BVI MITIGATION PROGRAMME

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BVI MITIGATION PROGRAMME

• By
• Donovan Gentles
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER
• CDERA

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THE NATIONAL DISASTER STRUCTURE

• GOVERNOR
• EXCO
• NEAC NEEC
• ODP
• IT HEALTH EMER. OPS TELECOMMS MIT
  DAM MPAG
• WELFARE ROAD CLEAR FIN ADMIN

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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
MANAGEMENT OF ODP EMER. OPS LOGISTICS

NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATOR
CLERICAL OFFICER
TYPING, FILING ORGANISING MEETINGS
DISASTER PREP OFFICER
EMER. TELE OFFICER
INFO TRNG MANAGER
SNR. EXEC OFFICER
TRAINING PUBLIC EDUC PUBLICATIONS INFO.
PROCESSING
MANAGE RADIO RM TELECOMMS
WELFARE RELIEF DISTRICT ACTIVITIES
OFFICE MGMT VOTE BOOK PERSONNEL
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WORK PROGRAMME

• HAZARD MITIGATION
• SHELTER PROGRAMME
• PUBLIC EDUC., INFO. TRAINING
• EMER. RESPONSE TELECOMMS

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BVI MITIGATION PROGRAMME

• OUTPUTS
• National policy
• Mitigation Plan
• Mitigation Legislation
• Institutional Framework
• Mitigation Projects

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BVI MITIGATION PROGRAMME

• OVERALL OBJECTIVE
• To Reduce the Impacts From Natural and Man-made
  Disasters

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BVI MITIGATION PROJECT

• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• Identify Hazards
• Estimate Potential Losses
• Develop Strategies

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• METHODOLOGY
• Use of Geographic Information System
• Consultants
• Multi-agency Collaboration
• Disaster Management Database

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• ACTIVITIES
• Multi-hazard Mapping
• Inventory of Risks Elements
• Vulnerability and Risk Analyses
• Mitigation Strategies

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• INVENTORY OF RISK ELEMENTS
• Population centers
• Essential Services
• Major infrastructure
• Public Lifeline Facilities
• Economic Activity

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• VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
• Field Surveys
• Establish Vulnerability
• Produce Maps

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• RISK ASSESSMENT
• Calculation of Risks
• Production of Risk Maps depicting levels of Risk

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• MITIGATION STRATEGIES
• Share Project Results
• Joint Strategies
• Establish Standards
• Guidelines for Development Planning

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• OUTPUTS
• Final Report
• Disaster Management
• Long-term Development Planning
• Linking of Databases

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• MITIGATION STRATEGIES
• for existing structures
• Relocate structures
• Protect Structures
• Retrofitting

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• MITIGATION STRATEGIES CONTD
• for future development
• Location
• Protection
• Hazard Resistant Design

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