The Cyclone Preparedness Programme in Bangladesh, Regional

f) Create awareness amongst the people about cyclone warning signals and popularize
preparedness measures through meeting, discussions, posters, leaflets and film shows,
drills, and demonstration dramas etc. in co-ordination with Disaster Management Bureau
(DMB).
g) Maintain FAX for ensuring communication to Storm Warning Centre at all times.
Alert Phase
a) Establish Control Room at CPP HQ and CPP Zonal offices and co-operate with District,
Thana and Union authorities in establishing control rooms at those levels.
b) Maintain close contact with Department of Meteorology.
c) Receive Special Weather Bulletins from Met. Office and pass the same to Thana, Zonal
offices and advise Thana offices to pass the same to Union offices on post-haste basis.
d) Advise Thana Asstt. Directors, CPP, to contact Union Tam Leaders through wireless or
send liaison Volunteers to the Union Team leaders with instruction for the CPP
Volunteers to listen to Radio broadcasts. Union Team Leaders and their Co-workers to
commence activity as per instructions laid down in the volunteer’s Guide Book
(Ghurnijhor Nirdeshika) published by CPP.
e) Alert Chairmen and Members of the Implementation Board of CPP.
f) Alert DCs, TNOs and Union Parishad Chirman, Ward Members and local NGOs.
Warning Phase
a) Propose emergency meeting of the Implementation Board.
b) Check deployment and functioning of CPP volunteers in the field.
c) Advise people to shift livestock, poultry and other domestic animals to high rise places
and killas under adequate safety measures.
d) Instruct Development Officer(s) of the CPP to advise Thana Nirbahi Officer, Chairman
Thana Disaster Management Committee to immediately convene Committee meeting.
e) Instruct Development officers to advise Union Management Committee to convene
meeting.
f) Implement decisions of the emergency meeting of the Implementation Board.
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