Designs for the new National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) are now complete and are with the Building Authority for the final step of approvals.

Grade 3 student Niomi Caines of the St. Georges Primary School and Akeela McMaster, a Grade 9 student of the Elmore Stoutt High School are the first place winners of the Ministry of Communications and Works’ Flood Awareness competition.

The judging process for the Hydrology Study Flood Awareness Poster Competition has commenced.

Architects, Project Managers and Developers are invited to the Hydrology and Flood risk Reduction Study workshop on Monday, December 10 at the Department of Disaster Management conference room from 5:30 pm. to 7:30 p.m.    

Residents of the Virgin Islands; International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2018 is being celebrated this year under the theme “Volunteers build Resilient Communities”. 

Satellite warehouses are being established in key locations throughout the Territory as the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) continues to enhance community resilience.

Public Officers from the several departments including Conservation and Fisheries, Survey, Town and Country Planning, and Disaster Management are engaged in a week long workshop on 'Mapping for Evidence-Based Policy, Recovery and Environmental Resilience’ from December 3 to 7.

The BVI is being used as the testing ground for the first SMART standards initiative promoted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

The first phase in the installation of seismic equipment is to be completed this week as Engineers from the Puerto Rico Strong Motion Programme at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez are currently in the Territory.

Forty (40) teachers from pre-primary to secondary levels within the public and private schools have come together with the support of The Ministry of Education and Culture and Department of Disaster Management to participate in Campus Emergency Response Training (Campus CERT).