The Department of Emergency Management (DEM) has designated Friday, March 6, as National Earthquake Preparedness Day. Members of the public are encouraged to conduct the “Drop, Cover and Hold On” earthquake drill within their homes, schools, businesses or communities...
The post disaster response to the earthquake which devastated Haiti eight years ago will be discussed during a public lecture on Wednesday, April 25, at the Barbados Defence Force, St. Ann’s Fort, Garrison, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Entitled: Emergency Field Hospital in...
Students of the Irving Wilson School are now “earthquake ready”. This follows the sensitisation today of approximately 20 students of the special needs school about what to do during an earthquake, conducted through the use of sign language. The session formed part of...
Barbados is working on developing a Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) to share messages with the population and emergency response teams during a hazard. This was disclosed by Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds, as she addressed a press...
Residents of Barbados are now more aware of the earthquake and tsunami hazards than in previous years. However, according to Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds, there is still much work to be done in creating more awareness. “Over...
