Tai O is a low-lying area where serious flooding often occurs when typhoons and rainstorms strike. When Typhoon Hagupit hit Hong Kong in 2008, seawater intrusion significantly affected Tai O - water level rose in minutes and once became one-storey high, causing damage to furniture and properties.
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2016
08/10/2016
The Annual Conference on Disaster Preparedness and Response (ACDPR), themed "Building a Resilient Health System", was held on 8 October 2016 at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building. The Conference was co-organised by HKJCDPRI and the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine (HKCCM)...
07/10/2016
In collaboration with the University of Manchester Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, Department of Health and Hospital Authority, HKJCDPRI organised a workshop titled "Mobile Surge Capacity Teams for Medical and Public Health Emergencies" on 7 October 2016.
The workshop aimed to provide healthcare professionals with knowledge and to share experience on mobile surge team planning for medical and public health emergencies. The workshop examined the current practices of mobile medical team mobilisation internationally and locally. Topics discussed included:
- Understanding Surge Capacity and Mobile Surge Capacity
- Sharing of Current Practices in Hong Kong and United Kingdom
- Staffing Strategies
02/10/2016
To increase public awareness on disaster preparedness and response, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI) launched a drawing competition for primary school students in Hong Kong in 2016, which attracted a total of 333 submissions. Participating students had demonstrated both their creativity, and knowledge on individual preparedness for disaster risks in Hong Kong.
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This page lists all of HKJCDPRI’s or our collaborating partners’ online learning resources, including Certificate-bearing e-Learning modules, webcasts and case studies.
All resources listed here are freely and publicly available. We ask users to use them with respect and credit the authors as appropriate.
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2017
14/07/2017
Aiming at providing accessible real-time landslide information to the public and leverage smart technology to enhance landslide incident reporting in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is developing a new smart Landslide Information System (LIS), which will be supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute Research Grant 2016.
The research team consisted of three prominent scholars including Prof Clarence Choi, Research Assistant Professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Principal Investigator), Prof Qian Zhang, Chair Professor from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Prof Charles Ng, Chair Professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Aiming at providing accessible real-time landslide information to the public and leverage smart technology to enhance landslide incident reporting in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is developing a new smart Landslide Information System (LIS), which will be supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute Research Grant 2016.
The research team consisted of three prominent scholars including Prof Clarence Choi, Research Assistant Professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Principal Investigator), Prof Qian Zhang, Chair Professor from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Prof Charles Ng, Chair Professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
It is hoped that the development of the system will improve planning of access and evacuation routes for emergency responders during intense storms when transportation lines are obstructed by landslides, enhance characterisation of landslide failure mechanism to better inform and protect emergency responders and the public of areas susceptible to landslide failures. The system also intends to enrich landslide incident database, in terms of scale, responsiveness, and communication of information to geotechnical engineers during intense storms.
For more information, please contact us at [email protected] or at (852) 2871 8507.
Keung Shan Road landslides, Tai O, Hong Kong, 2008
29/06/2017
The HazMat Medical Response (HMR) course is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPR), the Hong Kong Association for Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine and the A&E Department of Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital. The 2-day course is designed for emergency responders including physicians, nurses, paramedics and EMS workers who may be required to manage hazardous materials incidents. The training course will take participants through both theory and practical sessions including don and doff of personal protective equipment, receiving of contaminated patients at hospitals, decontamination area set-up, assessment of incidence scenes etc.
The HazMat Medical Response (HMR) course is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPR), the Hong Kong Association for Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine and the A&E Department of Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital. The 2-day course is designed for emergency responders including physicians, nurses, paramedics and EMS workers who may be required to manage hazardous materials incidents. The training course will take participants through both theory and practical sessions including don and doff of personal protective equipment, receiving of contaminated patients at hospitals, decontamination area set-up, assessment of incidence scenes etc.
For more information, please click the following links for course flyer, rundown and application form:
26/06/2017
This case on stampedes is aimed at familiarizing students and practitioners of public health, disaster management, and urban planning with the risk of stampedes in mass gatherings. Stampedes and weather related events are the two greatest causes of mortality at mass gatherings. This case focuses on stampedes, but allows learners to be introduced their classes
This case on stampedes is aimed at familiarizing students and practitioners of public health, disaster management, and urban planning with the risk of stampedes in mass gatherings. Stampedes and weather related events are the two greatest causes of mortality at mass gatherings. This case focuses on stampedes, but allows learners to be introduced their classes
19/06/2017
There has been growing use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in disaster preparedness and response trainings and it has been increasingly recognized as one of the innovative training modalities. To introduce the use and examples of VR in disaster preparedness training, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI) organized a one-day workshop entitled “Introduction to Use of Virtual Reality (VR) for Disaster Preparedness Training” on 31 May 2017 at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. The workshop attracted 26 participants from eight organisations.
There has been growing use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in disaster preparedness and response trainings and it has been increasingly recognized as one of the innovative training modalities. To introduce the use and examples of VR in disaster preparedness training, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI) organized a one-day workshop entitled “Introduction to Use of Virtual Reality (VR) for Disaster Preparedness Training” on 31 May 2017 at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. The workshop attracted 26 participants from eight organisations.
Th workshop introduced the application and examples of VR technology for disaster preparedness training, as well as basic knowledge in XVR game-based software in simulation training. Experience showed advantages of use of VR in disaster preparedness training include enhancement of immersive realism, facilitation of instant feedback on performance, creating individualised learning experience, and provision of unlimited virtual scenarios, etc.
The workshop started with an introduction of the general use of VR in disaster education by Mr Gary Tsang, Marking & Development Director of MedSim Healthcare Education Co.,who also shared his experience in using VR technology to simulate motorsport accident and training of emergency medical helpers working for the Formula E Race held in Hong Kong last year.
Mr Gary Tsang introduced the general use of VR technology in disaster preparedness training.
Mr. Philip Ma, President of Emergency Response Assistance Society, introduced cases of use of VR technology in public education and training in Asia and Europe, including the tsunami preparedness education for the general public in Japan, the mass casualty triage training used in Europe, the Heart Bus programme to promote first aid skills in Taiwan, and the game-based simulation for professionals in Korea.
Mr Philip Ma, President of Emergency Response Assistance Society, shared a case that the VR technology was used to enhance community disaster preparedness awareness in Japan
Participants were also given the chance to try building disaster scenarios using XVR, a game-based software which was also used by the HKJCDPRI in various trainings. The software company’s Operations Manager for Asia, Mr Edwin van de Snepscheut, introduced the latest trends in using VR game-based tools for disaster preparedness training, with a highlight on trainings on resources management for leaders.
VR gamed-based software, XVR, for building high fidelity disaster simulated scenario for training purpose was introduced.
Ms Elaine Kwok, Product & Marketing Associate of MedSim Healthcare education Co, demonstrated how simulated disaster scenarios could be built using the XVR game-based software for emergency training.
Participants tried using the VR software to build disaster scenarios.
26 participants from eight orgnisations joined the workshop.
