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As of today (Friday) 11 May 2018, the fire at Cox Heath continues to be contained which means that the threat of the fire spreading has been eliminated at this…

  The Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Service personnel have contained the fire at Cox Heath to a specific area to prevent spreading. Persons are urged to exercise extreme caution…

Today we convened a meeting of the National Emergency Operations Centre in response to the fire incident at Cox Heath. I met with local emergency response officials as well as…

Thursday 10th May, 2018 – The Department of Disaster Management is advising the BVI community that His Excellency the Governor, on the advice of Director Disaster Management and in consultation…

What do Government communicators want? What do the media want? What is the collective responsibility of communicators and the media when an incident or disaster strikes? What are their roles…

Eight (8) students from the Elmore Stoutt High School are undergoing training in Community Emergency Response Team designed for teenagers. The Teen CERT programme is being financed by Walkers through…

His Excellency Governor Augustus Jaspert and Honourable Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith, OBE have been presented the findings of the recently completed State of Readiness Report. The findings of the…

The Territory’s National Disaster Management Plan is being reviewed in light of the impacts caused by the 2017 unprecedented trio – August floods, Hurricanes Irma and Maria. In support of…

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) participated in a simulation exercise to test their tsunami response strategies. The exercise entitled ‘Carib Wave 18’ (Caribbean Wave 18) took place today Thursday, March…