Earthquake in Haiti
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished Caribbean island of Haiti. The quake caused enormous damage with an estimated 50 percent of all buildings in Port-au-Prince either collapsed or were badly damaged.
red24 response
Alert and inform
red24’s Crisis Response Management (CRM) Centre monitors global developments on a 24/7 basis. Immediately after receiving confirmation of the quake, we notified clients of the situation by email and SMS. A red24 security briefing was prepared and distributed to clients via email and our website. Update emails and SMSes were also sent out as developments dictated, and information was regularly updated.
Crisis management
red24’s Crisis Response Management Centre actively monitored developments in Haiti assisting several clients who required help.Consultants were tasked with locating and evacuating a number of people who had been visiting or living in Haiti at the time of the earthquake helping to ensure as smooth an exit out of the country as possible.
red24 were committed to doing whatever was logistically possible to help clients by:
- Chartering commercial, private and humanitarian flights
- Deploying consultants to locate missing persons
- Providing a security escort service for an internationally recognised media organisation