The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is warning that the practice of erecting retaining walls as a solution to landslides, may not be the best option.

TO help limit the fallout from a major earthquake, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has been working with critical sectors to have them integrate disaster risk reduction practices into their operations. Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/career/ODPEM-moves-to-bolster-Jamaica-s-readiness-for-quakes_10625369#ixzz1kx8dnWps

Several stakeholders from various agencies and departments participated in a National Simulation Exercise (NaSIMEX 2012) programme, on January 26, aimed at assessing the readiness of the education sector in the event of a major earthquake.

Jamaica is due to experience an earthquake on the same scale as one that sank a section of Port Royal more than 300 years ago, according to the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies.

Harbour Heights, a community overlooking Harbour View in the hills of East Rural St Andrew, will be the first to benefit from a pilot landslide mitigation project, to be implemented by the Office of Disaster Management and Preparedness (ODPEM).

JAMAICA'S Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) wants legislation supporting the building code to be passed and applied, which the agency says is crucial in the country's preparation for earthquakes.

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, has called for more investment in disaster management.

Jamaica has been lauded for the significant achievements it has attained in advancing disaster risk management.

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, has called for infrastructural development to be linked to protection of the environment.

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