Quick spread on disaster policies

After 921 quake, mountains in middle of Taiwan were seriously damaged. From Dongshi, Shigang, Fengyuan, Caotun, Mingjian, Zhushan expanding to Jiufen Ershan, Caoling, Renai Hsiang, Xinyin Hsiang and Heping Hsiang, what you can see all the way were debris and stunned views with stinky smell. In one night, the beautiful homeland became hell.

Being the central construction administrive institution, Construction and Planning Administration of Ministry of Interior immediately started related policies focusing on the victims, damaged buildings, and public facilities in central Taiwan. From saving lives to planning the living and livelihood in the disaster areas, we sincerely hope that the people in those areas will recover their lives from mental pain as soon as possible. The related policies were as follows:

1. Rescue Part

a. Set up the seismic disaster emergency team: After the quake, we cooperated with central disaster prevention center to set up a seismic disaster emergency team, supervised all of our construction machines, manpower and coordinated public groups to join the rescue and post-disaster reconstruction. At the same time, under seismic disaster emergency team, we set up seismic disaster rescue team, post-disaster building estimating team, post-disaster temporary house team and post-disaster public facility and living line recovery team. Besides, in seriously damaged areas, like Miao Li county, Nan Tou county, Taichung City, Zhang Hua County, Yun Lin County, etc, we set up contact teams and assigned specified people to station our office in Taichung for coordination.
　
b. Our heavy machinery team plunged into the rescue: Our own heavy machinery teams in north, central, and south area, 70 people, were equipped with kinds of machines and tools and plunged into

the areas. We operated in cooperation with the counties and cities' rescue centers.

c. Taiwan architect association plunged into the rescue: Taiwan architect association's offices in all county and cities set up rescue teams and reported to local public works bureaus. They provided counseling service of rescue, investigation and building safety.
d. Taiwan construction field association plunged into the rescue: The resolution decided in directors and superiors meeting of construction field association informed all known manufacturers in central Taiwan to stop all on-going construction and to stand by waiting for the directions from local government to repair the construction in damaged areas as the top priority.
e. Construction investment association mobilized to rescue: Taiwan construction investment set up an emergency coordination center as the access to get contact with outside and requested all materials, machines, equipment and personnel provided by all construction companies to be transported into the areas in most need.

(photo by Feng Zi Shi)