Previsibilidad y control de la ejecución presupuestaria

The checklists in this annex can be used for developing or evaluating emergency preparedness programmes. Some parts of the checklists would also be of value during response and recovery operations.

Policy

• Have all emergency management parts of relevant legislation been located, and have the implications of this legislation been considered in community emergency preparedness?

• Have any inconsistencies in the legislation been reported to central government?

• Is there power for the following actions during emergencies: — commandeering of resources?

— evacuation of people at risk?

— centralized coordination of emergency work at the national, provincial, and community levels?

Vulnerability assessment

• Is a vulnerability assessment available for emergency preparedness, as well as for emergency response and recovery work?

• Are there procedures for reviewing vulnerability assessment in the light of: — community change?

— vulnerability change? — hazards change?

— capacity/capability change?

Planning

• Have private organizations and NGOs been involved in the planning process?

• Has assistance or guidance in developing emergency plans been provided to government, private organizations, and NGOs?

• Are there emergency plans that are related to the community emergency plan?

• If such plans exist, what are the implications for your plans?

• Has contact been made with people in other organizations or jurisdictional areas who may be able to assist the community?

• Has the plan been approved by the chief executive of the community administration?

• Has the plan been endorsed by all relevant organizations?

• Has a person or organization been assigned responsibility for developing the community emergency plan?

• Who is responsible for keeping the emergency plan up to date and how often is it to be formally reviewed?

• Do people who hold existing plans receive amendments? • Is a distribution list of the plan maintained?

• Have the community emergency management structure and organizational responsibilities been described?

• Who is responsible for the overall management?

• Who is responsible for the operations of particular organizations? • Who is responsible for coordinating particular tasks?

• Are all the necessary tasks assigned to organizations and personnel? • Are the responsibilities of all organizations described?

• Does the plan contain a summary of the vulnerability assessment? • Has the relationship between different levels of planning been described? • Have mutual aid and twinning agreements with adjacent communities been

made?

• Is the plan consistent with related plans?

• Does the plan make reference to the legislation that establishes the legal basis for planning and carrying out emergency measures?

Training and education

• Who is responsible for the various training and education requirements of emergency workers and the public?

• Has a training needs analysis of emergency workers been performed? • Have a number of different public education strategies been implemented? • How quickly are new personnel in organizations made capable of working

in emergency management?

• Is institutional memory being preserved? For example, do people have to “reinvent the wheel” or are past, practical lessons learned, documented, and passed on?

• Do the capabilities and capacities of organizations improve over time during the implementation of preparedness strategies?

Monitoring and evaluation

• Is there a procedure for reviewing emergency preparedness on a regular or as-required basis? How is it done and who is responsible?

• How often is the community plan to be exercised? Who is responsible? • How are the lessons learned from exercises to be incorporated into plans? • Are multi-organizational exercises run, as well as single-organizational

exercises?

Communications

• What forms of communication are available? • Are there backups?

• Do people know the relevant radio frequencies and contact numbers? • Are there contact lists (containing names, telephone numbers, etc.) for all

emergency management organizations?

• Do the communications systems allow communication between all relevant organizations?

Search and rescue

• What rescue tasks may need to be performed? • Who is responsible, who coordinates?

• Are there procedures for detecting and marking danger areas? • How are search and rescue activities integrated with other emergency

functions, in particular health?

Health and medical

• Have the ambulance and hospital services planned and been trained for the handling of mass casualties?

• Are they aware of each other’s arrangements? • Are there emergency field medical teams? • Who manages these on-site?

• Are there arrangements for counselling the public and emergency workers? Who is responsible for providing this service and who pays for it?

Social welfare

• Are the arrangements for feeding and accommodating people linked to the registration and enquiry system and the evacuation procedures?

• Is there any arrangement for expediting the assessment of damage to private and public property and payment for losses?

• Do the insurance companies have any cooperative arrangements among themselves?

• Where, when, and how do people have access to insurance companies? • What is insurance company policy on makeshift repairs or repairs to

minimize damage?

• Is there access to legal advisers during emergency response and recovery operations?

• Is there a system for providing legal advice to emergency-affected persons?

Transport and lifelines

• Who is responsible for each lifeline?

• What are the priorities for repairing damaged lifelines?

• How long should it take to repair each lifeline from the predicted levels of damage?

• How are alternative lifelines to be arranged if required?