Tortola, British Virgin Islands, October 28th, 2015 (DDM) - The Department of Disaster Management is partnering with the Rotary Club of Road Town to offer Business Emergency Response Training (BERT) for local businesses.
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Tortola, British Virgin Islands, October 28th, 2015 (DDM) - Community Emergency Response Team Training for teenagers (Teen CERT) is now part of the afterschool programme administered through Cedar International School and facilitated by the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), BVI Red Cross and Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Service.
Read more: Teen emergency response training for Cedar School
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, October 14th, 2015 (DDM) - Today marks International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) and is observed worldwide to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their risk to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of disaster risk reduction. This year’s observance is dedicated to the power of traditional, indigenous and local knowledge and is being celebrated under the theme “Knowledge for Life”.
Read more: BVI observes International Day for Disaster Reduction
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, August 12th, 2015 (DDM) - The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is partnering with the Caribbean Central American Action (CCAA) to facilitate a Disaster Recovery Workshop for members of the business community in the British Virgin Islands.
Read more: BVI businesses to benefit from free Disaster Recovery Workshop
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, July 9th, 2015 (DDM) - Rainfall totals for the British Virgin Islands for the first half of 2015 are significantly low in comparison to previous years, resulting in substantial impact to farming grounds.
Read more: BVI remains under drought watch: only 3.5 inches of rain in 2015