On Wednesday March 28th, the Department of Disaster Management executed their annual full scale Tsunami Exercise to test the Territory’s Early Warning and Notification Systems and to afford organizations and Government Departments the opportunity to test their own plans and procedures. Since 2009, these annual exercises have been taking place during the month of March, and are held in conjunction with other localities in the Northwest Atlantic.
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Education Officers, teachers and other stakeholders will be given the opportunity to hone their knowledge and techniques to design, implement and evaluate safety plans for Schools. This will take place over a three day period during a school safety course to be held by the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) commencing on Tuesday 6th March, 2012.
- Jamaica NaSIMEX 2012 ends
- Disaster risk reduction workshops address Safety of Schools and agriculture sector
- Experts study flood-prone areas to present possible solutions
- NEMO, CDEMA & Seismic Research Centre collaborated to address issues relating to geological hazards in St. Vincent & the Grenadines