LESSONS LEARNED

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• LESSONS LEARNED
• HURRICANE MICHELLE STORY
• THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
• HEALTH SERVICE AUTHORITY

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THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

• Consists of three (3) Islands namely
• Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac
• Little Cayman.
• Population 49,000
• Main Industry Tourism Banking

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• Vulnerability
• Hurricanes and Flooding
• Fires
• Transportation accidents
• - Airplane
• - Cruise Ships
• - Bus (etc)

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The Fallacies

• It will not happen to us

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LOCATION

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• Damage Assessment of the Islands (PDA 8 -14
  million)
• Damage to housing (2 districts)
• Damage to government facilities
• - Turtle farm
• - Houses
• - G.T.Port and Terminals
• Hotels and Condominiums
• Fuel Storage Tanks

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Damage to Homes
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SEVERE DAMAGE TO CONDOMIUM COMPLEX
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• MAIN BUSINESS CENTER (CAPITAL)

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George Town Dock
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George Town Port Facilities
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Turtle Farm
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Damage to Businesses
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REMAINS OF A DIVE ESTABLISHMENT
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• BEACH EROSION

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NO DAMAGE - Airport -
Telecommunications - Utilities -
Schools - Supermarkets and other
merchants
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No Damage
Hospital or Clinics
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Accident and Emergency Care

• Treatment of 30 persons

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• Challenges for the service
• Communication
• Staffing
• Institutional capability- proactive
  collaboration
• Facility
• Recovery

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• Lessons Learned
• communication equipment will fail at the time
  you need it most - self sufficiency
• success of disaster plan depends on staff
  knowledge of plan their roles
• house staff living in flood prone areas in
  hospital
• humans do foolish things when unusual events
  occur

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• Response To Issues
• Fully implemented upgraded
• communication system.
• Mandatory Training Exercises.
• Partnership with Local Overseas
• Health Care Facility.
• Correction of Facility deficiency.
• Update Disaster Plan mitigate
• inefficiencies.

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LEADERS COURSE SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE
DISASTER
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