CARIBE WAVE is the annual tsunami exercise of the UNESCO Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE EWS). Its major objective is for countries, emergency management stakeholders and communities at risk to test, validate and update their tsunami response plans.
NEMO TO HOST NATIONAL INITIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT (IDA) AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND NEEDS ANALYSIS WORKSHOPS, FEBRUARY 12-16, 2018
Agencies and Community Emergency Response Teams involved in the Damage Assessment process as well as members of the Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis Sub-committee of NEMO will participate in two Damage Assessment Workshops next week.
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, Sustainable Development and Information Technology now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply and installation of a modern, state-of-the-art voice/data emergency communications network for use throughout Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
An earthquake was felt in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this morning. Preliminary information from the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies indicate that the earthquake occurred at:
DATE AND TIME: 2017-11-05 11:00 am (Local Time) 2017-11-05 15:00 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 5.7
LOCATION:
Latitude: 11.69N
Longitude: 61.08W
Depth: 10 km
NEARBY CITIES: 68 km NW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago 84 km SE of St. George's, Grenada 118 km NNE of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) joins the rest of the world in commemorating “World Tsunami Awareness Day” (WTAD), November 5, 2017. November 5 was designated by the United Nations General Assembly to raise public awareness of the deadly threat posed by tsunamis and to share innovative approaches to reducing risk. For the second year in a row, the World Tsunami Awareness Day will align with the International Day for Disaster Reduction and the "Sendai Seven Campaign" and will focus in 2017 on Target B of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction which aims at reducing the number of affected people globally by disasters. is commemorated all around the world, as “World Tsunami Awareness Day” (WTAD).
The CDEMA Coordinating Unit (CU) is sensitive to the impact that disasters and climate change have on vulnerable populations including the youth. The objective of the online challenge is to raise awareness among the youth population about disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction. The intended result is to produce a video that could further sensitize persons ...
FRIDAY 13TH OCTOBER CELEBRATED AS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION.
- Home Safe Home
- Relief Items for Dominica
- Nemo hosted proposal and grant writing workshop
- News Release 25-09-2017
- Hurricane Relief
- Dr Richard Robertson Promoted to Professor
- Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting
- Atlantic Hurricane Season Predictions
- Official Ceremony for the 2017 CariCOF Wet Season Workshop
- CCRIF Scholarship Programme