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.
Press Releases
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 20, 2012, (CDEMA) - Jamaica’s National Earthquake and Tsunami Simulation Exercise 2012 (NaSIMEX 2012) concluded its final exercise on Thursday, February 16 at the Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management’s (ODPEM) headquarters. The table top exercise examined the development of a plan to ensure the most rapid response to international Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) teams to Jamaica in the after math of a major earthquake event.
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 3, 2012 (CDEMA) - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with the national disaster offices of Belize, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia, has organised a series of capacity building workshops to address disaster risk reduction related to the safety of schools and to the 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
- NEMO & OECS Secretariat to host Consultation on Draft Harmonised Approval for Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into OECS Natural Environmental Management Strategies 1st February, 2012
- Stakeholders Design Harmonized Disaster Risk Reduction Protocol