Eight Jost Van Dyke residents have been recertified as Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members. 

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) and Sol Petroleum continue their efforts to raise awareness about the safe handling of petroleum products with a live radio discussion on CBN Radio, 90.9FM tonight.

Fifteen schools within the Territory are due to be reassessed this year as a requirement to be recertified as ‘Safe Schools’.

A new Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) has been established in North Sound, Virgin Gorda. 

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) was represented for the first time at the annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CariCOOS). 

Seventeen individuals, including Government Building Inspectors, Fire Officers, Infrastructure and Maintenance Supervisors and other key stakeholders participated in a one day workshop on the safe handling and installation of liquid petroleum gas (LPG). 

Predictions for the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season have been released by several weather and hurricane forecasting institutions with varying reports on the activity level for the season. 

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron known as the Hurricane Hunters of the Air Force Reserve and a team from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Centre made their inaugural visit to the Territory last week.

Members of the Territory Search and Rescue Team (TSART) are pictured receiving training in ‘Basic Water Safety and Swimming’.

Several residents from Cane Garden and Brewers Bay are now trained in a number of basic life support and rescue techniques.