ODPEM

ODPEM Raises Awareness All Month Long

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has declared January as Earthquake Awareness Month. To promote earthquake readiness,…

10 months ago

Earthquake Readiness Is Within Your Control

Senior Director of Mitigation, Planning, Research and Development Division, ODPEM Anna Tucker Abraham, and Joyce Reynolds Robinson, Information Officer At…

2 years ago

Tropical Storm Watch Still in Effect for Jamaica

Sections of southern Jamaica have already been experiencing heavy rainfall as a tropical storm watch remains in effect for the island. The Executive…

2 years ago

ODPEM – Urges Caution Amid Flood Watch/Warning

Motorists are being urged to avoid the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine following reports of rock fall during the…

2 years ago

Jamaica in the Crosshairs of a Tropical Storm

The country is bracing, for what may be a battering from the elements this weekend, given projections with the development…

2 years ago

Earthquake & Tsunami Readiness

January is Earthquake Awareness Month and our guests are here to share more knowledge and some tips to be ready for…

3 years ago

7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Haiti

The Haitian government has declared a state of emergency after over 200 people have died as a result of a…

3 years ago

More Roadworks in the Coming Weeks

During the brief encounter with Tropical Storm Elsa, several houses were flooded; even though no lives were lost, the dilapidated…

3 years ago

Displaced Shooters Hill Residents Still Unsettled

Residents who were displaced from their homes in Shooters Hill two months ago following the heavy rainfall are again displaced from their…

4 years ago

National Coronavirus Coordinating Mechanism Being Instituted

The Government will be putting a National Coordinating Mechanism in place to monitor and contain the novel coronavirus, in the…

5 years ago