HAITI DISASTER MITIGATION PROJECTS: 2000-2009

Since its inception, FAVACA has supported over 350 volunteer projects to Haiti providing 530 technical experts and training nearly 7,930 individuals in a wide range of expertise. Due to the impact of natural disasters, FAVACA focuses special attention on disaster preparedness and mitigation. List below are several examples of projects FAVACA has supported in disaster preparedness from 2000-2009.

• FIRE RESCUE SAFETY- . Nathan Lasseur, West Palm Beach County Fire Department, Gayle Nye of Florida Heart CPR
• EVACUATION PLAN AND FIRE SAFETY FOCUS FOR CAP HAITIEN HOSPITAL- Nathan Lasseur, West Palm Beach County Fire Department, Gayle Nye of Florida Heart CPR, Robert Belizaire from Westin Fire Rescue, Florida; and Gina Lasseur, Palm Beach nurse.
• TWO HAITIAN HOSPITALS RECEIVES ADVANCE LIFE-SUPPORT TRAINING - Dr. Jocelyne David, a staff physician at the Veterans Medical Center in Bay Pines and Annsie Blot, a registered nurse
• HAITIAN HOSPITAL RECEIVES EMERGENCY ROOM EQUIPMENT -Pierre Bertrand, biomedical engineer
• TRAUMA COUNSELING FOR HAITI STORM VICTIMS- Israel Francois, Tania Delinois, Nikcy Clervil and Lory Servil,
• HAITI: Exploring the Naturalness of Disastrous Outcomes- Crystal Felima
• EMERGENCY RESCUE TRAINING IN CAP HAITIEN- Lt. Nathan Lasseur, West Palm Beach County Fire Department, Captain Lee Silverman, Montgomery County Fire Department, Captain Rich Steer, Montgomery County Fire Department, Gayle Nye of Florida Heart CPR.
• HAITI'S CIVIL PROTECTION RECEIVES SWIFT-WATER RESCUE TRAINING- James Hemphill, Cape Coral, Jason Fair, Fort Myers, and Jim Segerstrom, San Francisco, CA
• HAITIAN DISASTER PROFESSIONALS CONSULT FLORIDA COUNTERPARTS- Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, Director, Abel Nazaire, External Coordinator, and Roosevelt Compere, Internal Coordinator
• EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS DEVELOPED IN HAITI- Virginie Andre
• HAITIAN EMERGENCY PLANNERS PREPARE IN ADVANCE WITH ASSISTANCE IN EXERCISE DESIGN- Julie Collins
• HAITIAN FIREFIGHTERS TRAIN IN SWIFT WATER RESCUE, HIGH ANGLE RESCUE, AND DIVE TRAINING- Lee Silverman from the Montgomery County Fire Department; Richard Steer, a Lieutenant/Paramedic with the Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service; and Master Firefighter Clark Oliver
• HAITIAN BUREAU OF CIVIL PROTECTION IMPROVES NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN, PART II- Marc Roger
• CDRH IN HAITI RECEIVES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH ITS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN- William Pollock
• FAVA/CA COLLABORATES WITH FEMA ON NATURAL DISASTER NEEDS FOR HAITI.- Marc Roger and John Fleming, Emergency Planner for the Florida Division of Emergency Management
• HAITI RECEIVES REAL LIFE TRAINING IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER MITIGATION- Marc Roger, FAVA/CA's International Programs Manager and former emergency planner with the Florida Department of Community Affairs, John Fleming of Florida's Emergency Management agency and Bill Mickler, of Bobby Allison Systems, Inc.
• HAITI CIVIL PROTECTION REVAMPED THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT- John Fleming