CDERA UPDATE on Grenada assistance and donations 5:00 PM

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SSUED BY: Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
DATE: September 9, 2004
TIME: 5:00pm

SITUATION UPDATE

Two radio stations have come to the rescue of Grenada to fill the void left by
the absence of the Grenadian broadcast media.

The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, headquartered in Barbados, has expanded
its 900 AM service to broadcasting to Grenada, at the direction of the Cabinet
of Barbados. It is boosting the power of its transmitter to effectively cover
the entire island. CDERA will be feeding all official information through CBC
900 AM to residents of Grenada and its dependencies. CBC has also established a
toll free number for Grenadians to telephone the station and broadcast messages
to their relatives and friends. The number is 1-800-744-8222.

In Tobago, Radio Tambrin will also be broadcasting official information to
Grenada and its dependencies on the FM frequency on 92.1 FM.

The Department of Disaster Management in the British Virigin Islands is
providing a team of technical and support personnel and equipment to establish
an FM radio station. Work starts tomorrow.

Some Cable and Wireless and Digicel cell phone service is available and some
landlines are operational. Digicel Barbados Limited is on the ground doing an
assessment of damage to cell phone towers and devising a method to re-establish
communication across the island in the shortest possible time.

A high level mission comprising the Secretary General of CARICOM, the Director
General of the OECS, the President of the Caribbean Development Bank and the
Coordinator of CDERA will visit Grenada tomorrow.

Assessments are being done in the areas of housing, shelter, health,
communication and infrastructure by an expert Rapid Needs Assessment Team
(RNAT) which will inform reconstruction effects scheduled to get underway by
teams from the Caribbean Disaster Response Unit (CDRU) which will be in the
Spice Isle by Tuesday September 14, 2004.

CDRU is also working with the International Federation of the Red Cross to
establish a pipeline for distribution of relief supplies to the population.

CDERA is mobilizing medium term support for the Emergency Operating Centre.
Experienced disaster managers are being flown in from other CDERA member
states. They should be in place by Sunday September 12, 2004.



INITIAL ASSESSMENT NEEDS

1. There is a dire need for internal communication so that news can be
broadcast to the people of Grenada. Efforts are being made through the
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation of Barbados and Radio Tambrin in Tobago
while an FM broadcast station is being constructed.
2. There is also a dire need to re-establish telephone links with the
outside world.
3. There remains no power, no water.
4. Airport tower has been damaged.
5. Seaport has been damaged
6. There is need to get Customs and Immigration functional at both ports
of entry

SUPPLIES REQUIRED URGENTLY
1. Water
2. Food
3. Tents
4. Tarpaulins
5. Roof material
6. Batteries (all sizes)
7. Building supplies (all types)
8. Construction tools
9. Emergency housing


HOW TO HELP

All coast guard vessels in CDERA member states (see list below) are being
mobilized to ship supplies to Grenada.

Residents, companies or other interest parties in the Caribbean who wish to
donate materials or cash should contact the local national disaster office and
coordinate the response through them. A contact list is available at the end of
this SITREP.

People in non-CDERA member states should contact the local Red Cross for
information on how to contribute to the relief effort.

A list of supplies will be published on the CDERA website at http://www.cdera.org and
pledges can be made online as of Friday September 10, 2004.

Cash donations are also being accepted. CDERA has opened the Hurricane Ivan
Assistance Fund account at all FirstCaribbean International Banks across the
region. The accounts available so far are listed below. More will be added
tomorrow.

1. Antigua: 106370878
2. Bahamas, The: 200153039
3. BVI: 2345133338
4. Barbados: C/A# 1000398510
5. Cayman Islands: KYD #10031590
6. Dominica: 106371157
7. Saint Lucia: 106371256
8. St Vincent and the Grenadines: 106371165

For residents in the United States, please coordinate all donations through the
Grenada Embassy:
1701 New Hampshire Ave., NW,
Washington DC 20009
Tel: (202) 265-2561
Fax: (202) 265-2468


Information for residents of Canada will be provided in a subsequent SITREP.


PROCEDURE FOR SHIPPING TO GRENADA

The CDRU has secured the airport and harbour. It is providing relief supplies
and logistical management.

The Point Salines International Airport in Grenada is closed to all but relief
supply flights and essential personnel flights.

IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT ANY AGENCY SHIPPING RELIEF SUPPLIES INTO
GRENADA NOTIFY THE CDERA COORDINATING UNIT IN BARBADOS 48 HOURS BEFORE INTENDED
SHIPMENT SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO RECEIVE THEM.

The notification must state the agency from which the supplies are coming, a
copy of the cargo manifest, the method of transport i.e. ship or aircraft, and
the time of arrival. In the case of ship, the name of the vessel and the call
signs, in the case of aircraft the tail number and frequency on which the
flight is operating. As there is no Air Traffic Control instructions will be
provided in advance on how to approach.

Notification should be sent to grenadarelief@cdera.org.

NO REFRIGERATED SUPPLIES MUST BE SENT


DEATH TOLL
The death toll has risen to 8. CDERA has requested from the Grenada authorities
the names of the dead so that it can satisfy the hundreds of requests by
concerned relatives abroad.


ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF GRENDA:

1. Deputy Coordinator of CDERA Audrey Mullings is supporting EOC
operations in St Georges and other CDERA member states are providing
experienced disaster managers to man the centre
2. The Regional Security System has deployed security personnel to assist
the Commissioner of Police maintain law and order;
3. The CDRU is providing relief and logistical management;
4. The Emergency Assistance Funds operated by CDERA, CDB, FirstCaribbean
International Bank have been activated.
5. CDERA opening an appeals account at FirstCaribbean International at
their 80 branches in 20 countries in the Caribbean to support deployment of the
response teams.
6. Efforts are underway by CDERA, International Federation of the Red
Cross, Canadian International Development Agency, USAID/Office for Foreign
Disaster Assistance, UNDP, UNICEF, FAO, OXFAM, RSS, Caribbean Development Bank,
FirstCaribbean International Bank, HMS Richmond, DFID, OAS, European
Commission, and IDB.

The CDERA CU continues to issue SITREPs on Hurricane Ivan which may be viewed
at http://www.cdera.org. The UN/OCHA Reliefweb service is also posting SITREPS at
http://www.reliefweb.int

Contact Details: The CDERA CU 24hr contact number is 246 425 0386

HF Radio: 14.415MHz USB and 7.850MHz USB

_______________________________________________________
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATORS
_______________________________________________________
Wycliffe Richardson
Disaster Preparedness Coordinator
National Disaster Organization
P.O. Box 296,
The Valley
Anguilla
Tel: (264) 497-5666/5667
Fax: (264) 497-2378
Email: axaeoc@anguillanet.com
______________________________________________________
Patricia Julian
Director
National Office of Disaster Services
P.O. Box 1399, American Road
St. John’s
Antigua / Barbuda
Tel: (268) 460-7075
Fax: (268) 462-4742
Email: nods@antigua.gov.ag
______________________________________________________

Carl Smith
National Disaster Coordinator
Disaster Management Unit
Cabinet Office, PO Box N-7145
Nassau
The Bahamas
Tel: (242) 322-2805
Fax: (242) 326-5456
Email: bahdisoff@bahamas.gov.bs
______________________________________________________
Judy Thomas
Director
Central Emergency Relief Organisation
BNB Building,
Cnr James and Colridge Streets
Bridgetown
Barbados
Tel: (246) 427-8513
Fax: (246) 429-4055
Email: cero@caribsurf.com
http://www.cero.gov.bb
______________________________________________________

Earl Arthurs
National Disaster Coordinator
National Emergency Management Organization
Nemo Headquarters,
Belmopan
Belize (Central America)
Tel: (501) 8-222054
Fax: (501) 8-222861
Email: nemo@btl.net
http://www.nemo.org.bz
______________________________________________________
Sharleen DaBreo
Director
Disaster Management
#3 Wailing Road, MacNamara
Tortola
BVI
Tel: (284) 494-4499
Fax: (284) 494-2024
Email: bviddm@surfbvi.com
http://www.bviodp.vg/
______________________________________________________

Cecil Shillingford
National Disaster Coordinator
Office of Disaster Management
Post Office Building, Bayfront
Roseau
Dominica
Tel: (767) 448-2401 ext 3296
Fax: (767) 448-2883
Email: j73cs@yahoo.com
______________________________________________________
Lawrence Duncan
Commissioner
Civil Defense Commission
Camp Ayangauna Annex, Thomas Lands
Georgetown
Guyana
Tel: (592) 226-1114, 226-1117, (592) 226-9201, (592) 226-8815
Fax: (592) 226-1027
Email: cdc@sdnp.org.gy
______________________________________________________

Barbara Carby
Director
Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
P.O. Box 122, 12 Camp Road
Kingston 4
Jamaica
Tel: (876) 928-5111- 4
Fax: (876) 928-5503/8763
Email: bcarby@odpem.org.jm
http://www.odpem.org.jm
______________________________________________________
Captain Horatio Tuitt
Director
Emergency Department,
St John's
Montserrat
Tel: (664) 491-7166
Fax: (664) 491-2465/7003
Email: tuittqh@gov.ms
______________________________________________________

Carl Herbert
National Disaster Coordinator
National Emergency Management Agency
Taylors,
Basseterre
St Kitts and Nevis
Tel: (869) 466-5100
Fax: (869) 466-5310
Email: nemaskb@thecable.net
______________________________________________________
Dawn French
National Disaster Coordinator
National Emergency Management Office
P.O. Box 1517, Red Cross Building
Vigie
Saint Lucia
Tel: (758) 452-3802/2611 Ext 8035
Fax: (758) 453-2152
Email: eoc@candw.lc
http://www.geocities.com/slunemo
______________________________________________________

Howie M. Prince
Coordinator
National Emergency Management Office
Office of the Prime Minister ,
Kingstown
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Tel: (784) 456-2975
Fax: (784) 457-1691
Email: nemosvg@yahoo.com
______________________________________________________
Dave Williams
Director
National Emergency Management Agency
No 4 Orange Grove Road
Trincity, Tacarigua
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: (868) 686-3808
Fax: (868) 625-8926
Email: info@nema.gov.tt
http://www.nema.gov.tt
______________________________________________________

Perry Sinclair Leo Missick
Director
Disaster Management & Emergencies
South School Lane,
Provindenciales
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tel: (649) 946-1480
Fax: (649) 946-1230
Email: hurrican@tciway.tc
______________________________________________________

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeremy Collymore
Coordinator, CDERA
Tel: (246) 425-0386

Donovan Gentles
Preparedness & Response Manager, CDERA
Tel: (246) 425-0386

Terry Ally
Public Education & Information Specialist, CDERA
Tel: (246) 425-0386