Fire Dept and EMS???
Well the new year is starting and one of the things that was recommended to me was that the island of La Gonave doesn't have a fire department or a Emergency Medical Service. This isn't a surprise, and something that we have somewhat looked into. We contacted a international a not-for-profit group to help in this process. The group has helped Haiti before with setting up a fire program. While all of this was on the mainland, I felt that we can possibly see if this group would be interested in helping the island of La Gonave.
Our concern is how can the program be successful. Will the program last? One cause for concern is that the departments in Haiti fell apart. So how can we make the fire department on La Gonave work overall. The agency that has worked in Haiti before trained the firefighters and even assisted in getting gear and equipment. There could even be a way to help pay the firefighter salaries. One important step is to have someone who can be the responsible head of city departments. Not sure of a name but maybe Regional Director of Public Services. This person would enforce work schedules, keep a budget, ensure continued training, and proper maintenance of equipment over several different departments. We have brought up the idea of a parks department, so this person could also be over the parks department as well as the fire department.
Major change is about to happen on La Gonave. We have mentioned this many times a couple of years ago. Our hope is that we could eventually create a Special Administrative Region that operates on its own. Be creating a Parks & Rec Department as well as a fire department that is completely independent of Haiti, would be another push in that direction.
We will have more on this soon.
Go Gonave!
Our concern is how can the program be successful. Will the program last? One cause for concern is that the departments in Haiti fell apart. So how can we make the fire department on La Gonave work overall. The agency that has worked in Haiti before trained the firefighters and even assisted in getting gear and equipment. There could even be a way to help pay the firefighter salaries. One important step is to have someone who can be the responsible head of city departments. Not sure of a name but maybe Regional Director of Public Services. This person would enforce work schedules, keep a budget, ensure continued training, and proper maintenance of equipment over several different departments. We have brought up the idea of a parks department, so this person could also be over the parks department as well as the fire department.
Major change is about to happen on La Gonave. We have mentioned this many times a couple of years ago. Our hope is that we could eventually create a Special Administrative Region that operates on its own. Be creating a Parks & Rec Department as well as a fire department that is completely independent of Haiti, would be another push in that direction.
We will have more on this soon.
Go Gonave!
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