DECEMBER 2007

• ROOF DAMAGED AT MT. THOMAS-12/28/2007.  DUE TO HEAVY WINDS THAT BLEW IN THE AREA THE ROOF WHICH IS MADE OF SHINGLES IS LEAKING.

• STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE AT CRADLEY ROAD, CONCORDIA-  12/27/07.  DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL, THE WATER RUNS THROUGH THE LAND CAUSING THE HOUSE TO LEAN AND THE GALVANIZE OF THE HOUSE LEAKS. VICTIM WAS ADVISED TO SEEK ACCOMMODATION AT A RELATIVE.  REPORT WAS COMPLETED AND FORWARDED TO SOCIAL SERVICES FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENT.

• LANDSLIDE AT MASON HALL-12/19/2007.   DUE TO HEAVY RAINS, A LANDSLIDE CAME DOWN AT THE SIDE OF A DWELLING HOUSE.  WATER IS ENTERING THE HOUSE FROM THE BACK AND HAS STARTED ALSO AT THE FRONT.  A CERT TEAM DEPLOYED TO LOCATION, RECONNAISSANCE DONE AND A MAN POWER TEAM DEPLOYED TO ASSIST IN THE CLEARING OF THE LANDSLIDE.

• LANDSLIDE AND FLOODING AT WHIM- 12/19/2007.  A LANDSLIDE CAME DOWN NEAR DWELLING HOUSE WHICH  CAUSED DRAINS TO OVERFLOW AND WATER TO BACK-UP CAUSING FLOODING IN THE HOUSE WHICH DAMAGED FOOD SUPPLIES.  A LAMP POLE IS TWO (2) FEET FROM THE LANDSLIDE AND IF RAINS CONTINUE, DAMAGE TO THE POLE IS POSSIBLE.

• LANDSLIDE AT TOP HILL, SPEYSIDE- 12/19/2007.  THERE WAS A LANDSLIDE ON THE BACK OF A DWELLING HOUSE AT TOP HILL, SPEYSIDE WITH DEBRIS PUSHED AGAINST THE WALL OF THE HOUSE.  A CERT TEAM WAS DEPLOYED TO DO RECONNAISSANCE WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. 

• FALLEN TREE AT NORTH SIDE ROAD, CONCORDIA- 12/18/2007.  A FALLEN TREE PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE ROAD WAY @ NORTHSIDE RD, CONCORDIA.  CERT MOBILE 1 REQUEST TSTT ASSISTANCE WITH THE CLEARING OF THE ENTWINED CABLE.

• TREE BLOCKING ROAD AT SANDY RIVER ,MASON HALL- 12/13/07.  A TREE FELL IN SANDY RIVER PULLING DOWN POWER LINES AND BLOCKING THE ROAD. ALSO, THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN SANDY RIVER WENT AS A RESULT OF THE FALLEN TREE. T&TEC WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND A CLEANUP TEAM WAS DEPLOYED TO CLEAR THE DEBRIS FROM THE ROADWAY.

Earthquake west of Trinidad 12th December, 2007- On Wednesday 12th December at 4:31pm local time, an earthquake was recorded which was reported felt in Bamboo Settlement, Santa Cruz, Maraval, Port of Spain and St. Helena. The preliminary location of the event is 10.70°N 62.41°W, approximately 110km west of Port of Spain, with a depth of 94km and magnitude of 4.1. A map of the event can be found here.

• BOAT TURNS OVER DUE TO ROUGH SEAS AT SPEYSIDE- 12/12/2007.

• LARGE TREE TRUNK BLOCKING RIVER AT WILSON ROAD- 12/12/07.  DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER A LARGE TREE TRUNK BLOCKED RIVER COURSE AT THE BRIDGE BETWEEN T&TEC AND SCARBOROUGH MARKET.

• LAND SLIDE AT BAY HILL, PARLATUVIER- 12/12/2007. THE LANDSLIDE IS THREATENING A DWELLING HOUSE.  CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED SCENE AND CONDUCTED RECONNAISSANCE.

• BUILDING THREATENED BY RIVER AT RISELAND DUE TO POOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION- 12/12/2007.

• HOUSE FLOODED AT CANAAN - 12/12/2007.  A CERT TEAM VISITED THE SCENE AND CONDUCTED RECONNAISSANCE.

• LANDSLIDE BLOCKING PARLATUVIER ROAD- 12/12/2007. A CERT TEAM VISITED THE SCENE CONDUCTED RECONNAISSANCE, THEN DIPU WAS CONTACTED AND MOBILIZED WITH THE PARLATUVIER ROAD NOW CLEAR FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

• LANDSLIDE AND FLOODING AT KING STREET, DELAFORD- 12/12/2007.  A CERT TEAM VISITED THE SCENE TO  CONDUCT RECONNAISSANCE AND REQUESTED ADDED RESOURCES TO BRING THE INCIDENT UNDER CONTROL. A URP TEAM WAS DEPLOYED TO CLEAN UP THE LANDSLIDE BEHIND DWELLING HOUSE.

NOVEMBER 2007

• Earthquake east of Martinique- 29th November, 2007.  On Thursday afternoon 29th November at 3:00 p.m. local time, an earthquake occurred off the east coast of Martinique. The preliminary location for the event is 14.70°N 60.89°W, the focal depth is 121km and the preliminary magnitude is 7.3.

The event was reported as felt in Puerto Rico, Antigua, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Tobago and Guadeloupe. Thus far there have been reports of damage in St. Vincent.

There were no threats of a tsunami from this event. This is one of the largest events to be recorded in the Eastern Caribbean in historic times.

A map of the event can be found here.

A resident checks the damages on his apartment building in Barbados after a 7.3 earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean

Damaged building in Fort-de-France, Martinique following the 29/11/07 earthquake.

• Earthquake With Magnitude of 7.3 Rocks Caribbean

• Aftershocks follow 7.3 quake- IN THE wake of Thursday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake which rocked the Caribbean region, at least six aftershocks ranging from 3.5 to 4.8 on the Richter Scale were recorded near the epicentre of Thursday’s quake between the islands of Martinique and Dominica.

• Earthquake tsunami rumours shake St. Lucia

• CHLORINE LEAK AT  HILLSBOROUGH DAM, MT. ST GEORGE DAM- 11/26/07.  AT ABOUT 8:30 AM FIRE SERVICE CONTACTED NEMA TOBAGO TO REPORT A CHLORINE LEAK AT THE HILLSBOROUGH DAM MT. ST GEORGE, TOBAGO. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT WASA NEEDED ASSISTANCE IN CONTAINING THE CYLINDER WITH LEAKING CHLORINE. A BRIEFING WITH THE FIRE SERVICE, WASA AND NEMA TEAM TOOK PLACE AT THE NEMA TOBAGO EOC. AFTER AN INCIDENT ACTION PLAN WAS ESTABLISHED, EMERGENCY TEAMS LEFT THE EOC TO RESPOND TO THE INCIDENT.

WITHIN MINUTES OF THE ANSA HAZMAT TEAM ARRIVING ON THE SCENE, THE SECURING OF THE CYLINDER WAS COMPLETED AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AT THE MT. ST GEORGE DAM WERE STOOD DOWN.

TWO (2) VICTIMS OF EXPOSURE  WERE TREATED BY CERT TECHNICIANS ON THE SCENE AND LATER TRANSPORTED TO THE SCARBOROUGH REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT AND OBSERVATION.

• TUG AND BARGE RUN AGROUND IN JOHN DIAL-11/26/2007.  A TUG AND BARGE CARRYING A CONTAINER AND OTHER MATERIAL, RAN AGROUND INTO THE ROCKS IN THE JOHN DIAL AREA.

• FALLEN TREE ON POWER LINES AND BLOCKING ROAD WAY AT CAMPBELTON, CHARLOTTEVILLE- 11/24/07. CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED THE SCENE CONDUCTED AND COMPLETE RECONNAISSANCE.

• ROUGH SEAS CAUSE SURGES AT MAN OF WAR BAY CHARLOTTEVILLE  WITH THE SEA ENTERING THE MAIN ROAD- 11/24/07. CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED THE SCENE CONDUCTED AND COMPLETE RECONNAISSANCE. MET SERVICE IS MONITORING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS CAUSING THESE SWELLS, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THEIR PEAK BY MONDAY 26TH NOVEMBER, 2007.

• LANDSLIDE AT WINDWARD ROAD MT. ST. GEORGE- 11/19/07. DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NOVEMBER 17TH SEVERE WEATHER A LANDSLIDE CAME DOWN BELOW THIS DWELLING HOUSE ERODING THE BANK COMPLETELY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ACCESS THE HOUSE.  CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED THE SCENE AND CONDUCTED RECONNAISSANCE.

• LANDSLIDE AT BACK OF HOUSE AT HILL TOP CROWN TRACE BELLE GARDEN- 11/15/07.  LANDSLIDE AT THE BACK OF HOUSE ABOUT 3 TO 4FT FROM  A CORNER COLUMN POSING THREAT TO HOUSE (NEAR BEDROOM). THE LANDSLIDE EXPOSED HALF THE SEPTIC TANK WHERE DIRT WAS REMOVED ON THURSDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2007.

• DAMAGED HOME AT JAMES STREET, GOODWOOD- 11/18/07.  HEAVY RAINS ON SATURDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2007. THE POSTS KEEPING THE HOUSE STANDING, BROKE CAUSING THE HOUSE TO SLANT. ASSISTANCE WAS RENDERED BY NEIGHBOURS. THE FRIDGE AND STOVE WERE DAMAGED IN THIS INCIDENT. 

• LANDSLIDE AT ZION HILL, BELLE GARDEN- 11/18/07.  THE LAND SLIDE CAME DOWN TO THE BACK OF THE DWELLING HOUSE.  CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED THE SCENE CONDUCTED AND COMPLETE RECONNAISSANCE.

• LANDSLIDE AT NORTHSIDE ROAD, MORIAH- 11/18/07.  A LANDSLIDE AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IS NOW THREATENING THE DWELLING

• LANDSLIDE AT BLOODY BAY ROAD, ROXBOROUGH- 11/17/07.  CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED SCENE AND CONDUCTED RECONNAISSANCE.

• DAMAGED BRIDGE AT BLOODY BAY ROAD, ROXBOROUGH- 11/17/07.  THE BRIDGE GOT DAMAGED DUE TO CLOGGED DRAINS AND HEAVY WATER FLOW DURING THE NOVEMBER 17TH 2007 SEVERE WEATHER.  RECONNAISSANCE WAS DONE ON THE BRIDGE, REPORT PRINTED AND FORWARDED FOR ACTION.

• FLOODING ON WASA COMPOUND HAMPDEN, LOWLANDS- 11/17/07.  FLOODING OCCURRED DUE TO THE CLOGGING OF A PERIMETER DRAIN. HOWEVER THE WATER LEVEL SUBSIDED. FLOODING ON COMPOUND WAS INVESTIGATED BY DIPU, PRINTED REPORT PROVIDED IN INCIDENT.

• ON 11/17/07, A WALL COLLAPSED AT COCONUT DRIVE, BELLE GARDEN WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE DIPU.   CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED SCENE CONDUCTED AND COMPLETE RECONNAISSANCE. REPORT WAS PRINTED AND FORWARDED FOR ACTION.

• TREE FELL ON THE ROOF CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROOF AT NEW SCHEME, SPEYSIDE ON 11/17/07. CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED SCENE CONDUCTED AND COMPLETE RECONNAISSANCE. TEAM COMPLETED TASK OF CLEARING TREE AND RETURNED TO BASE.

• LANDSLIDE AT BIG RIVER MASON HALL AND BLOCKING ROAD- 11/17/07. CERT MOBILE ONE VISITED AND DEPARTED THE SCENE, REPORT WAS PRINTED AND FORWARDED TO DIPU. THE ROAD AREA IS CURRENTLY BEING CLEARED AT BIG RIVER.

• FALLEN TREE AT IDLE WILD, GLEN ROAD PAST JONES MOTORS, PARTIALLY BLOCKING ROADWAY- 11/17/07.  REPORT WAS PRINTED AND FORWARDED TO DIPU.
   

• LAND SLIPPAGE BELOW DWELLING HOUSE AT TOP RIVER, CHARLOTTEVILLE- 11/17/07.  DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED ON NOVEMBER 17TH 2007 THE LAND IS SLIPPING AWAY BELOW.

OCTOBER 2007

• LANDSLIDE AT CASTARA-10/31/2007. THIS LANDSLIDE BROKE A RETAINING WALL THAT IS PRESENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED. CERT TECHNICIANS VISITED SITE AND COMPILED REPORT WHICH WAS THEN FORWARDED FOR ASSESSMENT.

• TREE BLOCKING ROAD AT RUNNEMEDE LOCAL ROAD 10/29/2007. AT 8:32AM IT WAS REPORTED A TREE FELL, BLOCKING TRACK AT RUNNEMEDE LOCAL ROAD WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO ROAD USERS.

• FALLEN RETAINING WALL AT DESVIGNES ROAD, MORIAH- 10/28/2007.  A TEAM OF TWO TECHNICIANS DEPARTED STATION TO CONDUCT AND COMPLETE RECONNAISSANCE.  THE INCIDENT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC UTILITIES (DIPU) FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.

• POWER OUTAGE IN MORIAH TO CHARLOTTEVILLE-15/11/2007. AT 4:20 AM A POWER OUTAGE WAS EXPERIENCED IN MORIAH. IT WAS OBSERVED BY THE CERT TEAM THE LOSS OF POWER WAS DUE TO FALLEN POWER LINES IN THE ENGLISHMAN'S BAY AREA.

• FALLEN TREE AT CHARLOTTEVILLE, 10/14/2007.  A TEAM OF THREE TECHNICIANS ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE ROADWAY HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE CERT TEAM.

• LANDSLIDE AT KING STREET, DELAFORD- 10/14/200.  TEAM OF TWO TECHNICIANS DEPARTED THE BASE TO CONDUCTED RECON, CONTRACTOR CONTACTED, THE TASK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

• TREE BLOCKING HOUSE at CRAPO VILLAGE, SPEYSIDE- 10/02/200. THREE TECHNICIANS WERE MOBILIZING AND ATTENDED TO INCIDENT.

JULY 2007

• STRONG WINDS SHIFTED HOUSE ON 13TH JULY, 2007, HOWEVER ON THE 27TH JULY, 2007 THE HOUSE COLLAPSE INTO THE GULLY.  NEIGHBOURS ASSISTED IN GETTING THE STRUCTURE OUT OF THE GULLY. THE INCIDENT AND ITS DETAILS HAVE BEING FORWARDED FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.