NATIONAL OFFICE OF DISASTER SERVICES

NEWS AND SPECIALS

Back to National Office of Disaster Services

ANNUAL TSUNAMI EXERCISE
Wednesday 22nd March 2017

Press Release - March 22nd, 2017. The annual tsunami exercise, Caribe Wave which targeted 26 educational institutions on Tuesday, has highlighted the need for greater significance to be placed on disaster management in the nation’s schools.

The activity was undertaken by the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) as part of an international event called “Caribe Wave”. It provides an opportunity for emergency management organizations to exercise their operational lines of communications, review their tsunami response procedures and promote tsunami preparedness.

This year, the exercise focused on primary, secondary and tertiary institutions that fall within the tsunami impact zone. Approximately six thousand students and teachers took part.

Caribe Wave has further demonstrated the importance of schools practising various drills and developing their disaster management plans. “It was a needed exercise and it was a privilege to work along with NODS because you never really know what can happen. It was a useful exercise that we can build on”, said Colin Greene, Principal of the Princess Margaret School. One thousand and ninety-three (1,093) students and ninety-seven teachers from that school evacuated to the Antigua Recreation Grounds.

Director of NODS Philmore Mullin says a report, along with recommendations, will be submitted to government and education officials.

Caribe Wave 2017 is sponsored by the UNESCO/IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the institution of the Central American Integration System for natural disaster and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).


Click here for all News and Specials for National Office of Disaster Services

 
connect with antiguanice.com
FacebookTwitterYoutubeNewsletterRSS

contact
NAME: Philmore Mullin
TEL: +1 (268) 462-4206
US TEL: +1 (268) 562-2144/460-7075
FAX: +1 (268) 462-4742
EMAIL: nodsanu@gmail.com
ADDRESS: American Road St. John's
FIND US ON: Facebook
LOCATION: 3 View Map
WEBSITE: Click here

news and specials

LIST OF HURRICANE SHELTERS FOR 2023

Monday 19th June 2023
The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) has released the list of this year’s hurricane she...
Read More

PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM

Monday 19th June 2023
A tropical depression is forming between Africa and the Lesser Antilles and is expected to strengthe...
Read More

2023 HURRICANE SEASON PREPARATIONS

Thursday 8th June 2023
It`s the start of the 2023 hurricane season and NODS has been engaging in several activities....
Read More

CARIBE WAVE - TSUNAMI EXERCISE

Monday 7th March 2022
The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) is encouraging participation in the annual Tsunami E...
Read More

UPDATED LIST OF HURRICANE SHELTERS

Monday 27th September 2021
The National Office of Disaster Services have added seventeen structures to the list of shelters for...
Read More

All News Stories and Specials