We are in the process of developing a landslide emergency response process for the province of British Columbia. I would love to hear from other jurisdictions who have developed emergency response plans.
It may be helpful;
Response Guidelines for Landslides
Version 2.0/2013; Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
https://www.msb.se/RibData/Filer/pdf/27282.pdf
For a correct and complete answer to your question I am
turning your question to a colleague of mine
( a true applied geologist: Porfessor Matteo Berti ,
e-mail [email protected]),
which is currently involved in the slope stability management.
So I am sure that you will be fully satisfied.
Thank you v.m
Best regards,
Stefano Cremonini
Hi,
in our research area (the Emilia-Romagna Region, Northern Apennines of Italy) there is a "landslide alert system" that works at a regional and sub-regional scale.
The entire regional territory is divided into 8 districts, called alert zones. The five districts located in the mountain area have a mean area of 2,600 km2 and contain about 40 rain gauges each.
Every day, an alert level is assigned on the basis of both the forecasted rainfall
in the next 24 h and the monitored rainfall in the previous days. Three different rainfall threshold models are used to define the alert level (normal, moderate, high).
Since a certain alert level is assigned to a very large territory, the actions taken to mitigate the landslide risk are very simple:i) communication to the media; ii) communication to the mayors and other local authorities; iii) 24-hours availability of selected workers and experts, that should manage the emergency phase in case of landslide.
Marten: Here in Manitoba, Canada, we live in the middle of one of the largest (perhaps the largest?) contiguous flat areas on the face of the earth - the floor of Glacial Lake Agassiz, from early Holocene time. I don't know if such disaster response plans are in place here or not. All best. Jim
Such events, when they occur ... and not before the event, are handled by the National Emergency Commission, who channeled economic aid and humanitarian aid as well as support equipment and machinery for cleaning and upgrading of roads and bridges. The Commission works closely with the political members of the affected cantons (in the political figure of the Mayor). There is little that is done in Costa Rica, in prevention and in the event of disaster risk reduction to landslides. Costa Rica
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