Antigua and Barbuda
New System for Disaster Management
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- Wednesday, 05 October 2011 02:30
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Antigua St John's - Representatives of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) learned more about WebEOC, a planned web-based information management system, during a workshop last Friday at the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS).
WebEOC is designed to aid decision-making by providing authorized users with real time information in a user friendly format. It provides a single access point for the collection and dissemination of emergency or event related information.
Information Technology Manager at the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Seon Levius facilitated the one-day workshop.
He said WebEOC has great potential, and seeks to strengthen and facilitate CDEMA’s ability to manage emergency operations through a more co-ordinated and easily accessed system.
The orientation workshop was the first phase in the implementation process and, according to Director of NODS Philmore Mullin, the next step will be to complete the WebEOC setup, as there are certain infrastructures that will have to be put in place to have WebEOC fully functional. The WebEOC project is funded by US SouthCom at a cost of US$1.6 M.
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2 Comments In This Article
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Tobi
US Southcom ?????
They all look confused - I'm not surprised - on reading the explanation of
WebEOC.
All on computers during a hurricane then?
Someone is red thumbing all criticism - especially of fiscal policies.
PeterPan
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