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Nathanael IsaacNational Disaster Coordinator

Office of Disaster Management Commonwealth of Dominica

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Tropical Cyclones

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Omar 2008

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May 24th 2010. Three lives were lost

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November 21st 2004.

Meteorological/hydrological hazards

Office of Disaster Management

Dominica Met. Service

Barbados Met. Service

PUBLIC

Media/GIS Government Officials

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• Seismic/Tsunami Hazards

Seismic Research Centre

Office of Disaster Management

Government OfficialsMedia/GIS Stakeholders

Public

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA Driven by

NATIONAL DISASTER PLAN(2001)

Prepared By:

THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY PLANNING ORGANISATION

(NEPO)

NEPO comprises: Ministers of Government Permanent Secretaries Heads of Government Departments Representatives from the private sector.

NEPO is mandated to meet twice a year (Reports are presented by various sub-

committees)

One of its compulsory meetings must be held prior to the hurricane season.

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Prime Minister; Roosevelt Skerrit and Executive Head of NEPO listens to deliberations on the H1N1 Crisis.

NEOC H1N1 lead by Ministry of Health.

Public Relations and Education Health Telecommunication Communication Shelter Welfare Food & General Supplies Transportation Public Utilities

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Hydro-meteorological – Senior Meteorological Officer (National Meteorological Service)

Seismic – Seismic Research Centre ( UWI); Office of Disaster Management

Major accident –Chief of Police

Major accident Air/Sea- Manager of DASPA

Major Fire- Chief Fire Officer/Director of forestry

Health- Chief Medical Officer

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REGISTER OF SOP’s

SOP 1 - Concept of Disaster Operations SOP 2 - Organization of the NEOC SOP 3 - NEOC Staffing and Job Descriptions SOP 4 - NEOC Location and Layout SOP 5 - NEOC Resources SOP 6 - NEOC Communications SOP 7 - Warning and Alerting Systems SOP 8 - Activating the NEOC SOP 9 - NEOC Setup SOP 10 NEOC Security

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SOP 11 - Shift System in the NEOC SOP 12 - NEOC Deactivation SOP 13 - Message Control SOP 14 - Reporting SOP 15 - Situation Reports (SITREPS) SOP 16 - Damage Assessment SOP 17 - NEOC Displays SOP 18 - Briefings and Conferences SOP 19 - Stress Management SOP 20 - Managing Public Information SOP 21 - Rumor Control SOP 22 - Disaster Management vs

Programmed management. SOP 23 - Common mistakes in NEOC

management

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NEOC

EXECUTIVE

NEOC DIRECTOR

OPERATIONS PUBLICINFO

COMMUNIC-ATIONS

ADMIN

NEOC MODEL

LOGISTICS

Each community is encouraged to have a community based disaster management committee.

That CBDC should be based as much as possible on the national model

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Methods of communication/ backup systems

Total dependence on information coming from overseas.

The possibility of not having a forecaster in the NEOC

The absence of legislation.

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The size and topography of the island

The intensity of showers

Communication

Location of residents

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