SUBJECT: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE (DIPMA)

For Immediate Release March 14, 2006

In 1999 Disaster Preparedness Management Alliance (DiPMA) began as an informal organization during research in the areas of national disaster recovery. The original group (Jerry Belle (CEO), Lee Hall (COO), Jerome Belle JR (President), and Dorothy Belle (CFO)) was formally organized in 2005 as a non-profit research organization. In February of 2006, the Articles of Incorporation were submitted to the State of Georgia that sets guidelines for a permanent entity operating a profit corporation in order to be better prepared for future disasters. Good corporate governance is the foundation of a solid, well-run company, while Board of Directors direct, and make recommendations to the Executive Officers.

DiPMA’s Executives are responsible for managing and overseeing the company day to day operations and business affairs as outlined in the company directives. This includes management of the corporate operation, assets (funds, intellectual property, trademarks, support organizations, and allocation of corporate resources while assigning contractors. However, technical decision-making authority regarding the content and direction of DiPMA contracts are assigned to each respective project Director and his/her committee. DiPMA responsibility is to take a lead role in investigating disasters, directing, coordinating and reconstruction of a disaster area.. Such services might include, as appropriate in the circumstances, providing speedy and accurate information about the disaster and recovery efforts, ensuring that families get the assistance they need, and arranging opportunities for counseling and other support.

DiPMA will work cooperatively with State and local authorities and with private organizations, to ensure appropriate coordination of the services provided by our Contractors. Just a few short months ago, hurricane Katrina stunned the Gulf coast with its power and ferocity. As President George Bush aptly stated, “millions of lives were changed in a day by a cruel and wasteful storm.” You have seen the extent of damage that Katrina caused. You know the havoc. And what else can someone do than to take a lead role during a disaster. DiPMA is ready to do just that. DiPMA has proved to be the coordinating and recovery effort elements of Telecommunication, Transportation, Debris Removal, Construction, and Human Services.
Predicting a disaster, natural or man-made, is nearly impossible. Preparing for disaster is a necessity. In the past 20 years, three out of every five counties in the United States have seen natural disasters serious enough to warrant a Presidential Disaster Declaration. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) now properly bears responsibility for addressing the needs of disaster recovery for corporations, communities, and families of the disaster area. No unit of the Federal Government, however, now has clear responsibility of that authority, and capacity to assist companies, communities, and families involved in domestic disasters. Getting their businesses, communities, and families back in order within a reasonable time is next to impossible.

To enable DiPMA to perform its coordinating functions effectively, heads of Local, State, and Federal governments needs to recognize DiPMA as a Prime Consultant Contractor. By ensuring that a single company has the responsibility to coordinate the provision of support services and the authority to call on other firms and agencies to provide such services, this company directive will provide. In so doing, it may provide some small measure of comfort to communities that have suffered with grievous loss.

Jerry Belle

Chief Executive Officer