The Community has modified the list of cyclone shelters by only retaining those located in a risk-free area.
This year, seven shelters will be available to the population who do not wish to stay at home in the event of a cyclone. They will be opened at the red alert.
Since Irma's passage, the Aline Hanson school is no longer on the list because it is in an area at high risk of submersion according to the new hazard map. All the churches in Agrément, Colombier, Rambaud and Grand Case, whose structures are not reliable, are no longer on the shelter list either.
Compared to last year, two sites were also removed, these are the old gendarmerie in Marigot and the Marie-Amélie Leydet school.
In 2019, the risk management service identified seven shelters with a total capacity of 1 places. "Each shelter is safe, reliable," insists Charlotte Terrac, the service manager. After Irma, a study was carried out in order to estimate the security works to be carried out in the existing shelters. As for the new shelters, they were chosen according to their structure.
Last year, Charlotte Terrac had confirmed that all these buildings had concrete frames and that all the glass openings were going to be closed. This year again, the COM has decided to ask building experts to draw up a report which will be made public in order to reassure the population and prove to them that these shelters are safe.
In addition, these shelters have generators, which will allow them to be lit and water from their tanks can be pumped to the taps. Folding camp beds will be available for the most vulnerable and shelters will have water, basic food, a radio, flashlights and a first aid kit.
Pets will be accepted on the condition that they do not disturb the occupants.
At the end of a public market, the COM retained a company which will ensure the transport of people wishing to go to a shelter. Shuttles and rotations will be organized.
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