On Thursday the16th November, 2023, the ODPM provided a number of Emergency Tents, Standby Generators, Rescue Boats with outboard Engines, Fuel Containers and Life Jackets to the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government’s Disaster Management Units (DMUs),...

From November 7th to 9th, the ODPM partnered with Habitat for Humanity Trinidad & Tobago to support their Building Resilient Communities (BRC) project to collect data for their Participatory Approach for Safe Shelter Awareness (PASSA) Programme, as well as...

The ODPM facilitated a two-day booth on Hazard Awareness and Emergency Preparedness at the AMCHAM HSSE Exhibition at the Hyatt. At the event:Patrons were invited to sign up for PANS after receiving information about the notification system. 148 persons signed up over...

On Friday 27th October, 2023, the ODPM facilitated interactive disaster preparedness sessions with students of the Saraswati Girls Hindu College for their annual Career Day. Discussions focused fields in disaster management, as well as on raising awareness of various...

On Tuesday 24th October, 2023, the ODPM facilitated interactive disaster preparedness sessions with students of the Santa Rosa Government Primary School. Discussions focused on raising awareness of various local hazards, staying informed, knowing the first responder...

Today, Friday 13th October 2023, the ODPM participated in a meeting with Her Excellency, Ambassador and Plenipotentiary Tania Diego Olite; Mr. Julio J. Cabada Ferrera, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Trinidad and Tobago; Mr...

On Wednesday 13th September, 2023 the National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Multi-sectoral Committee met to discuss ongoing national initiatives. The key area of focus at the meeting was to update the action plan for Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS)...

ODPM and UWI partner for International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) event Today, October 12th, 2023 the ODPM partnered with the Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA), St Augustine Campus, UWI and other agencies, to kick-off the commemoration of...

On, Friday 6th October, 2023 the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), in collaboration with the CDEMA - Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency and the World Hope International (WHI), hosted a closing ceremony for 36 members of the Defence...

On Thursday 7th September, 2023, the ODPM partnered with the UWI St. Augustine Campus' Student Life and Development Department (SLDD) to facilitate an informative and interactive session on disaster preparedness and management as it relates to persons with...