The tasks a Director, Disaster Management Services is expected to perform include:
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Directing and co-ordinating the regional programme activities of various agency
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Providing specialized human services, such as water safety programmes, disaster relief and emergency transportation
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Consulting with co-operating agencies, such as police, fire-fighters and emergency ambulance services
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Participating in the programme activities to serve clients of agency
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Preparing the budgets to control costs
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Allocating the funds in accordance with provisions and agency charter
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Instructing the agency staff and volunteers in the skills they require to provide services
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Arranging for maintenance of equipment, such as two way radios and agency vehicles
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Co-ordinating the services to disaster victims and safety programmes, such as water safety and emergency first aid
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Co-ordinating the transportation of agency clients, blood and medical supplies and equipment