- CDERA
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) is an inter-regional supportive network of independent emergency units throughout the
Caribbean region.The participating member states and agencies of the CDERA include:
*AIA::"Unknown / Only a coordinator"
*ATG::"National Office of Disaster Services (NODS)"
*BRB::"Central Emergency Relief Organization (CERO)"
*BHS::"Disaster Management Unit"
*BLZ::"National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO)"
*IVB::"Department of Disaster Management"
*DMA::"Office of Disaster Management (ODM)"
*GRD::"National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA)"
*GUY::"Civil Defense Commission"
*JAM::"Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM)"
*MSR::"Disaster Management Coordination Agency"
*SKN::"National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)"
*LCA::"National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO)"
*VIN::"National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO)"
*TRI::"National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)"
Activities
In recent years the role of the CDERA has been mostly to provide assistance to member territories after the passage of particularly fierce
hurricanes . Such roll out of CDERA personnel was witnessed forGrenada andJamaica in early September,2004 after the passage ofHurricane Ivan .During the mid 1990s, the sudden eruption by the
Soufriere Hills volcano inMontserrat also caused the CDERA to spring into action, to provide additional support to the people on the island. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) also regularly monitors the Soufriere Hills volcano, in addition to the active undersea volcano namedKick-'em-Jenny to the north ofGrenada .In situations of emergency where a military force might be needed, members of the
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States andBarbados may likely turn to the Eastern CaribbeanRegional Security System [http://www.rss.org.bb/] for assistance, while then possibly using the CDERA as a backup support agency to the RSS.External links
* [http://www.cdera.org Agency homepage]
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