The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) has officially taken possession of its newly retrofitted and expanded warehouse facility following a handing-over ceremony held in Campden Park on Wednesday January 7, 2026
The facility, located within the South Leeward constituency, was upgraded under the Volcanic Eruption Emergency Project and funded through a loan from the World Bank, administered by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. The project was executed by Gibson's Construction Limited, with design and supervisory services provided by Stewart Engineering Limited.
13/1/2026
Director of the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) Michelle Forbes, said the transformation at the Belmont Observatory facility is "remarkable".
This, as the newly renovated and retrofitted Volcano Observatory was handed over. The observatory project was financed through a concessional loan provided by the World Bank. The total cost of the project amounted to EC$4.696 million. Construction commenced in March 2024 and was completed in December 2025 due to delays caused by weather and other unforeseen factors.
October 22, 2024
On Monday, October 21, 2024, Edwin D. Layne & Sons donated EC$20,000.00 to the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), to help support the 572 displaced persons who are still being housed in public and informal (unlisted) shelters, following the impact of Hurricane Beryl on July 1, this year.
Raphael Barbour, Sales and Marketing Executive at Edwin D. Layne & Sons, presented the EC$20k cheque to Michelle Forbes, Director at NEMO, in the presence of Kenson Stoddard, Deputy Director at NEMO, and other members of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) located at the NEMO headquarters, Old Montrose, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
17th October, 2024
The benefits of rainfall data captured by rain gauges installed at water catchments and other strategic areas above the foothills of the La Soufriere volcano featured during discussions at a Lahar Modelling Workshop, held earlier today, (17th October, 2024), at the Ministry of National Security Conference Room.
The workshop was hosted by the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre (SRC) and the School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.
25 January, 2021
NEMO AND UWI SEISMIC RESEARCH UNIT ANNOUNCE FIRST IN SERIES OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS
PRIME MINISTER ADDRESS TO THE NATION: SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
NEMO HELD STAKEHOLDERS’ CONSULTATION TO FINALIZE THE ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES’ NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT (CDM) POLICY AND STRATEGY – AUGUST 18-19, 2020
