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20 | El Salvador: Damage, Loss, and Needs Assesment D. national and international response Based on the weather forecast issued by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, through the Bureau of the National Territorial Studies Service (MARN/D-SNET), on November 5, 2009 the General Bureau of Civil Protection and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation declared a preventive Green Alert throughout all of El Salvador and began to issue communiqués to place municipal and departmental governments on alert and to ready their respective Departmental and Municipal Civil Protection Commissions. On November 8 th the level of alert was raised to Orange in the five municipalities most affected by the disaster. The first response by the National Civil Protection System was to activate the seven Sectoral Technical Commissions for Civil Protection: emergency services, logistics, security, shelters, technical-scientific services, infrastructure and health. The initial operational actions were undertaken by all government agencies related to addressing the emergency; these agencies carried out efforts to rescue victims, evacuate the population and transfer people to shelters. On Monday, November 7 th , the President of the Republic issued Decree Nº 73 which declared the State of Emergency throughout the entire country. Legislative Decree 175 dated November 9 th was also issued; this decree declared a State of Catastrophe. Later, the Legislative Assembly issued Decree 179 on December 12, 2009 in order to redirect resources to handle the emergency. In addition, the Legislative Assembly issued Decree 178 which allows Municipal Councils to use resources from the Economic and Social Fund (Fondo Económico y Social -FODES) to allocate resources from the months of November and December to address the consequences of the climate phenomenon. The Minister of the Interior asked the Minister of Finance to appropriate US$3.5 million from the Civil Protection and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Fund (Fondo de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres -FOPROMID) to deal with the short-term emergency. During the emergency’s development, 56 temporary shelters were put into operation, aiding nearly 10,400 people; this service continued to be expanded until there were 135 shelters and nearly 15,000 refugees. Numerous state agencies and organizations participated in the response efforts, including the Secretariat of Social Inclusion which, with the support of the World Food Program, took charge of food distribution in the various zones affected. The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance activated health surveillance in the shelters and strengthened health services with more personnel, especially in the areas of orthopedics and surgery. Mobile units of the Solidarity Fund for Health (Fondo Solidario para la Salud -FOSALUD) were deployed to priority areas and 15 round-the-clock health units were installed in the Departments of Cuscatlán, San Vicente, La Paz and Cabañas. The Ministry of Education (MINED) decreed a total suspension of classes in 18 schools damaged by the phenomenon and in those that were being used as shelters. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) conducted an assessment of crop damages. In order to respond to the evolution of emergency needs, the President of the Republic formed the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Committee under the coordination of the Technical Secretary of the Presidency. The Committee was composed of ministries with duties directly related to recovery, in order to plan and expedite subsequent medium- and long-term actions.
I. DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT | 21 GRAPH 4. EVOLUTION OF SHELTERS AND POPULATION ASSISTED Source: General Bureau of Civil Protection and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, El Salvador. 1. Private Sector and Civil Society In coordination with the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), several private firms joined in efforts to remove debris. The Salvadoran Chamber of Construction (Cámara Salvadoreña de la Construcción -CASALCO) made heavy machinery available to MOP in order to assist the municipalities of Verapaz, Guadalupe and Tepetitán, located in the Department of San Vicente. In turn, the Salvadoran Association of Engineers and Architects (Asociación Salvadoreña de Ingenieros y Arquitectos -ASIA) provided 25 experts to cooperate with this state agency. Other private firms also made their machinery available to join in efforts to remove debris and clear highways. In turn, the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Development (Fundación Salvadoreña para la Salud y el Desarrollo Humano -FUSAL), together with the National Association for Private Enterprise (Asociación Nacional de la Empresa Privada -ANEP) and the Telecorporación Salvadoreña [TCS]), opened centers to receive donations from companies and the civilian population. From the start of the emergency, the Salvadoran Red Cross Society (Sociedad de la Cruz Roja Salvadoreña -SCRS) activated its emergency operations center and mobilized 500 volunteers. It also deployed specialized personnel, including the flood rescue team, vertical rescue teams, teams of scuba divers and boat operators, transportation, first aid, damage assessment and the national intervention team. The distribution of humanitarian aid conducted by SCRS was coordinated with Civil Protection and other nongovernmental organizations such as OXFAM, CARE and Plan International.
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