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The Government of Burma (Myanmar) began implementing the ICS method in their country in 2003 and completed the full implementation in 2010. Over a three‐month period in 2015, flood, storms, and landslides took a devastating toll on Burma, negatively affecting 12 of the 14 states and regions. Based on the protocols and training, the country was able to use the newly implemented disaster management system. Utilizing this new framework, those managing the incident were able to easily and successfully integrate outside resources as has never been seen before. Under the new protocols, the government realized the need for, and provided, transparent situation reports and expedited travel authorizations. This allowed them to provide extraordinary humanitarian relief in a very short amount of time. Some of the resources that were brought in included the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Center), the Myanmar Red Cross Society, and UN agencies (USAID, 2016).

From the onset of the response to the first floods, the Emergency Operations Center staff held a meeting with Vice President U Nyan Tun and local government officials. In this meeting(s), they developed a national recovery framework, and they utilized the ICS method to organize the recovery. After the incident was over, the Government of Burma was recognized for how successful the response and recovery went by the international humanitarian community. While the process worked extremely well, with the support of USAID and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), undertook an After Action Review to help improve the quality and speed of disaster response in the country even more (USAID, 2016).