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Disaster Management Centre Port-harcourt
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1.10.2 THE MAIN BUILDING: The sections in the Disaster Management Centre include:
• Administrative unit
• Control unit
• Training unit
• Maintenance unit
• The Aviation operation
• The Marine operation
• The land operation
• Finance unit
• Relief and rehabilitation unit
• Ware house
• Conference hall
• Search and rescues unit.
• The Administrative unit:
This
is the first point of call as one gets into the building, this
department is responsible for all staff matters, appointments, records
of service, welfare of officers, employment etc. This section is
responsible for personnel functions and employee services, Personnel
functions cover tracking staff and disaster deployments, obtaining local
hires, arranging billeting, and processing payroll while Employee
services include providing for personnel health and safety, overseeing
access to medical services, and ensuring security of personnel,
facilities, and assets.
• Control Unit:
This is one of the most
important units in the centre, it takes care of all emergency calls and
make sure they are transmitted as clearly and as fast as possible to the
squad responsible for that particular disaster. The unit will have
communication gadgets such as pager systems, walking talkie, phones,
radars, satellites, reception systems global positioning system (G.P.S),
to guide the development of a comprehensive information and
communication system and establish integrated communication links with
all disaster risk management role players.
This unit has two major
tasks: the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of
information about disaster operations to support planning and decision
making in the field and at the headquarters’ levels; and the
coordination of short- and long-term planning in the field.
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