by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 17, 2019 | Ministry News
Doctors and nurses from the Barbados Defence Force’s (BDF) Field Medical Facility (FMF) were activated just after 11:30 a.m. today as the La Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines “erupted”, during a simulation exercise. The FMF team, stationed in the...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 16, 2019 | Top Stories
Tents erected at the BDF Field Medical Facility at the Biabou Playing Field in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (Photo – BDF Field Medical Facility) Preparations for the operation of the Barbados Defence Force’s (BDF) Field Medical Facility (FMF), which is...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 16, 2019 | Top Stories
Staff from the Ministry of Mobilization in St. Vincent and the Grenadines spreading out the rabacca sand at the BDF FMF on Saturday. (Photo – BDF Field Medical Facility) The Barbados Defence Force’s (BDF) Field Medical Facility (FMF) has been welcomed in St....
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Mar 21, 2019 | Top Stories
The Barbados Defence Force’s (BDF) Field Medical Facility came in for high praise from the Prince of Wales, during a tour of the facility at the Garrison on Tuesday. Flanked by Chief of Staff of the BDF, Colonel Glynne Grannum, and the Chief Medical Officer of the...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 26, 2018 | Ministry News
With the threat of a more active hurricane season, severe weather events and other environmental threats, the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) is increasing its capacity to respond to disasters and mass casualty-causing incidents. It will do so through the establishment...