Thursday, September 1, 2011

FOCUS: The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Disaster_Emergency_Response_Agency
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)[1] is an inter-regional supportive network of independent emergency units throughout the Caribbean region. Formed on September 1, 2005 as the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) it under-went a name change to CDEMA in September 2009.

The participating member states and agencies of the CDEMA include:
Country Organisation
 Anguilla Unknown / Only a coordinator
 Antigua and Barbuda National Office of Disaster Services (NODS)
 Bahamas Disaster Management Unit
 Barbados Department of Emergency Management
 Belize National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO)
 British Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management
 Dominica Office of Disaster Management (ODM)
 Grenada National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA)
 Guyana Civil Defense Commission
 Haiti Civil Protection Directorate
 Jamaica Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM)
 Montserrat Disaster Management Coordination Agency
 Saint Kitts and Nevis National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
 Saint Lucia National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO)
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO)
 Suriname National Coordination Center For Disaster Relief (NCCR)
 Trinidad and Tobago Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM)
 Turks and Caicos Islands Department of Disaster Management & Emergencies

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Exercise: Upcoming Event. PG County MD. USPS


http://www.mema.state.md.us/calendar/index.asp


Prince George's County/USPS Full Scale Exercise
Date9/14/2011
Time1:00 AM - 1:00 AM EST
LocationUS Postal Service Southern Distribution Center
CityCapitol Heights
StateMD
Description
SponsorsPrince George's County Office of Homeland Security
ContactsTyrone Wells
Contact Emailtnwells@co.pg.md.us
TopicNone

FYI. Maryland Disaster Assistance Centers

http://www.mema.state.md.us/newsroom/post/2011/08/31/Open-Disaster-Assistance-Centers-St-Mary%E2%80%99s-and-Calvert-County.aspx

Open Disaster Assistance Centers: St. Mary’s and Calvert County

by mema_admin August 31, 2011
St. Mary’s County has opened a Disaster Assistance Center. It will be opened from 8-5 Thursday and Friday. The location is 23115 Leonard Hall Drive, Room , 4, Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Calvert County will open a Disaster Assistance Center at Courthouse Square Building located at 205 Main Street Prince Frederick, MD.  The time of operations will be Noon to 7pm Thursday, 9am to 7pm Friday and 9am to 7pm on Saturday. 
The State will provide support with the following agencies:
·                     Maryland Insurance Administration
·                     Department of Human Resource
·                     Maryland Department of Aging
·                     Department of Labor License and Regulation
·                     Department of Housing and Community Development

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FYI. LLIS.Gov Newsletter

https://www.llis.dhs.gov/whats.do;jsessionid=596DAA4A03994504C73A2722E84A5B61

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National Preparedness Month
Ten Years Later
LLIS.gov Member Survey
National Lessons Learned Conference
NIST Documentary Standards
LLIS.gov Exclusive Content
Emergency Operations Center Management: Clarifying Staff Deployment Procedures and Protective Action Messages
Emergency Operations Center Management: Developing a Protocol for Sharing Information with Executive Offices
Exercise Planning and Program Management: The Mutual Aid Box Alarm System - Illinois's Deployment and Validation Full-Scale Exercise
Long-Term Care Facility Preparedness: Providing Credentials to Essential Personnel
School Emergency Management Planning: Employing Multiple Systems to Deliver Protective Action Messages
Special Needs Registries: Information Collection, Confidentiality, and Maintenance
Special Needs Registries: Registration Processes
LLIS.gov Outreach

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