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Flooding across Trinidad in the opening days of the rainy season was an unpleasant reminder that flood early warning systems are imperative to protect property, save lives and mitigate the economic and social impact of flooding.
In Trinidad and Tobago 41 activities are planned under the theme 'Being Disaster Prepared Is My Responsibility': evacuation drills, workshops, business continuity training, a community symposium, a public education fair & climate change education.
'There is need for the ITU Telecommunications Development Bureau (ITU-D) to guide countries in the development of Emergency Telecommunications Plans as part of the countries’ preparedness which would incorporate network resilience and redundancy,' Mlambo said. More than 700 delegates from nearly 100 countries are attending the Forum which was organised by the UN agency...
'We are looking at a water management and flood mitigation plan and institutional changes. The drainage department has not changed to respond to our new realities,' Minister of the Environment and Water Resources of Trinidad and Tobago Ganga Singh told Newsday...
The Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA) of Trinidad and Tobago launched its Health, Safety and Disaster Preparedness Week 2012. The week's theme was, 'Influencing a positive health and safety culture within the DNA of the ERHA'...
Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner said the devastation caused by the flooding which the nation has witnessed taking place over the last few days in north-west Trinidad is 'a natural disaster compounded by human activity'...
The Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society will visit five communities in areas widely known as crime 'hot spots' in Trinidad to help citizens be more prepared for disasters...
'Governments need to work together with the community to help deal with disaster management,' said ACS's Eduardo Gonzalez, adding that together with the Finish Meteorological Institute, ACS will head a project to strengthen the 16 islands of the Caribbean against flooding and other disasters...
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