaos has a great importance. In the article prepared, the sample of miming accident was dealt with, which was experienced in a private mine in the province Siirt on the date of 17.11.2016, and in which 5 people were rescued as wounded and16 people lost their lives. In addition, the processes from the first state in search and rescue operation to synergic and systemic work were reported in detail and introduced how chaos environment was not allowed for thanks to that service groups in Turkish Disaster Response Plan work in cooperation. With a synergic study model, the interactions under the different levels and different dynamics were examined. This study is an exemplary case story and deals with the works carried out for the workers, wounded people, relations of those losing their lives, and casualties, who has very high probability to clutch onto the life in 27 days - search and rescue operation carried out in planned and coordinated way.  In the study, it  has been reported  that  the processes  of disaster  coordination   systematically  proceeded;  that  a good planning corrected  the  working  conditions, which are complex  and difficult  to be managed,  like  disasters  and   eliminated the chaos that  may  be experienced; increased  the synergy in working  environment; and  that  thanks to this,  carrying  out  successful search and rescue  activities and area coordination,  that an  effective  disaster  management was realized.
Keywords : Natural Disaster, Landslide, Siirt, Response plan, Chaos, Turkey Disaster Response Plan TAMP

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