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Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean: regional disaster risk strategy to be developed
8 May 2008
Tourism and disaster management stakeholders across the Caribbean are collaborating to implement a master plan to protect the region's tourism industry against the impact of natural disasters....
National Platform
- HFA Focal Point:
Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management - Website:http://www.nema.gov.tt/
- Contact:Chief Executive Officer
- Phone:+1 8686401285
Hyogo Framework for Action
Top 10 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Total affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Storm | 1974 | 50,000 |  |
| Slides | 2004 | 1,200 | |
| Wind Storm | 1990 | 1,000 | |
| Wind Storm | 2004 | 560 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 200 | |
| Volcano | 1997 | 200 | |
| Earthquake | 1997 | 17 | |
| Flood | 1993 | 10 | |
| Wind Storm | 1933 | 0 | |
| Wind Storm | 1963 | 0 | |
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v06.06 |
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- Assist national Health Ministries to ensure that health sector vulnerability reduction priorities are formulated and instituted
HFA Priority for action 1 - Cooperative Project with ADRC member countries
HFA Priority for action 1 - Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Programmes (DPM)
HFA Priority for action 1
