Home Latest News CARIBE WAVE IS ALSO MARCH SYSTEM TEST

CARIBE WAVE IS ALSO MARCH SYSTEM TEST

by Chrystall Kanyuck-Abel
0 comments

The Department of Disaster Management wishes to inform the public that the CARIBE WAVE exercise on March 23 will also serve as the monthly test of the National Early Warning Multi-hazard Alert System for March. The system will not be sounded on the fourth Friday.

CARIBE WAVE is the annual tsunami exercise of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS) of the Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

View the full calendar of monthly system tests at https://www.bviddm.com/download/2023-early-warning-system-test-calendar/

You may also like

About Us

The Department of Disaster Management is a government department which operates under the legal authority of the Deputy Governor’s Office.

Contact

Feature Posts

Newsletter

©2025 DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.