VITEMA along with VI Fire Services and the VI Department of Public Works will distribute filled sandbags for all residents from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on Thursday, August 5, and Friday August 6, 2021.

The TAP Grant provides grant funding for short-term projects intended to meet the immediate needs of the insular areas.

In July, soldiers from the Alpha Company of the 249th Engineer Battalion of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers spent a week in the USVI honing their power assessment skills as part of a training mission.

Call-Center hours will resume Tuesday, June 1, 2021 from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm.

VITEMA will begin distributing 6,000 free Hurricane Tracking Maps for use by the public beginning, May 10 on all four U.S. Virgin Islands.

The multi-day event will educate volunteers about preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area and will train them in basic disaster response such as fire safety, team organization, light search and rescue and disaster medical operations.

In partnership with American Signal Corporation, new tsunami siren installation started on Tuesday, April 6th, 2021.

Deputy Director Browne started at VITEMA in 2018 and was instrumental in the success, approval, and implementation of several plans.

Two-day Hazard Mitigation virtual workshop on November 5, and November 6.

Fill out a short online survey to help emergency personnel.

St. Croix & St. Thomas: Friday Sep 18, 2020. St. John: Friday Sep 25, 2020.

The updated outlook calls for 19-25 named storms, of which 7-11 will become hurricanes.

Make sure your generator has been serviced and tested in advance.

All Child Care Operators are required to submit their re-opening plans to the Office of Child Care and Regulatory Services prior to re-opening on a larger scale.

From Tuesday, June 22, 8 AM AST through at least Thursday, June 24, with highest concentrations today through Tuesday evening.

All risk planning for the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season remains uninterrupted during the Territory’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beginning March 26, VITEMA and territorial partners will be operating a special Hotline from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 7 days per week to answer non-medical questions you may have on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) impact to the Territory.

Effective March 24, all in-person business operations, to include community access to VITEMA facilities territory wide, acceptance and processing of Curfew Pass Applications, and in-office appointments are suspended until after April 6, 2020.

Ms. Barbara Petersen will serve as the Agency’s Assistant Director and Mr. Steve De Blasio will serve as the Deputy Director of Logistics.

Caribe Wave Tsunami Drill and Operation Extra Credit: Active Shooter Exercise for high schools cancelled, both were scheduled for March 19.