Hazard
Management Cayman Islands

2019
Annual Hurricane Exercise

Hurricane Kali

The
2019 Annual Hurricane Exercise takes place on May 23rd
and 24th.
‘Hurricane Kali’ has been designed to test the National Hurricane
Plan and those involved in the national response mechanism.

The
exercise commences at 3 pm on May 23rd
with a meeting of the National Hazard Management Council in the
ground floor conference room at the Government Administration
Building. As part of the simulation, the Cayman Islands will be
placed under a hurricane ‘Alert’ at 10 am on Wednesday 22 May in
anticipation of a possible impact. ‘Hurricane Kali’ is a table
top exercise focusing on the response and recovery activities
following an “All Clear.” The use of various injects will test
the various support teams and examine the overall response and
recovery mechanisms.

HMCI
will simulate activation of the National Emergency Operations Centre
(NEOC) to give participants an opportunity to reacquaint themselves
with NEOC operations. This year the exercise format is less formal,
enabling participants to consider and discuss how they would react to
various injects and scenarios.

The
NEOC structure includes 17 different Emergency Support Teams (ESTs)
with a range of responsibilities such as debris management, search
and rescue, emergency shelters, volunteer agencies, etc. The exercise
will encourage the various subcommittees to look at how they would
roll out aspects of their own emergency plans in response to the
scenarios they are faced with.

The
exercise runs through the entire day on May 24th
and concludes with the review of lessons learned and feedback and
recommendations from participants will be used to update the National
Plan.