| EMERGENCY SUPPLIES COMMITTEE |
| Extracts from Sections 20 (5) of the 2005 Nevis Disaster Plan (draft) Emergency Supplies Permanent Secretary, Agriculture � Chairperson Deputy - Principal Assistant Secretary, Community Affairs Director of Agriculture Director - Gender and Social Affairs Representative - Health Department (to be appointed) Representative - Police Department Representative � Statistics and Economic Planning Representative - Red Cross Society President - Lion's Club President - Rotary Club President - Chamber of Commerce Deputy Comptroller - Customs Department Director of Trade Representative � Adventist Disaster Relief Agency Representative � Christian Council General Manager - NASPA Functions - Arranging for suitable buildings for the storage of food, clothing, building materials and other emergency supplies. - Arranging for other safe areas for storage of non perishable emergency supplies. - Establishing distribution centres for bulk distribution of emergency supplies. - Arranging for staff to package and distribute emergency supplies. - Arranging for transportation of emergency supplies to storage, from central warehouses to the districts villages and institutions. - Arranging for security of areas where emergency supplies are stored. - Determining number of persons to be fed in each district, institution and emergency shelter. - Determining the quantity and type of assistance required. - Arranging for the movement and care of the aged, disabled and incapacitated to emergency shelters. |
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