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This project is designed to meet the dire need for an enhanced
capacity for land-based Search and Rescue. Whilst the region possesses
the capacity for hurricane response, the capacity for response to
seismic hazards is quite low in spite of the fact that more than 75%
of the CDERA Participating States are at risk to these hazards. Hence,
little, if any attention has been given to the response needs for such
hazards namely Land-Based Search and Rescue. The immediacy of response
required for seismic hazards demonstrates the critical need for such
an intervention.
This project will therefore seek to address this need by creating
an infrastructure for Search and Rescue through training of teams at
the national level, the provision of specialized equipment and
materials and the enhancement of the capacity of CDERA, to lead and
coordinate Search and Rescue emergencies.
The project will also complement initiatives in Warehousing and
Search and Rescue supported by US/SOUTHCOM, and proposed training
initiatives with CIDA. It will provide a critical link to the
CDERA/SOUTHCOM agreement to focus on the development of an emergency
supplies and transportation network to begin in 2002.
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