- Name
- National damage and assessment after each disaster
- Indicator purpose
- The purpose of this indicator is to highlight the damage created after natural disaster events in Belize.
- Abstract
- The National Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (DANA) Committee is charged with the coordination of the resources needed to rapidly assess the damage caused by a disaster; to prepare an immediate assessment of the damage; and to assess damages in all areas in order to enable the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) to make short, medium, and long term requests for assistance from local and foreign sources.
- Contact organization / person
- National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO)
- Unit of measure
- BZ Dollars
- Other characteristics
- N/A
- Classification used
- A report is prepared by the Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (DANA) Committee of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) for the Government of Belize, following the damage created after a natural disaster. The report is designed to comprehensively assess the overall sectoral damages with recommendations on recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. The report is prepared through coordination and cooperation of key ministries, private sector and non-governmental organizations. The report is designed to capture the sectoral damage of assets, resources and infrastructure, loss to revenues along with the strain on the psychological and sociological condition of the affected citizens in the immediate and medium term.
- Disaggregation
- is by district.
- Key statistical concepts
- N/A
- Recommended uses
- The government utilizes the information presented in the DANA report after a natural disaster has occurred.
- Other comments
- All metadata shown above can be extracted from:
http://site.nemo.org.bz/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IDA-Hurricane-Richard_submitted-1-1.pdf
http://site.nemo.org.bz/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DANA-FINAL-REPORT-Hurricane-Earl-1.pdf
