Nadi, Fiji, 30 September 2019 – The first training of the Tsunami Evacuation Maps, Plans and Procedures Programme (TEMPP 1), co-sponsored by the Building Safety and Resilience in the Pacific (BSRP) Project of the Pacific Community (SPC) and UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO), took place on 30 September – 4 October 2019 in Nadi, Fiji.Read more about Modelling inundation to respond to tsunami threats: First training for the Pacific Islands takes place on the 10th anniversary of the 2009 Samoa tsunami[…]

Sevuloni Dewai was among the early birds in the hinterland of Naitasiri Province for a much-anticipated event down the Wainimala River on Wednesday, 27 February, 2019.   He was on the first bus out of the mountainous ranges on the border with Fiji’s largest province of Ba near the Monasavu Dam and arrived just inRead more about Refurbished ECO triggers safety mode of the riverbank dwellers[…]

Suva, Fiji – Disaster response in Fiji is expected to be strengthened, with the opening of two newly-refurbished Emergency Operations Centres (EOC) funded by the European Union under the ACP-EU Building Safety and Resilience in the Pacific (BSRP) project and implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC).   These are among nine emergency operations centres refurbishedRead more about Refurbished Emergency Operations Centres to boost disaster response in Fiji[…]

  Always be ready for the worst and hope for the best NDMO director Anare Leweniqila updaes his permanent secretary David KolitaganeSoldiers man the radio and keep in touch with the EOCs.As Tropical Cyclone Mona roared across the islands, a group of men sat huddled around a conference table in a semi-lit room, their headsRead more about Tracking moody Mona[…]