Last Updated on July 16, 2021, 8:10 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Basseterre: National Emergency Operations Center subcommittee chairwoman Valentine Lindsay said hurricane shelters must be resilient to resist hurricanes while describing some of the physical conditions they are in.
In a presentation on the radio and television program ‘Working for You’ on July 14, Lindsay said that there is always a historical list from which you will start working, but from time to time you will put new facilities into operation and so those facilities can also be explored.”
“For example, the additional buildings added to this year’s list would have been the community centre in Lodge, and we also had the Explorers Club headquarters in MolPhil,” Lindsay said.
“We need to see if the integrity of the facility is sound, and so, when we examine the buildings we start with the roof, we look for leaks, we look at the beams, see if the shingles are adequate is or that it should change? come down and we look at the windowpanes,” he said.
During the inspection of the facilities, Lindsay said they are investigating whether the integrity of the facilities is sound. He said they are starting with the roof to see if there is a leak and to investigate if there is a compromise in the galvanization or shingles.
… “then we come down and look at the windows, to see if you have proper ventilation, because in one community centre all the windows are closed and in an environment where there is a disaster, it is not enough. That is why we would recommend for that centre that we will have to get new windows so that the centre can remain on the list,” he said.
Lindsay also said: “I know there is currently a program to dress the centers with emergency doors so that you have a few centers that now have a more solid door and one that you can just push on a lever and the door can open completely. easy if there are people inside, and you are having problems where you need to get out in a hurry.”
He also mentions the ideal layout of the bathrooms and showers attached to the hurricane shelters.
“We do not want an environment where it is used for a hurricane shelter and the bathroom is not being built … If the situation is probably a volcano problem or something, people can just go to the bathroom, but in a hurricane. institution, it is not appropriate for the showers not to be attached to the community center,” Lindsay said.
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