Canada's response to the earthquake in Haiti
List of definitions
Unaccounted for
- Criteria:
- family and/or friends of the individual contacts the Emergency Operations Centre OR the individual is registered in the Registration of Canadians Abroad (ROCA), AND;
- Emergency Operations Centre and Canadian officials on the ground are unable to locate the individual.
- Emergency Operations Centre will continue to follow up with Canadian officials on the ground and with family and/or friends to verify whether contact has been established with the individual.
Evacuated
- Individual evacuated by the government of Canada.
Confirmed deaths
- Criteria (one or more of the following):
- body has been seen and identified by:
- next of kin (spouse, parent, child, sibling) who is the one making the declaration to our consular officials;
- other identified family member (cousin, etc.) with their full particulars (name, relationship, contact info and circumstances) recorded in our case notes;
- a Canadian Embassy official;
- official certificate of death has been seen by an official of our Embassy ;
- identification has been made by a trusted third party (RCMP officer, Canadian military personnel, U.N. official, etc.); and/or
- confirmation is made through an established Disaster Victim Identification process (finger prints, dental records, DNA).
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