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Jamaica: National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment

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Executive Summary

This report details the final results of the National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment (NDPBA) Project conducted in coordination with, and in support of, stakeholders in Jamaica. The goal of this project was to assess disaster risk at the subnational level and place it in the context of disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts currently underway in Jamaica. The NDPBA provides a baseline for evidence-based DRR decision making while simultaneously supporting the enhancement of data holdings to establish future trends in the drivers of disaster risk.

The NDPBA is a stakeholder facilitated assessment with four key components: 1) focused stakeholder engagements in the form of facilitated knowledge exchanges; 2) a risk and vulnerability assessment (RVA) conducted at the regional level; 3) a comprehensive disaster management (CDM) assessment conducted at national and subnational levels; and 4) the creation and promotion of a common foundation for data gathering and sharing. Key findings from both the RVA and CDM analyses identify relative strengths in the existing disaster management structure, as well as areas where improvements in process, structure, and resources would enhance Jamaica’s DRR efforts.