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Senior Deputy Superintendent at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Emeleo Ebanks (right), provides an update on the Community Bush Fire Management Education Programme during a recent JIS Think Tank. Looking on is Assistant Commissioner JFB, Sean Martin.
Senior Deputy Superintendent at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Emeleo Ebanks (right), provides an update on the Community Bush Fire Management Education Programme during a recent JIS Think Tank. Looking on is Assistant Commissioner JFB, Sean Martin.

Fire Brigade Reports Success from Community Education Programme

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is reporting success in its Community Bush Fire Management Education Programme, which was launched in 2015 following a series of devastating fires that affected farms. Addressing a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (October 18), Senior...
Chief Executive Officer, Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), Robert Hill (left), hands over a signed contract for the construction of a family park in downtown Kingston to Chief Executive Officer of Seal Sprayed Solutions Limited, William Tavares-Finson (right). At centre, Mayor of Kingston, Senator Dr. Angela Brown Burke, shares the moment. Occasion was the contract signing and symbolic excavation ceremony held on October 20 at the project site at St. William Grant Park. Construction of the first phase of the park is slated to begin on November 3.
Chief Executive Officer, Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), Robert Hill (left), hands over a signed contract for the construction of a family park in downtown Kingston to Chief Executive Officer of Seal Sprayed Solutions Limited, William Tavares-Finson (right). At centre, Mayor of Kingston, Senator Dr. Angela Brown Burke, shares the moment. Occasion was the contract signing and symbolic excavation ceremony held on October 20 at the project site at St. William Grant Park. Construction of the first phase of the park is slated to begin on November 3.

KSAC Family Park to be Eco-Friendly
Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis (left), receives a donation of cash and supplies from Chief Executive Officer, National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation, Nadeen Matthews, at the bank’s Atrium offices in Kingston yesterday (October 20).
Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis (left), receives a donation of cash and supplies from Chief Executive Officer, National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation, Nadeen Matthews, at the bank’s Atrium offices in Kingston yesterday (October 20).

NCB Donates $2 Million to Haiti Relief Effort
Assistant Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Sean Martin, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (October 18).
Assistant Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Sean Martin, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (October 18).

Jamaica Fire Brigade to Strengthen Investigative Capacity
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Parish Council, Glendon Harris.
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Parish Council, Glendon Harris.

New Female Ward for St. James Infirmary

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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addressing the House of Representatives, yesterday (October 11).
Local Government

PIOJ and ODPEM to Assess Impact of Hurricane Matthew’s Passage

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) are conducting assessments to determine whether the country suffered any dislocation as a result of the passage of Hurricane Matthew. In a statement to the House yesterday (October 11), Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said ODPEM’s assessment will entail a...
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A failure on a section of the roadway in the vicinity of Market Place on Constant Spring Road due to a broken sewer line. The section of the roadway collapsed yesterday (October 6).
Local Government

NWC to Repair Sewer Line which Damaged Section of Constant Spring Road

The National Water Commission (NWC) commenced work last evening (October 6) on a sewer line that caused a breakaway on a section of the roadway in the vicinity of the Market Place on Constant Spring Road. In an interview with JIS News, Corporate Public Relations Manager at the NWC, Charles Buchanan, said the agency’s engineers and waste-water specialists visited the...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left) and Commissioner, Jamaica Fire Brigade, Errol Mowatt (second right) sign the contract for the acquisition of two fire trucks during a ceremony at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices in Kingston, yesterday (October 6). Looking on (from left) are Director, Rosenbauer, and Chief Executive Officer, National Safety Limited, Julian Templer; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe.
Local Government

Jamaica Fire Brigade to Get Two New Trucks

The Government has signed a US$987,822 contract with Rosenbauer for the acquisition of two new trucks for the Jamaica Fire Brigade. The units, which are slated to be in the island by next year, will be built in Minneapolis, United States, at the facilities of Rosenbauer America. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Commissioner, Jamaica Fire...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), addresses press briefing held on October 4 at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), in New Kingston. Others (from left) are Director General, ODPEM, Major Clive Davis; and Head of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson.
Local Government

Report on Performance of Disaster Preparedness Agencies to be Provided

The Government will be providing an update on the performance of the disaster preparedness agencies, following the recent passage of Hurricane Matthew to the east of Jamaica. An assessment of the processes will also be done and adjustments made for greater efficiency. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking at a press briefing at the Office...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), addresses a press briefing held today (October 4) at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODEPM) in New Kingston. Also pictured (from left) are: Director General, ODPEM, Major Clive Davis; and Head of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson.
Local Government

We are Back to Normal – Minister McKenzie

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that normal operations have returned to the country and the emergency systems set up in response to the threat of Hurricane Matthew have been deactivated. “The weather department (Meteorological Service) has discontinued the warnings, but we are still leaving in place certain response mechanisms, just in case it becomes...
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Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
Local Government

Hurricane Matthew – NEOC Scales Down Activities to Level 1

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management is reporting that the National Emergency Operations Centre has scaled down activities to Level 1 Activation (Monitoring Phase), in light of the reduction in the threat level of Hurricane Matthew. The Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management is also recommending a return to routine operations where possible. •The public transportation system...
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