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Dubai Municipality: ‘Creating an Excellent City that provides the Essence of Success and Comfort of Living’. Engr. Redha Salman Director, Public Health & Safety Department. Achievements. Establishment of the National level and Emirate level Disaster Committees;
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Dubai Municipality:‘Creating an Excellent City that provides the Essence of Success and Comfort of Living’ Engr. Redha Salman Director, Public Health & Safety Department
Achievements • Establishment of the National level and Emirate level Disaster Committees; • Addressing disaster challenges and possible episodes based on unified risk matrix; • Benchmarking response, rescue, preparedness with best practices, proven systems and state-of-the-art technology; • Linking day-to-day work program (e.g. sanitation, public safety, drainage, etc.) with disaster risk reduction.
Added Value • Finalization of DM Corporate Emergency Management System linked with the Campaign; • Identified platform for sharing and collaboration; • Open discussion of issues.
Gaps (or Opportunities) • Agree on a priority list of actions and programs within the campaign; • Standardize Disaster Reduction/Disaster Preparedness terminologies and terms; • Establish quantitative/performance measurements for benchmarking; • Provide a formal learning/educational platform for training and preparing different sectors and members of society to deal with disaster reduction.