NEMA
The US Government Donates Approx. $600,000 Worth of Emergency Equipment to NEMA
NASSAU, Bahamas — Minister of State with Responsibility for Disaster Risk Reduction the Hon. Myles Laroda thanked the United States government for its “very generous donation” of 28 generators, which will be installed with automatic transfer switches, carbon monoxide sensors and fire extinguishers. This support package costs approximately $600,000 and the generators will be deployed to shelters in Abaco, Andros, Cat Island, Crooked Island, Exuma and Mayaguana, the Minister of State said during a ceremony for handover of emergency generators and transportable reverse osmosis systems to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the agency’s headquarters on Monday, March 13, 2023. “The determination of which islands will be supplied with generators was made following inspection...
25 Persons Complete M-410 Facilitative Instructor Course to assist in properly managing emergencies
NASSAU, The Bahamas – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in collaboration with the United States Forest Service of the US Department of Agriculture, and United States Northern Command held an M-410 Facilitative Instructor course to provide facilitative instructor training, applicable to assisting with disaster scenarios. The one-week course, conducted at the National Training Agency, concluded on October 7, 2022. The focus was sustainability and resiliency, with the objective of properly managing disasters, while protecting natural resources. The 25 participants comprised professionals from a cross-section of agencies, including the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Acting Director of NEMA, Gayle Outten-Moncur, said that these types of...
Family Island Administrators got first-hand view of NEMA in action as visit coincided with the Agency’s National Emergency Operations Centre being in Partial Activation mode
NASSAU, The Bahamas — Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) hosted incoming Family Island Administrators, in addition to officials from the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and the United States Forestry Service to a series of meetings at the Agency’s headquarters located Gladstone Road and NEMA ’s Way. The visit with the Family Island Administrators, September 28, 2022 was part of a long, and ongoing collaboration between NEMA and the Department of Local Government to bring incoming Administrators up to speed on the role of the Family Island Administrator, and the National Emergency Management Agency, in the country’s Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Strategy. The Island Administrators got a first-hand view of NEMA in action as the visit coi...
NEMA Activates as storm Fiona nears
NASSAU, The Bahamas — The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Meteorological Department (MET Office) held a press conference to update the public on Tropical Storm Fiona, Saturday, September 17, 2022 at NEMA ‘s offices on Gladstone Road. Mr. Jeffrey Simmons, Chief Meteorologist at the MET Office announced an Alert was issued for Mayaguana, Crooked Island and Long Cay, Acklins and Great Inagua of the Southeast Islands. Mr. Simmons said, “the Alert” meant that persons on these islands should monitor the progress of Fiona closely as they could experience Tropical Storm force or hurricane force winds and rain associated with the system. Captain Stephen Russell, NEMA said all emergency centres are fully activated throughout the country as the MET Office ...
NEMA conducts five-day Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training in Grand Bahama
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) officially opened a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course at the Foster B. Pestaina Center at Christ The King Anglican Church, September 5, 2022. Lisa Bowleg, Training Coordinator and Operations Manager at NEMA led the CERT training that will cover Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Medical Operations, Disaster Psychology, Fire Safety and Utility Controls and Light Search and Rescue. Participants of the training were from various government ministries and departments. Officially opening the event was Island Administrator, Joseph Ferguson, who urged the participants to prepare properly for hurricanes as The Bahamas is in the hurricane belt and so will experience a monster storm periodically...
NEMA, Local Government host Community Emergency Response Team Training in Cat Island
NEW BIGHT, Cat Island – Officials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the Department of Local Government Monday launched a five-day Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training in New Bight, Cat Island. Conducted by the Training Unit of the National Emergency Management Agency, headed by Mrs. Lisa E. Bowleg, the CERT Training will cover areas such as Disaster Medical Operations, Fire Safety and Utility Controls, Disaster Preparedness, CERT Organization, Disaster Psychology, CERT and Terrorism, and Light Search and Rescue. Instructors include: Chief Petty Officer Romeiko Burrows, Royal Bahamas Defence Force (attached to NEMA); Mr. Frederick Johnson, Medical Operations Instructor; Petty Officer Kenrio Ingraham, Royal Bahamas Defence Force (attached to NEMA); a...
NEMA/UNWFP conduct Emergency Response Equipment Workshop
NASSAU, The Bahamas — Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the United Nations World Food Programme recently collaborated to conduct an Emergency Response Equipment Training Workshop for First Responders from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and NEMA ’s In-house staff. The training was in partnership with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and USAID, and is expected to further enhance NEMA ’s response capabilities in the aftermath of a disaster and/or an emergency by providing local emergency response personnel with the advanced expertise to be able to quickly establish logistics hubs in order to more effectively receive, organize and distribute relief supplies to affected islands and/or persons in the event of a disaster and/or emerg...
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