HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

AND
DISASTER RELIEF
ROLE OF ARMED FORCES
BRIG ANUPAM SHARMA
DACIDS (Op Lgs), HQ IDS
 PREVIEW

▪ ARMED FORCES IN DM

▪ RESPONSE MECHANISM

▪ CAPACITY BUILDING
ARMED FORCES IN DM
 DOCTRINAL PHILOSOPHY

▪ Secy role; not the primary resp

▪ Response Status – ‘Second Responder ’
▪ In Principle - Last In, First Out

▪ In practice
▪ Preferred instrument of application
▪ Always prepared - ‘First to Respond’
 AID TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES

▪ MoD pamphlet which governs employment of Armed Forces in aid to

civil authorities – 1970 vintage & is under revision

▪ Types of Duties

▪ Maintenance of law & order

▪ Maintenance of essential services

▪ Assistance during natural or manmade disasters

▪ Other types of assistance that may be needed by civil authorities

incl development projects
 AID TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES
▪ Use of armed Forces in aid to civil authorities is a function of GoI
▪ Authority of GoI must preferably be obtained for their employment
▪ Maintenance of law & order
▪ Function of local civil authority; use Police/ CPOs.
▪ Requisition by local magistrate; compliance mandatory.
▪ Employment beyond 10 days only with permission of GoI.
▪ Maintenance of essential services
▪ Employment only on authority of GoI.
▪ Assistance during natural or manmade disasters
▪ Preferably after sanction of GoI.
▪ If time is short, local military authority may comply without sanction.
▪ Other assistance including developemental projects
▪ Only with sanction of GoI.
 SUITABILITY FOR HADR OPS
Command
& Control

Intergral Org
Logistics Cohesion

Leadership

Pan -
Mobility India
Footprint
Integral
Comns
High degree of trust amongst local populace
 TYPES OF ASSISTANCE
Survey & Recce

Set up Command, Control & Comns

Search, rescue & evacuation

Restore/ maint essential services

Assist in maintaining law & order

Restore surface comns - roads, brs

Org medical camps

 PRINCIPLES OF EMP

Judicious use

Command of troops

No menial tasks

Requisition on task basis

Integration of available resources

Early de-requisitioning
RESPONSE MECHANISM
 RESPONSE MECHANISM

▪ Request received by the local fmn/ stn

▪ Depending on type of request/ urgency of situation

action may be initiated by the local fmn/ stn or prior
approval may be sought

▪ Request may be received by JS concerned in MoD from

State Govt
▪ Directions are passed to the local fmn/ stn for action
▪ Information is thereafter passed to HQ IDS

▪ Concerned State Govt may directly approach HQ IDS/

SHQs.
 RESPONSE MECHANISM

NCMC
▪ On occurrence of major
NEC disaster NCMC chaired by
Cab Secy.
NDMA ▪ NEC chaired by Home
MHA Secy.
CAPFs
▪ Crisis Management Group
Info to (CMG) of each Ministry
Nodal
Public / provides continuous inputs
Media
Ministry
to NCMC / NEC.
▪ On requisition from MHA,
Crisis Management MoD activates DCMG.
Group of Nodal
Ministry
 FLOW OF INFORMATION

CAB SECY PMO

MHA
MoD

WARNING
CONT ROOM
JS (Army/ Navy/ Air)

NDMA
CONT ROOM
NODAL OFFICER
SHQ INCP
DCMG
STATE
COMD HQ CONT ROOM

AFFECTED
LOCAL FMN DIST ADM SITE
CAPACITY BUILDING
 CAPACITY BUILDING

DIRECTIVE : HON’BLE PM

The Hon’ble PM during

Combined Commanders
Conference in 2015
directed that Annual Joint
HADR Exercises be
conducted incorporating all
stakeholders including
Armed Forces, CAPFs &
Civil Adm down to
Municipal Corporations
 ANNUAL JOINT HADR EXERCISES
YEAR SERVICE EXERCISE LOCATION
SCENARIO
2016 ARMY FLOODS GUWHATI

NAVY CYCLONES VISHAKAPATNAM

AIR FORCE EARTHQUAKE BHUJ

2017 ARMY URBAN FLOODS HYDERABAD

NAVY TSUNAMI KARWAR

AIR FORCE FLOODS & SHILLONG

LANDSLIDES
2018 ARMY EARTHQUAKE JAIPUR

NAVY CYCLONE KOCHI

AIR FORCE FLOODS ALLAHABAD

 DISASTER RELIEF EQUIPMENT

Lack of specialised
equipment

Non availability of relief

stores

Exploitation of War
Equipment

Create geographically dispersed tailor

made disaster relief bricks