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,…

3 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

2 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…

3 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…

4 years ago