Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE signed a contract for individual consultant services with Mr. Ronnie Lettsome for the contract administration and construction supervision for the restoration of the Department of Disaster Management’s Early Warning System.

Members of staff at the Department of Disaster Management have been approved by the Certification Commission of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) to receive Emergency Manager Credentials.   

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).