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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - On 2nd August 2007 by Conclusion 649/2007
the Cabinet of Ministers approved Part 1 of the National Response Plan [NRP].
The next steps will be for the NEMO Secretariat to publish the Sections that
have been approved. Under the Disaster Management Project funded by the World
Bank, the Government of Saint Lucia had set aside a component for the
publication of the NRP.
The Saint Lucia NRP is the result of collaborations with:
- Coordinating Unit of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
[CDERA/CU]
- USAID/OFDA [Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance]
- Pan American Health Organisation [PAHO]
- Seismic Research Unit [SRU]
- Caribbean Development Bank [CDB]
- Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA]
NEMO would like to thank all for their assistance.
The Sections of the NRP that have been approved are:
A. STANDARD OPERATIONS PROCEDURES [SOP]
1. SOP for the National Emergency Operations Centre [EOC]
2. SOP for a National Shutdown
B. POLICY DOCUMENTS
1. Donations and Importation of Relief Supplies
2. Emergency Shelter Management
3. Emergency Housing
4. Hazard Mitigation
5. Mass Fatality
C. GUIDELINES
1. Guidelines for Debris Management in a Disaster
2. Strategy on the Management of Used Oil
D. NATIONAL EMERGENCY PLANS
1. National Hazard Mitigation
2. National Hurricane
3. National Flood
4. National Earthquake Response
5. National Volcanic Eruption Response
6. Oil Spill Contingency
7. Stress Management Response
8. Emergency Shelter Plan
9. Medical Waste and Other Bio-Hazardous Wastes Management
10. National Relief Distribution
11. National Telecommunications
12. National Plan for Transportation in Disasters
13. Evacuation Plans
14. Maritime Search and Rescue [SAR]
E. SECTORAL/AGENCY PLANS
1. The Ministry of External Affairs and Civil Aviation
2. Information Management in Disasters
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