Tag: National Emergency Operations Centre
NEOC activated and roads closed due to flooding
(CNS): The National Emergency Operations Centre was partially activated Monday to provide coordinated and tactical relief to people affected by flooding in Grand Cayman. Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) is leading a collaboration of offices, including the RCIPS, the Cayman Islands Coast Guard, the CI Fire Service, the Emergency Medical Services, the Cadet Corps and […]
Storm season opens against COVID-19 backdrop
(CNS): The weather in the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea was quiet Monday, as the 2020 hurricane season began against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Emergency Operations Centre team, already deployed as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis, has been simultaneously preparing for a hurricane season that promises to be relatively […]
Beat officers handing out reusable masks
(CNS): Community police officers have been handing out tens of thousands of cloth face masks on all three Cayman Islands. The masks were procured from Jamaica and the US through the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) and are being distributed to members of the public and to front-line staff from public safety and customer facing […]
CIG grapples with global COVID-19 outbreak
(CNS); In response to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has now infected more than 90,000 people in 73 countries and territories and killed more than 3,000, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has announced “the partial activation” of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC). A flu hotline will be set up for anyone […]
CIG invests $120k to adapt GAB space for emergency ops
(CNS): Millions of dollars are being saved by adapting existing space in the Government Administration Building (GAB) on Elgin Avenue for the National Emergency Operations Centre instead of developing a stand-alone centre, officials have said. A conference room on the second floor of the GAB is being reconfigured as an emergency centre for 911 operators […]
