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The Virgin Islands is poised to receive support from a programme for resilience building following a formal agreement between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the European Union (EU). …

A total of 86 persons have been approved for support from the Disaster Fund as a result of impacts from the floods of 2017. The flood events of 2017 produced…

The Government of the Virgin Islands is inviting tenders for weather station and seismic concrete pad civil works. Procurement Coordinator, Mrs. Ishma Rhymer said the terms of reference of the…

Businesses and residents are encouraged to test their tsunami response plans in the regional simulation exercise on March 14. The exercise, titled ‘CARIBE WAVE 19’ provides countries and Territories in…

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. Director…

Designs for the new National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) are now complete and are with the Building Authority for the final step of approvals. The design team of Virella, Crespo,…

DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT  ESTABLISHING FLOOD-RESILIENT SMART COMMUNITIES THROUGH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION PARTNERSHIPS CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER   The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has received financing from the…

A Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy and Programming Framework is to be developed for the BVI for the next 5 years. The development of the five-year strategy (2019 to 2023)…