Caribbean

Resilience System


You are here

Emergency Management - Caribbean

Primary tabs

This working group is focused on discussions about emergency management.

The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about emergency management.

Members

Kathy Gilbeaux mdmcdonald MDMcDonald_me_com

Email address for group

emergency-management-caribbean@m.resiliencesystem.org

Caribbean Struggles with Mental Aftermath of Hurricanes

           

In Dominica, UNICEF is helping children cope with the devastation of Hurricane Maria through play activities and storytelling - Jacqueline Charles

miamiherald.com - by Harika Rayala and Jacqueline Charles - October 17, 2017

 . . . Recognizing that the trauma from Irma and Maria’s one-two punch is creating a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness among survivors, shelter managers and mental health experts in Antigua and Dominica are on a mission to help people cope with the stress and anxiety. But in a region where mental health awareness is just gaining traction, giving that sort of support isn’t easy.

“If we don’t deal with the mental health issue, the psychological first aid … than we are in trouble,” said Wendel De Leon, a behavioral therapist who recently led a team of therapists from Trinidad and Tobago into Dominica.

(READ COMPLETE ARTICLE)

 

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

Federal Harvey Relief Funds Might Take Years, Officials Tell Legislators

           

Flood damaged debris piled outside of homes in Port Arthur Texas. The city saw 47 inches of rain during the storm. - Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune

texastribune.org - by Brandon Formby - October 2, 2017

 . . . state lawmakers were told that Housing and Urban Development disaster relief funds, which includes money for extensive home repairs or rebuilds, could take seven to 32 months to work their way through bureaucratic processes and several layers of government agencies . . . Congress approved $7.4 billion in HUD disaster relief funds last month. But that may have to be shared with Florida and Puerto Rico, which have each been hit by hurricanes in the weeks after Harvey battered Texas, unless legislators approve another aid package . . .

(READ COMPLETE ARTICLE)

 

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

In Puerto Rico, No Power Means No Telecommunications

A car passes among dark homes as people wait for electricity to be restored after Hurricane Maria passed through in Utuado, Puerto Rico.JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES

Image: A car passes among dark homes as people wait for electricity to be restored after Hurricane Maria passed through in Utuado, Puerto Rico.JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES

wired.com - Adam Rogers - October 10th 2017

Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Maria tore through the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is still mostly an island deleted from the present and pushed back a century or so—with little clean water, little electric power, and almost no telecommunications. For telecom, the biggest problem is the lack of power, because most of the island’s transmission lines were knocked out. “We have to reconstruct the power grid as if we were dropping into the middle of the desert and starting from scratch,” says Luis Romero, vice president of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Alliance.

(VIEW FULL WEBSITE)

 
Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

Trunz Water Systems

trunzwatersystems.com

Drinking water and electricity - anywhere and at anytime - from solar and wind power

Trunz Water Systems provides different types of water treatment and desalination systems, depending on the application and water source.

(VIEW FULL WEBSITE)

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

Map - Puerto Rico - Directory of Emergency Operations Centers

                                                      (CLICK ON MAP IMAGE BELOW TO ENLARGE)

           

 

 

Government of Puerto Rico - State Agency for Emergency Management and Disaster Management - Division of Zones

Country / Region Tags: 
General Topic Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

Dominica - Prime Minister Roosevelt Skeritt - Address to the Nation - Friday, September 29 at 7 PM - 8 PM UTC-04

Dominica's Prime Minister, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit will address the Nation on Friday, September 29, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Tune in for this live broadcast on local radio DBS and KairiFM as well as www.opm.gov.dm or YouTube at: https://youtu.be/GlQlO6VyaLA . You may also view live on Facebook (Roosevelt Skerrit).

https://www.facebook.com/events/149646308969885/?action_history=null

 

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

[VIDEO] Prime Minister Skerrit to UN General Assembly: “Eden is broken”

dominicanewsonline.com - September 23, 2017

In words ripe with emotion lamenting that “Eden is broken”, Dominca’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit addressed the UN General Assembly this morning, seemingly intent on drawing the world’s attention to current conditions in Dominica in what he described as a landscape resembling a war zone.

The image he evoked was in direct support of his plea to fellow world leaders to assist the hurricane-ravaged island by lending the rebuilding equipment which would otherwise remain untouched “waiting for a war” and which is so desperately needed for the work of rebuilding the country. Roosevelt asserted that Dominica is indeed that war, to the applause of the floor.

(READ COMPLETE ARTICLE)

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) - Hurricane Maria

           

                                                          

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) - Hurricane Maria - Situation Report #3 - AS OF 9:00PM AST ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 (9 page .PDF report) . . .
http://www.cdema.org/cdema_sitrep_3_hurricane_maria.pdf

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) - Hurricane Maria - Situation Report #2 - AS OF 9:00PM AST ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 (10 page .PDF report) . . .
http://www.cdema.org/cdema_sitrep_2_hurricane_maria.pdf

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) - Hurricane Maria - Situation Report #1 - AS OF 9:00PM AST ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 (9 page .PDF report) . . .
http://www.cdema.org/cdema_sitrep_1_hurricane_maria.pdf

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) - Situation Reports
http://www.cdema.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=39&Itemid=347

 

Country / Region Tags: 
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 

Pages

howdy folks