In September of 2003, as hurricane Isabel was approaching the islands of the Bahamas, two experts from our Disaster Response Team at the Global CDMHA at USF traveled to Nassau to assist the Bahamas National Disaster Management and Preparedness Office with their emergency operations.

 

The Global CDMHA team has been working with the Bahamian office since March of 2003 to facilitate the upgrade, enhancement and development of a comprehensive emergency management plan. Our Disaster Response Team was totally self-sufficient, and went to Nassau solely as consultants.

 

View the report of daily activities at the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in Nassau during the alert week of September 11-16, 2003.

 

 

Right before the team departed for Nassau, Tampa TV Channel 8 NBC reported in their evening news on the Global CDMHA team expedition. View Channel 8 News report

 

On September 13, 2003, local newspaper the Tampa Tribune had an article in their Metro section about our team’s going to Nassau. Read the Tampa Tribune article.

 

In its October 2003 newsletter, the University of South Florida’s Health Science Center (USF-HSC) reported on the Global CDMHA’s involvement in facilitating the emergency operations in Nassau in the wake of hurricane Isabel. Read USF-HSC Article