Members of the Territory Search and Rescue Team (TSART) were presented with TSART branded t-shirts on Friday, March 18 as part of efforts to ensure that the team can be formally identified. The t-shirts were sponsored by Delta Petroleum Ltd.
More than 4,600 persons in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) evacuated buildings and made their way to high points as part of the annual tsunami simulation exercise, on Thursday, March 17, titled ‘CARIBE WAVE 16’.
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Seventh-day Adventist School and the Little Litehous Child Development Centre are the first two schools in the Territory to receive SMART School certification from the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) and the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Members of the Territory’s Search and Rescue Team (TSART) recently supported a successful land based search operation launched by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) will join other Caribbean countries and territories in a simulation exercise to test its tsunami response plans on March 17.
The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has launched the November 2015 edition of the Disaster Digest magazine under the theme “Evidenced Based Comprehensive Disaster Management: A highlight of Sector Successes.”