STAR-TIDES Field Manual/Dakota Fire Hole

Dakota Fire Hole

1. Summary
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of this solution.
3. Success Story (use vignettes)
4. Safety Considerations
5. Source (where did this come from)
6. Investment
   1. Approximate Cost
   2. Needed Materials (Parts List)
   3. Labor
   4. Lifecycle Cost
7. Logistics for this Solution
   1. Transportation specifics (size, weight, special handling, etc)
   2. Maintenance
   3. Sources of supply
8. Instructions to Build/Deploy
   1. Summary and description (with figures and diagrams)

1. 1. Step-by-step instructions
2. Training Resources, Weblinks and Points of Contact.
3. Implementation Guidance (hints and warnings)
   1. Cultural sensitivities
   2. Tricks and tips
4. Interdependencies (Relationship to other SPs and needed Infrastructure)
5. Disposal or reuse

Clay Ovens

1. Summary
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of this solution.
3. Success Story (use vignettes)
4. Safety Considerations
5. Source (where did this come from)
6. Investment
   1. Approximate Cost
   2. Needed Materials (Parts List)
   3. Labor
   4. Lifecycle Cost
7. Logistics for this Solution
   1. Transportation specifics (size, weight, special handling, etc)
   2. Maintenance
   3. Sources of supply
8. Instructions to Build/Deploy
   1. Summary and description (with figures and diagrams)
   2. Step-by-step instructions
9. Training Resources, Weblinks and Points of Contact.
10. Implementation Guidance (hints and warnings)
    1. Cultural sensitivities
    2. Tricks and tips
11. Interdependencies (Relationship to other SPs and needed Infrastructure)
12. Disposal or reuse

Kearny Improvised Stove

1. Summary
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of this solution.
3. Success Story (use vignettes)
4. Safety Considerations
5. Source (where did this come from)
6. Investment
   1. Approximate Cost
   2. Needed Materials (Parts List)
   3. Labor
   4. Lifecycle Cost
7. Logistics for this Solution
   1. Transportation specifics (size, weight, special handling, etc)
   2. Maintenance
   3. Sources of supply
8. Instructions to Build/Deploy
   1. Summary and description (with figures and diagrams)

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1. 1. Step-by-step instructions
2. Training Resources, Weblinks and Points of Contact.
3. Implementation Guidance (hints and warnings)
   1. Cultural sensitivities
   2. Tricks and tips
4. Interdependencies (Relationship to other SPs and needed Infrastructure)
5. Disposal or reuse

Wood Gasification Stoves

1. Summary
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of this solution.
3. Success Story (use vignettes)
4. Safety Considerations
5. Source (where did this come from)
6. Investment
   1. Approximate Cost
   2. Needed Materials (Parts List)
   3. Labor
   4. Lifecycle Cost
7. Logistics for this Solution
   1. Transportation specifics (size, weight, special handling, etc)
   2. Maintenance
   3. Sources of supply
8. Instructions to Build/Deploy
   1. Summary and description (with figures and diagrams)

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1. 1. Step-by-step instructions
2. Training Resources, Weblinks and Points of Contact.
3. Implementation Guidance (hints and warnings)
   1. Cultural sensitivities
   2. Tricks and tips
4. Interdependencies (Relationship to other SPs and needed Infrastructure)
5. Disposal or reuse

Food – Nutrition

Bean Sprouting

Garbage and Trash

Sewage

Pit Latrine

Composting Toilets

Chemical Toilets

Porta-potties

Septic Fields

Shelter Lighting

Improvised Oil Lamp

AA LED Camp Lanterns and flashlights

Basic lighting Grid and Generators

Power

Communications

Security – Barriers

Security – Alarms

Security – Defensive Shelters

Security – Identity Systems

Security – Lighting

Security – Property and Shelter Identification

Fuel Storage – Petroleum Products

Fuel Storage – Wood

Fuel Storage – Coal

Fuel Storage – Natural Gas

1) Suitability Constraints

a) Only suitable for dry areas b) Offers protection from wind and high temperature c) Offers mild protection from small arms fire

2) How it Works

By constructing a series of berms and pits into which the hexayurts (or other suitable housing option) can be placed, the entire settlement forms a more aerodynamic shape, guiding strong winds over the top of the settlement and through the lanes, and as it meets no resistance any force just comes right out the other side. While the primary object of this design is to improve quality of life, it has the potential fringe benefits of increased life expectancy for the shelters by protecting them from the elements. In addition the pits form cool wells into which the houses are placed - natural cooling technology (see Ray Mears - "Bushcraft Survival" under snow survival specific ref. tbc) which is very useful in the environments to which this is suited. A secondary benefit of the berms is to form basic entrenchment from gunfire.

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• -Harrybuxton 03:36, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

Hexayurts or other structures could be arranged in such a way that an aerial camera could tell what was happening in a camp, what the inhabitants needed, and if the camp was under duress; this would be especially useful if other lines of communication with the camp were down.

Structures on the perimeter of the camp could be moved according to need. This could be accomplished with minimal labor in the case of light-weight (hexayurts) and/or empty (dummy) structures. The arrangement of the structures would be machine-readable, in the same way that QR code is machine readable. Each structure would be a "pixel" in the composition.

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• C4 Command, Control, Communications and Computers
• EEI Essential Elements of Information
• TIDES Transportable Infrastructures for Development and Emergency Support
• TIDESTF Transportable Infrastructures for Development and Emergency Support Task Force
• NGOs Non-Governmental Organization
• PAO Public Affairs Officer
• SPs Solutions Packages (needs further definition)
• SSTR Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction
• TF Task Force
• TTP Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

Appropriate Technology

Technology that is appropriate to the environmental, cultural and economic situation it is intended for. It usually describes technologies which are suitable for use in the majority world (or "developing nations"). Excerpted from Appropedia Woody1 12:09, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Investment

Let's measure the time, energy, money going into the project... but what level of detail are we working with? Cents and seconds, or dollars and minutes? This is the spot to suss out how precise we should be when talking about what it takes to get these projects going.

Interdependencies

"Relationship to other Solutions Packages and needed Infrastructure." "Mutual dependencies." When two elements of a Solution both depend on some common third element to work well, or depend on each other. (Examples:) Woody1 12:15, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Lifecycle Cost

How is this different from investment? Investment over time?

Logistics

Appendix A Essential Elements of Information (EEI) Required for Establishment of an Expedient Infrastructure for Transient Populations (TIDES). These questions must be answered during the planning process for the establishment of an TIDES site.

1. Purpose of the TIDES:
2. Level of services expected to be delivered, full service camp or self serve?
3. Short term and long term goal of the TIDES? (Provide relief until civil infrastructure can be reestablished, separate warring factions, protect persecuted groups, etc.)
4. What level of Services are to be Provided?
5. Food
   1. Packaged Rations
   2. Centralized preparation and distribution
   3. Distribute materials and supplies for self preparation
   4. Water
6. Bottled
7. Wells (drilled or exisiting)
8. Purification of existing river/lake
9. Climate
   1. Climate definitions
   2. Cold weather
   3. Hot weather
   4. Protective clothing
   5. Shelter cooling / ventilation
   6. Replacement of clothing, laundry - not the best section for this item.
   7. Toiletries
10. Shelter
    1. Tents
    2. Rigid Temporary Shelters
    3. Permanent (existing) shelters
    4. Bedding
11. Medical
    1. Preventive medicine
    2. Treating existing conditions
    3. Trauma care
    4. Relocation of hospital patients and elderly
12. Communications
    1. Within the camp
    2. Outside the camp
    3. Internet access
13. Power
    1. Electric
    2. Fuel
14. Financial
    1. Access to existing accounts
    2. New accounts
    3. Relief payments
15. Legal
    1. Repatriation
    2. Redress of grievances
    3. Status (Geneva Convention)
16. Protection
    1. Crime
    2. External military threat
17. Transportation
    1. Within the Camp
    2. Guest/visitors
    3. Arriving and leaving the camp
18. Waste Removal
    1. Liquid
    2. Solid
    3. Sewage
    4. Medical (Biohazard)
19. Livestock
    1. Pens
    2. Food
    3. Veterinary care
    4. Pets
20. Storage
    1. Personal belongings
    2. Automobiles
21. Governance
    1. Local
    2. External
22. Education
    1. Long term elementary/secondary
    2. As required skill sets
23. Entertainment
    1. Reading Material
    2. Games
    3. Movies
24. Population Demographics:
25. Number of people expected to initially require assistance?
26. Expected growth rate per day?
27. Maximum number of refugees possible?
28. Expected duration of TIDES site?
29. Baseline health of the population? (Are they relatively healthy or have they been in duress for a prolonged period of time prior to establishment of the TIDES?)
30. Circumstances of the population (Why do they require assistance? Was it a natural disaster, a manmade disaster, civil strife, international conflict, etc.)
31. Is the population indigenous to the area? Are they of the same nationality, religion, tribe or clan?
32. Is it a homogeneous population?
33. Will specific groups require segregation? (Prisoners, warring factions, agitators, etc.)
34. Is the population free to come and go at will?
35. Is it expected that the existing civil leadership will displace with the population? (Police, doctors, elected officials, etc.) Or are they expected to provide for their own needs elsewhere?
36. How is the population expected to arrive? (On foot, vehicle, rail, boat, etc.)
37. Site Location:
38. Where is the proposed TIDES site?
39. Who owns the proposed TIDES site?
40. Does it have the capability to expand?
41. What is the existing infrastructure? (Roads, sewer, electricity, buildings, etc.)
42. Proximity to main supply routes, railways, ports or airfields for resupply?
43. Is it far enough away from the source of the problem to ensure it won't have to relocate?
44. Resources Available
45. Initial manpower (Civil, military, NGO, IO, etc.) available for TIDES setup?
46. Local resources available (building materials, food, water, clothing, medicine, etc.)
47. Population Protection
48. Will the refugees require military protection?
49. Will the population include prisoners that require detention? (Relocation of existing prisoners and detention facilities from the affected area and/or detention of personnel due to infractions committed at the TIDES)
50. Is there an indigenous police force that will provide protection within the TIDES?
51. Funding
52. Initial amount of funding available?
53. Source of funding?
54. Sustainment funding?
55. Administration
56. Who will administer the TIDES?
57. Database of residents?
58. In processing/out processing?

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