From Contingency Planning to Full-Scale Simulation: Earthquake Preparedness and Response of Thimphu, Bhutan

From providing technical expertise in the reviewing and updating of the 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐮 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 (𝐓𝐄𝐐𝐂𝐏) to the conduction of the 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥-𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 (𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐗) 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟑 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, NSET was privileged to contribute to strengthening earthquake preparedness and emergency response in Bhutan. As a technical partner, 𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐗 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐃𝐋𝐆𝐃𝐌), 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 (𝐂𝐃𝐑𝐈).