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2024 HURRICANE SEASON PREPARATIONS

Friday 31st May 2024

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season begins tomorrow (June 1) and the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) is encouraging residents to ensure they are prepared for what is forecast to be an active season.

Residents should ensure that emergency supplies are in place, which should include non-perishable food, such as canned items, water, flashlight and important documents.

Individuals should try as much as possible to ensure that their homes are resistant to the effects of a hurricane, trim overhanging branches, secure windows and doors, acquire shutters or plywood to cover windows and clear the yard of items that could become missiles.

In observance of the official start of the Atlantic Hurricane season, NODS will join the Bible Speaks Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Valley Road tomorrow for a service beginning at 11:00 a.m. and then on Monday host a briefing with members of the media.

Meanwhile, NODS has released the names of 50 structures so far that will be utilised as shelters during this year’s hurricane season which runs until November 30. The list can be viewed on NODS facebook and Instagram pages and has also been disseminated to media houses throughout the island.

Included on the list are the names of the 17 district disaster coordinators and deputies who volunteer in the various communities on behalf of NODS. They lead a team of other volunteers who are responsible for ensuring that issues relating to hazards and disasters are brought to the attention of NODS to be addressed. Each of the 17 disaster districts, which consist of several communities, has at least one shelter.

NODS advises residents that whenever a storm is threatening public shelters should be the last option and if this is not feasible persons can seek shelter with family and relatives. Individuals going to a public shelter should take along food, water, emergency supplies, clothing, bedding and any other necessary items as these will not be available in the public space. Pets are not allowed in shelters and animal owners should make alternative arrangements for them. There are also rules in place at the shelters which occupants must follow.

NO.

DISASTER COORDINATOR

DISTRICT

CONTACT #

SHELTER

LOCATION

Adelta Burton

Desmond Thomas

All Saints East and St. Luke

774-1970

728-8071

460-1970

782-1153

1. J.T. Ambrose Primary School

2. Old Road Primary School

3. Old Road Anglican Church

4. Cana Moravian Pre-School and Daycare

5. Tyrells Roman Catholic Church Hall

6. Charlesworth Samuel Centre

All Saints Village

Old Road Village

Swetes Village

Tyrells Village

John Hughes Village

Philmore Athill

All Saints West

464-2755

776-6400

1. J.T. Ambrose Primary School

2. The Bahai Centre

3. Sea View Farm Primary School

4. Freemansville Primary School

All Saints Village

Belleview Heights

Sea View Farm Village

Freemansvillage

Tessa Webber

Godfrey Punter

Barbuda

785-1162

714-4303

1. Barbuda Sports Complex

2. Wesleyan Holiness Church

3. Fisheries Complex

Codrington, Barbuda

Codrington Barbuda

NO.

DISASTER COORDINATOR

DISTRICT

CONTACT #

SHELTER

LOCATION

St. Claire Jeffers

Frank Gordon Jr.

St. John’s City East

725-8839

562-7352

725-8088

1.St. John’s Pentecostal Church, House of Restoration

2. Church of God of Prophecy

Lauchland Benjamin Drive

Rowan Henry Street

Marcus Scott

Dayton Morris

St. John’s City South

723-2222

784-4070

720-8733

1. Mary E. Pigott Primary School

2. Ottos Comprehensive School

Mary E. Pigott Street, Ottos

Samantha Bobb

Jean-marie Jean Baptiste

St. John’s City West

720-8038

771-0805

562-9046

1. St. Andrews Anglican Church

2. Villa Baptist Church

3. St. Francis of Asisi Roman Catholic Church

Fort Road

Amy Byer Street, Villa

Gordon Street, Villa

John Dunnah

Bobby Emanuel

St. John’s Rural East

780-3167

562-3860

560-7281

785-9773

1. St. John’s Pentecostal Church, House of Restoration

2. Clare Hall Seventh-Day Adventist Church

3. Bethel Gospel Hall

4. Clare Hall Secondary School

Lauchland Benjamin Drive

Clare Hall

St. Johnston’s Village

Clare Hall

NO.

DISASTER COORDINATOR

DISTRICT

CONTACT #

SHELTER

LOCATION

Craig Ryan

Josina France

St. John’s Rural North

788-7680

786-0652

481-6361 (W)

463-9763 (H)

1. Cedar Grove Government Creche

2. St. Andrews Anglican Church

3. Yorks Community Centre

Cedar Grove Village

Fort Road

Yorks Village

Algen Isaac

Semone Ambrose

St. John’s Rural South

464-5095

460-6034(W)

723-4418

1. Mary E. Pigott Primary School

2. St. John’s Church of Christ

3. Tindall Seventh Day Adventist Church

4. Ottos Comprehensive School

5. Golden Grove Primary School

Mary E. Pigott Street, Ottos

Golden Grove Main Road

Tindale Road

Mary E. Pigott Street, Ottos

Golden Grove

10.

Janice Benjamin-Edwards

Eisen Baptiste

Gail Daniel

St. John’s Rural West

773-8886

481-7557 (W)

463-8886 (H)

729-8894

481-7542 (W)

788-9864

775-8643

1. Green Bay Primary School

2. UWI Five Islands Campus Gymnasium

3. Grays Farm Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Federation Rd., Green Bay

Five Islands Village

Grays Farm

NO.

DISASTER COORDINATOR

DISTRICT

CONTACT #

SHELTER

LOCATION

11.

Keiva Davis

Deidra Roberts

St George

736-2456

770-2456

780-4636

1. Sir Novelle Richards Academy

2. Potters Seventh-Day Adventist Church

3. Pigotts Primary School

4. Bethany Gospel Hall

5. New Winthropes Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Potters Village

Pigotts Village

New Winthropes Village

12.

Jennifer Murray

Calvin Carr

Cassandra Murray

St. Mary’s North

464-0277

461-0091 (H)

786-7527/

764-0190

727-7390

480-7390

1. St. John’s Church of Christ

2. Cedar Hall Moravian Church Community Centre

3. Cashew Hill Moravian Church

Golden Grove Main Rd.

Jennings Village

Cashew Hill

13.

Manroy Jeffrey

Alvin Erskine

St. Mary’s South

729-5042

721-4385

1. Bolans Seventh-Day Adventist Church

2. Bolans Wesleyan Holiness Church

3. Urlings Seventh-Day Adventist Church

4. Urlings Primary School

Bolans Village

Urlings Village

NO.

DISASTER COORDINATOR

DISTRICT

CONTACT #

SHELTER

LOCATION

14.

Renika Isaac

Fernley Latchman

St. Paul

775-0602

770-9916

1. Cobbs Cross Primary School

2. Baxter Memorial Methodist Church Annex

3. Tyrells Roman Catholic Church

4. St Paul’s Empowerment Centre

5. New Bethel Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Cobbs Cross

English Harbour

Tyrells

Liberta Village

15.

Joel Andrew

Samantha Burnette-Beazer

St. Peter

729-5697

560-7789 (H)

480-7017(W)

786-7422

1. Parham Pentecostal Church

2. Parham Primary School

Parham Town

16.

Lydia Philip

Avor Otto

St. Phillips North

786-5400

727-1010

480-7276 (W)

1. Seaglans Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church

2. Glanvilles Secondary School

Glanvilles Village

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