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Jamaica: Office of Disaster Preparedness launches earthquake awareness month

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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has designated January Earthquake Awareness Month under the theme ‘Community Strengthening and Awareness… the Recipe for Building Earthquake Resilience', reports the Jamaica Observer.

'We will continue to introduce the appropriate technologies and programmes to protect against damages from earthquakes… The Ministry remains committed to advancing the efforts of building a Jamaica that is resilient to disasters in general and certainly for earthquakes,' said Colin Fagan, State Minister in the Ministry of Local Government.

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Advocacy and media Disaster risk management Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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