EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS
An earthquake just hit and traditional communications methods are down. You secured your home and family, this is what you should do next as a TEMA employee
What is "Report to the TEOC"
This event occurred in 1963
What is "Hurricane Flora"
This is Mr. Stewart's radio call sign
What is "Tango Hotel Alpha 1"
This acronym stands for the regional inter-governmental agency coordinating disaster response among CARICOM states.
What is CDEMA? (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency)
This is the primary agency we work alongside in handling domestic violence situations.
What is "the TTPS"
This hazard is caused by prolonged dry spells and can impact agriculture and water supply in Tobago.
What is drought?
This is where the Executive Room should be located in the TEOC
What is "Near the Operation Room"
Used in hazard mapping and disaster risk planning, this acronym refers to geographic technologies.
What is GIS? (Geographic Information System)
This coastal hazard can cause beach erosion and damage to marine infrastructure in Tobago, especially during tropical storms.
What is storm surge?
This department is responsible for the procurement of new tyres for TEMA's vehicles
What is "Admin/ Accounts?"
This causes an earthquake
What is "tectonic activity"
This is what the acroynym "DANA" stands for emergency management
What is "Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis?"
These colours are associated with TEOC activation level 1
What is "green and yellow"
Tobago is located near this tectonic plate boundary, making it vulnerable to seismic activity.
What is the Caribbean and South American plate boundary?
The regional center providing scientific and technical support for seismic and volcanic monitoring in the Eastern Caribbean.
What is UWI SRC? (University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre)
This type of hazard is most common in Tobago
What is "Threatening Tree"
This 2022 disaster preparedness exercise in Tobago simulated a tsunami impact scenario to test emergency response coordination.
What is the Caribe Wave exercise?
This international framework, adopted in 2015 in Japan, guides global efforts to reduce disaster risk through four priority actions and targets for 2030.
What is the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?