東北地方太平洋沖地震 （宮城三陸沖M8.4->8.8->9.0地震,8.9USGS） 捜索救助活動 2011/03/11 part 6-16

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2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami 15 items found.

Friday, April 01, 2011:Through generous donors, CMAT is helping to provide purified drinking water in Japan.
CMAT Team members pose with local Japanese authorities after the Nomad Water purification system is set up in Kitakamicho Aikawa, Japan. A curious little guy makes a close inspection of the new equipment. The Nomad will satisfy the need for large volumes of safe drinking water using any fresh water source: well, lake, river, stream, pond and even polluted floodwaters. Local authorities are working with the water company to establish a larger scale distribution system for the water purified by the Nomad.	Kitakamicho Aikawa, Japan: Together with local authorities in Japan, CMAT team members successfully installed a Nomad water purification unit in the small fishing village.The purchase of this portable water purification system manufactured by Noah Water Systems was made possible through the generous support of our donors, especially the Lotus Light Charity Society from Vancouver. The unit is capable of producing 25 gallons / 95 litres per minute or 36,000 gallons / 136,800 liters per day. The Nomad will satisfy the need for large volumes of safe drinking water using any fresh water source: well, lake, river, stream, and pond and even polluted floodwaters.The unit is set up next to a school, which being used as an evacuation centre, housing 174 evacuees. Local authorities are working with the water company to establish a larger scale distribution system for the purified water. The reservoir and most of the water supply infrastructure was washed away in the tsunami and the local authorities and military estimate that it will take at least six months before the system is back up and running again. The nomad will supply water for the community during the reconstruction.While the Nomad purification system has already been deployed and is now in place in Japan, CMAT continues to appeal to our generous donors for your assistance, to help offset the $20,000 purchase cost of the unit. Click here to donate now!The initial acute phase of the disaster is now has transitioned to the chronic recovery phase. CMAT’s primary objective of providing initial disaster relief has been met, and much of the need now will be longer-term shelter and reconstruction planning, which requires long-term funding from other organizations. Participation in this relief effort has been a good experience for CMAT and has provided invaluable lessons to enhance the effectiveness of future missions. Although preparation and safety of our teams is essential, disasters always result in the unexpected, and flexibility is needed to meet our objectives. Help CMAT to raise $20,000 to offset the purchase cost of the Nomad … donate here with a click! Noah Water – Nomad Water Purification System CMAT’s Photo Blog [Back to top]

Tuesday, March 29, 2011:CMAT providing clean drinking water for a community destroyed in the tsunami
CMAT paramedic Martin Metz and OT Seiko Watanabe install a Nomad water purification system in the town of Aikawa Kitakamicho. A boat found several hundred metres inland was placed there by the force of the tsunami.	Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan- The CMAT Medical Team continues to work in the communities surrounding Ishinomaki, and is slowing winding up its operations in Japan.While visiting evacuation centres in several small villages along the coast, team members provided first aid and some primary medical care to the evacuees. Many of the patients that the team saw were elderly, and had chronic illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure.Meanwhile, other members of the team were awaiting delivery of the Nomad water purification unit. The purchase of this portable water purification system manufactured by Noah Water Systems was made possible through the generous support of our donors, especially the Lotus Light Charity Societyfrom Vancouver. The unit is capable of producing 25 gallons / 95 litres per minute or 36,000 gallons / 136,800 liters per day. The Nomad will satisfy the need for large volumes of safe drinking water using any fresh water source: well, lake, river, stream, and pond and even polluted floodwaters.The Nomad unit cleared Japanese customs, and was delivered to the team in Ishinomaki yesterday. In collaboration with the Japanese military, the decision was made to place the Nomad in the community of Kitakamicho Aikawa, a small fishing village of about 1000 people, which was completely destroyed by the tsunami. It is located high enough up that it will soon supply the whole community with safe drinking water. The water reservoir and most of the water supply infrastructure was washed away in the tsunami and the local authorities and military estimate that it will take at least six months before the system is back up and running again. The nomad will supply water for the community during the reconstruction.The initial acute phase of the disaster is now transitioning to the chronic recovery phase. The primary objective of providing initial disaster relief has been met, and much of the need now will be longer-term shelter and reconstruction planning. This requires long-term funding from other organizations who can commit the necessary resources and time. Participation in this relief effort has been a good experience for CMAT and has provided invaluable lessons to enhance the effectiveness of future missions. Although preparation and safety of our teams is essential, disasters always result in the unexpected, and flexibility is needed to meet our objectives. Donate now to Tsunami Relief!Nomad Water System CMAT’s Flickr photo stream [Back to top]

Sunday, March 27, 2011:Magnitude 6.1 earthquake with tsunami warning rattles Japan – all CMAT and IMAT Team members reported safe.
CMAT Paramedic Martin Metz conducts a search and recovery in Onagawa, about 15km east of Ishinomaki. Debris from the tsunami was spread over 10km inland, and up to 100ft into the limbs of trees. Mornings at camp are a bit cold…	A magnitude-6.1 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast on Monday morning, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert.There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, but the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that a tsunami of up to 1.6 feet (a half meter) may wash into Miyagi Prefecture.The tsunami alert was localized to Japan. The alert was prompted by a quake that the U.S. Geological Survey measured at 7:23 a.m. Monday Japan time near the east coast of Honshu.The USGS said the quake was 3.7 miles (5.9 kilometres) deep.CMAT and IMAT team members have been working in the region, providing medical aid, and assistance to the Japanese military with search and recovery efforts after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami ravaged the area on March 11. All team members are reported safe, and were at camp at the time of the earthquake. “The tsunami sirens are going off around base camp, and they have predicted one. Everyone is safe, as our camp is on high ground at the university in Ishinomaki,” said CMAT Team Leader Dave Johnson by phone. CMAT and IMAT continue to provide assistance in the region, and anticipate imminent deployment of the Nomad water purification unit, recently purchased through generous donations. “We are planning delivery (of the unit) this evening, and set up tomorrow morning,” said Martin Metz, CMAT paramedic. “There is a remote fishing village of about 1000 people, who believe it will take some time to repair their destroyed filtration and distribution system. The local rescue coordinator are very happy about the prospect,” CMAT continues to appeal for donations to assist with the ongoing operational expenses of the team in Japan. Donate here with a click!USGS Event Report: Magnitude 6.1 – Japan CMAT’s Flickr Photostream [Back to top]

Saturday, March 26, 2011:CMAT Japan Deployment: March 27 update
CMAT physician Dr. Carl Jarvis, and paramedic Martin Metz assess and treat patients in an evacuation centre near Ishnomaki. CMAT paramedic Martin Metz provides first aid for a young boy who injured his foot. CMAT Team Leader David Johnson, and several members of the team assist the Japanese military with Search and Recovery efforts in the town of Onagawa. The wave was over 100ft high in this town.	Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan- The CMAT Medical Team has had a busy last few days. The team has been splitting into smaller groups of 4 to 5 individuals, and surveying the city of Ishinomaki and outlying coastal villages within a 30km radius.Yesterday, a 5-member strike team collaborated with the Japanese military in the coastal town of Onagawa, approximately 15km east of Ishinomaki. The team was asked to assist with the search and recovery of victims in this small community which was flattened by the tsunami. Working their way through broken homes, rubble and bamboo forests, the team reported that in this area the waves were well over 100 feet high and deposited debris into the branches of tall trees. Of the estimated 15,000 people who lived in this community before the tsunami, only about 300 survived the disaster, and are now being housed in an evacuation centre on higher ground.The remainder of the team spent the day visiting evacuation centres in several small villages along the coast, and providing medical care to the evacuees. The situation in Japan is reminiscent of CMAT’s first deployment in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. Just like Indonesia, countless numbers of people in Japan perished in the disaster, and those who did survive, escaped largely unharmed. The medical team visiting evacuation centres provided primary medical care and first aid to some of the evacuees, as the few patients who survived with major or significant injuries had already been treated. Many of the patients that the team saw were elderly, and had chronic illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure.The initial acute phase of the disaster is now transitioning to the chronic recovery phase. The primary objective of providing initial disaster relief has been met, and much of the need now will be longer-term shelter and reconstruction planning. This requires long-term funding from other organizations who can commit the necessary resources and time.Participation in this relief effort has been a good experience for CMAT and has provided invaluable lessons to enhance the effectiveness of future missions. Although preparation and safety of our teams is essential, disasters always result in the unexpected, and flexibility is needed to meet our objectives. Donate here with a click!Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness [Back to top]

Wednesday, March 23, 2011:CMAT Japan Deployment: Team update
CMAT Team Leader David Johnson, and IMAT Executive Director Chris Tompkins walk through the devastated town of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Ishinomaki was severely affected by both the earthquake and the tsunami. Large cracks in the roads show the power of the earthquake and tsunami which affected Ishinomaki and its surrounding areas.	March 23, 2011: The team which left Vancouver yesterday has arrived in Tokyo. They were met by our kind drivers, and taken into the city for the night, to prepare for their six-hour drive north to Miyagi prefecture in the morning.Dr. Carl’s Geiger counter (ionizing radiation detector) has found that the level of radiation in the air in Tokyo is even less than that in Halifax!The highways to Tokyo are bottlenecked with travellers, and at times, only military vehicles and those with special permits may travel. Securing these special permits has proven challenging, but not impossible.The advanced team has made their way to Ishinomaki, which is a small coastal town north of Sendai in the Miyagi prefecture. They spent a chilly and rocky night, with several aftershocks ranging from 5.0 to 6.6, but everyone is safe and sound. The team spent the day assessing the devastated area, where search and rescue missions are still going on, and attended a briefing meeting. Several of the members spent time working in a recovery centre, where there were quite a few patients.While the team reunites and settles into their surroundings, the cold temperatures and snow continue, and is affecting the people displaced by this disaster even more so by putting them at risk of hypothermia and frostbite. Access to regular communications has also proven challenging, but we here at home will attempt to provide updates as often as is possible. [Back to top]

Sunday, March 20, 2011:CMAT prepares for deployment of its Field Hospital Tuesday to disaster ravaged Japan.
CMAT Rapid Assessment Team member Ryan Thorburn monitors information received from international partners, colleagues, and other governmental sources. CMAT Regional Chair for Western Canada, Bill Coltart receives up to date information on the developing situation in Japan.	The CMAT Rapid Assessment Team has been working tirelessly since its return from Tokyo a few days ago, and has been monitoring the situation in Japan where a large 9.0 earthquake and tsunami last week devastated coastal cities and infrastructure. We have also been following the ensuing crisis with destroyed power plants, and have been keeping updated through international partners, colleagues, and other governmental sources.In advance of the deployment of CMAT’s Medical Team, Field Hospital and Water Purification system this Tuesday, an advance team has left Vancouver for Tokyo today. This team, consisting of David Johnson – Team Leader; Wakoko Tokoro, RN, Katya Ponich, Paramedic and Caris Reid, Communications, will make their way to Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, to liaise with partners already on the ground, as well as prefectural and federal government representatives in the region to establish a final destination for the field hospital.With guidance from experts at the Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness, and utilizing Canadian Nuclear Safety Commissionguidelines, a skilled team of medical professionals, with training in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) events has been reassembled, and has been equipped with the appropriate monitoring and Personal Protective Equipment.CMAT continues to appeal for donations to help offset the ongoing costs of deployment of the field hospital and medical team. Please donate generously. Donate Here with a click!Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness CMAT’s photo blog from the field [Back to top]

Thursday, March 17, 2011:CMAT continues to stage response to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami from Vancouver.
Members of CMAT and IMAT Rapid Assessment team speak with Japanese officials in Tokyo. Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant	Following the return of the rapid assesment team Wednesday from Japan, CMAT continues to stage our response to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan from Vancouver. We anticipate an imminent re-deployment, with medical volunteers who are trained in CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive) events.CBRNE events refer to the uncontrolled release of chemicals, biological agents or radioactive contamination into the environment or explosions that cause widespread damage. CMAT Team members who deploy to Japan will have been trained in CBRNE capabilities, common standards, policies and protective equipment.In order to enhance and sustain Canada’s resilience to CBRNE events, all levels of government within Canada recently collaborated to develop the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives Resilience Strategyfor Canada.Working with guidance from experts at the Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness, under Canadian Nuclear Safety Commissionguidelines and using principles from the CBRNE strategy, all CMAT team members who deploy to Japan will be equipped with personal protective equipment, such as dosimeters, and radiation detectors for the entire duration of their deployment. Other personal protective equipment which the teams will carry includes a full supply of Tyvek coveralls, nitrile gloves, protective eyewear, shoe covers and masks.Yesterday after returning from Tokyo, the initial rapid assessment team continued to work tirelessly to make contact with emergency response officials in the affected area, and were successful in reaching Disaster Response Officials in both Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, as well as Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With their authorization and guidance, CMAT plans to deploy its medical team to underserviced areas in the affected regions. In discussions with Japanese officials, they report that in addition to medical support, there is a desperate need for food and clean, potable drinking water. CMAT continues to appeal for donations to help purchase a Nomad water purification system. This water purification system would be able to provide a community with a population of over 30,000 with clean drinking water daily. Please donate generously. Donate here with a click!Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness Nomad Water Purification System [Back to top]

Wednesday, March 16, 2011:Continued Preparations
	In follow up to last night’s decision to evacuate the team – CMAT is currently in the process of transitioning equipment and supplies from its warehouse in Toronto, to Vancouver in anticipation of re-deployment at the earliest possible opportunity. We continue to monitor nuclear safety concerns through the Global Disaster Alert Coordination System (GDACS), to facilitate decision-making for our teams.The assessment team have requested to remain at the staging area in Vancouver to continue working their contacts on the ground and re-depoyment a the earliest possible time. CMAT is urgently appealing for continued donations to purchase NOMAD Water purification units ready for immediate deployment to Japan. Donate here with a click!Click Here to view blog postings.Nomad Water Purification System[Back to top]

Wednesday, March 16, 2011:Continued Preparations
Image of the Daiichi Power Plant	In follow up to last night’s decision to evacuate the team from Japan – CMAT is currently in the process of transitioning equipment and supplies from its warehouse in Toronto, to Vancouver in anticipation of re-deployment at the earliest possible opportunity. We continue to monitor nuclear safety concerns through the Global Disaster Alert Coordination System (GDACS), to facilitate decision-making for our teams.Our Assessment Team members have asked to remain working at the staging area in Vancouver instead of Tokyo for re-deployment as quickly as possible. We are also placing medical and rescue personnel with CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) training on standby.In the meantime we are urgently appealing for donations to purchase Nomad Water Purification units which are available for immediate shipping to the affected areas. Donate here with a click!Click Here to view blog postings.Nomad Water Purification System [Back to top]

Wednesday, March 16, 2011:CMAT/ IMAT evacuating assessment team from Japan.
CMAT IMAT	Some frustrating circumstances have arisen. Within the last hour, it was confirmed that Emergency Operations at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power plant have been suspended, and a fire erupted in the outer portion of the No. 4 reactor unit’s containment vessel. Radiation levels may rise to a potentially high level. As a result of the unstable nuclear threat the decision has been made to evacuate the assessment team.The team is not sufficiently equipped to assist in the event of a nuclear emergency, and will be departing Japan at 1750 local time.Many contacts were made, and the team did what they could, however the situation has become too unstable to continue. This is all very frustrating, but with the intelligence gathered, CMAT will continue to monitor, with hopes to redeploy once the situation has stabilized.CMAT continues to appeal for donations to purchase a high-volume water purification system, and thanks all those who have already donated for their generous support. . We will continue to monitor the ongoing and developing situation, and prepare to stage our response from Vancouver and Seattle. [Back to top]

Tuesday, March 15, 2011:CMAT Monitoring Additional Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear Plant.
CMAT Team Leader Dave Johnson meets with media at Tokyo’s Narita airport. CMAT Assessment team meets with officials from the UN- On-Site Operations Coordination Centre (OSOCC) in Tokyo.	CMAT Directors were in contact tonight with the Assessment Team who are currently on the ground in Tokyo, preparing for Air Lift Transport to the Sendai Region.As of this evening all NGO airlift support has been temporarily suspended pending the further assessment of the situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. CNN has reported that another explosion has occurred, this time at the number 4 reactor.CMAT Directors spoke this evening with Canadian Nuclear Officials who stated: “Standard Personal Protective Equipment (PPE: coveralls, masks, gloves) would be adequate if they had to go inside the evacuated area, but at 100+ km away, no one would have received a significant radiation dose, even at Chernoble.”The Canadian Nuclear Official was also confident that only small amounts of radioactive material were recently released in Japan, and in a controlled manner.Though CMAT assessment team is currently more than 250 KM away from the nuclear-affected areas, emergency evacuation plans are being put into place in the event a timely departure from the region is needed. Support CMAT’s response with a click!CMAT Assessment Team Photo Blog [Back to top]

Monday, March 14, 2011:CMAT/ IMAT joint assessment team touches down in Tokyo.
None of us saw this coming, what an encouragement for us to now go … and do. (Notes of encouragement from the JL017 Flight crew).	As we disembarked off our Japan Airlines flight, the flight attendants handed us a bag full of little wrapped gifts. One for each of us. The entire flight whenever a flight attendant would walk past it was more often then not coupled with a remark of ‘thank you for helping our Japan’ or ‘thank you very much for coming’, most wonderfully as I said goodbye and left the plane I was told to ‘have a good rescue’. AWESOME.BUT back to the presents. Faced with having to track down some accommodations, the gifts were left til later. When we were all settled in our hostel, Kelly handed them out and finally we got to see our gift. Having only what was on board at their disposal the flight crew had given us little oatmeal cookies, rice crackers, some sort of sponge cake, but also folded us each an origami crane, and to our surprise had written us notes. In each gift were two small but extremely touching notes of encouragement, thanks and wishes for our health… Click HERE to read the entire blog post.Click HERE to donate securely online![Back to top]

Sunday, March 13, 2011:CMAT and IMAT Rapid Assessment Teams depart for Japan.
CMAT and IMAT Rapid Assessment Team checking in at YVR. L-R: Ian Burkheimer (IMAT), Dave Johnson (CMAT Team Leader), Kelly Kaley (CMAT), Kevin Sanford (CMAT), Ryan Thorburn (CMAT), Brett Martinson (IMAT).	CMAT assessment team has departed from Vancouver and is travelling to earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan.Depending on the assessment findings, the team would be the first of many which would rotate through Japan to provide much needed medical assistance and support to the local Japanese affected by the devastating quake and tsunami. It is estimated that as many as 10,000 persons may have died. Countless other Japanese are in need of assistance – food, water, shelter and medical support.The team will be assessing and preparing for the arrival of the CMAT inflatable field hospital, medical supplies and volunteer personnel.CMAT has now launched a nation-wide relief campaign to raise $20,000 to purchase a high-volume water purification system, to provide clean drinking water for local communities.CMAT urgently appeals to all individuals to generously donate to support the team in its efforts to help the Japanese people. Donate now to Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief!Follow CMAT’s Assessment Team in Japan: Photo Blog Follow CMAT on Twitter! [Back to top]

Saturday, March 12, 2011:CMAT Rapid Assessment Team preparing to depart Sunday for Japan: team to evaluate health needs in devastated areas.
A man takes a picture in Sendai, northern Japan, of the aftermath of the tsunami. (Photo Courtesy Junji Kurokawa/AP) A stranded elderly woman is carried on the back of a Japanese soldier after being rescued from a residence at Kesennuma, northeastern Japan. (Photo Courtesy Kyodo News/AP) Smoke billows from an residential area in Sendai on March 12. (Photo Courtesy Kyodo News/AP)	Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) is deploying its rapid disaster assessment team to Sendai, Japan, scheduled to leave Sunday morning from Vancouver. The organization is also making an emergency appeal for donations to help the people of Japan after the powerful 8.9 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated the region on Friday, which is centred about 300km north of the capitol, Tokyo. Officially, 649 people are confirmed dead, and numbers are expected to increase sharply. There remains no contact with about 10,000 people in Minamisanriku, more than half the town’s population.CMAT’s rapid assessment team will conduct a needs assessment in the Miyagi Prefecture, around the city of Sendai to ascertain the level of devastation. This assessment will include evaluating the destroyed infrastructure and surveying the health needs of the earthquake and tsunami affected victims in order to prepare for the potential deployment of CMAT’s inflatable field hospital.CMAT has also launched an emergency appeal for donations to help teams to provide medical aid to the people Japan. All volunteers cover their own travel costs.CMAT’s Rapid Assessment Team members are:- David Johnson, Team Leader from Vancouver, BC – Kelly Kaley, Advanced Care Paramedic from Squamish, BC – Kevin Sanford, Primary Care Paramedic from New Westminster, BC – Ryan Thorburn, Primary Care Paramedic from Comox, BC – Caris Reid, Photojournalist from Toronto, ON. Assessment team members were also part of CMAT’s teams that provided assessment and assistance in the quake affected regions of Haiti and Chile in 2010. Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) is a Canadian-based grassroots disaster relief organization made up of medical professionals and non-medical volunteers who selflessly give their time and resources to assist and provide relief aid to the victims of natural and man-made disasters around the world. CMAT has been one of the first teams to arrive at the scene of recent global emergencies including: the Indian Ocean Tsunami in Indonesia (2004); earthquakes in Pakistan (2005) Sichuan, China (2008) and Chile (2010), as well as major floods Bangladesh (2007) and Pakistan (2010). Most recently, CMAT members spent six months providing medical aid to the victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti last year. CMAT has accumulated a database over one thousand skilled health care professionals from across Canada. Donate now to Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief!Magnitude 8.9 – NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Follow CMAT’s Assessment Team in Japan: Photo Blog [Back to top]

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