The Virgin Islands will join ShakeOut, a global earthquake simulation exercise to teach and practise earthquake safety, on October 15.
Director of Disaster Management Mr. Jasen Penn said that the Department of Disaster Management will work closely with response agencies and partners in the public service to test public alerting, inter-island coordination, and emergency response plans.
“ShakeOut is an opportunity to work with partners across the Territory to ensure the VI’s readiness for a major impact such as a damaging earthquake,” Mr. Penn said. “Members of the public will hear the activation of the National Early Warning Multi-hazard Alert System, and they may see some evacuation activities happening from entities that evacuate as that part of their response plan.”
