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Contact: Julita Peter  

Monday, September 24, 2001 - St. Lucia has been invited to be one of the impact countries for a 2002 disaster preparedness simulation exercise in Honduras. The event slated for the month of February forms part of an annual regional event involving the Caribbean and Latin America, organized by the Southern Command of the United States Arm Forces.

Acting Director of the National Emergency Management Office NEMO Dawn French, just returning home from Honduras where a series of meetings to plan the activity was held says during the exercise the emergency operations centre is set up to provide support to the country that would be the impact country. 

“For the purpose of the simulation in 2002 St. Lucia will be the country hit by a category five hurricane, which will trigger responses from neighbouring islands and from CEDERA. Honduras will be the impact country on the landside and will get support from the surrounding Central American countries,” the NEMO official said. 

Accompanying French to the 2002 disaster preparedness simulation in Honduras are the   volunteers who have done actual responses during local crises. Whilst St. Lucia has had several of its own simulation exercises, the Honduras experience will be the first of such magnitude for the island.

 

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