The St Philip North District Emergency Organisation (DEO) will conduct a Vulnerable Persons Exercise on Saturday, June 12, and Sunday, June 13, mainly in the Church Village, St. Philip communities. On Saturday, the exercise will be conducted between 9 a.m. and p.m., while on Sunday, it will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. DEO members facilitating this exercise will be wearing a jade polo shirt, with the Department …
Community disaster response boosted with Red Cross gift
Article by March 31, 2021
Community disaster response in the windswept rural northeastern parish of St Andrew received a boost Tuesday from the Red Cross Society with a range of emergency tools and equipment worth $15,000.
The gift includes three radio communication sets, wheelbarrows, ladders, forks, shovels, chainsaws, hard hats, hurricane straps and harnesses, reflective vests, booths, gloves, and tarpaulins, among other items. They were presented to members of the St Andrew Community Disaster Response Team at the Red Cross Society’s Warrens, St Michael office.
The CDRT is the group within the community that feeds information to the District Emergency Organization (DEO). Red Cross Programmes Manager Danielle Toppin commended the volunteers from St Andrew for committing to disaster response work within.