Suggestions for Public Sector Managers Continued from previous page CARICAD suggests that all public sector entities (focus of CARICAD’s mandate) plan for the persistent threat of hurricanes and the high probability of impact; somewhere in the region each year. This requires a commitment on the part of public sector managers and leaders to embrace preparedness as part of the job. It is important to be thorough and systematic with hurricane preparedness. Make hurricane preparedness (should really be all hazard preparedness) a part of organisational culture. In that regard CARICAD suggests the use of a framework such as the BE, KNOW, HAVE and DO Model that we proffer for managing in a crisis, be adapted for hurricane preparedness. We are at the start of the hurricane season, so we have adapted the original BEFORE dimension of the model to focus specifically on hurricanes. It is our hope that with continuous improvements in preparedness, fewer lives will be lost and few hurricane impacts will become disasters. Continues on next page 18
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