The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice (TTMS) has is­sued an Ad­verse Weath­er Alert for Trinidad and To­ba­go with ef­fect from 5:00 a.m. to­mor­row un­til 8:00 p.m. on Thurs­day 22 Sep­tem­ber. 

The Of­fice of Dis­as­ter Pre­pared­ness and Man­age­ment (ODPM) is ask­ing cit­i­zens to pre­pare for ad­verse weath­er con­di­tions, by fol­low­ing the guide­lines list­ed be­low:  

1. Fol­low of­fi­cial sources, such as the ODPM, TT MET Of­fice, the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment (MRDLG) and TEMA’s so­cial me­dia and web­sites for up­dates  

2. Re­duce haz­ards in and around your prop­er­ty, such as over­hang­ing trees, clogged drains, un­se­cured roof sheet­ing and any items that can be­come mis­siles dur­ing high winds. Make/ Re­view Emer­gency/Busi­ness Con­ti­nu­ity Plan 

3. Dis­cuss with fam­i­ly mem­bers what ac­tions they should take if im­pact­ed by haz­ards aris­ing from the ad­verse weath­er. 

4. En­sure nec­es­sary con­tact in­for­ma­tion is writ­ten, se­cured and avail­able to your fam­i­ly mem­bers  

5. Dis­cuss eas­i­ly ac­ces­si­ble and safe lo­ca­tions to meet in the event that you are sep­a­rat­ed. Pre­pare Emer­gency Re­sources 

6. As­sem­ble emer­gency sup­plies to last at least 3 - 7 days.  

7. In light of COVID-19 guide­lines, in­clude ex­tra face masks, gloves and hand sani­tis­ers in your emer­gency kits or grab-and-go bags.  

8. Store all your im­por­tant doc­u­ments in a wa­ter­proof bag. Get In­volved and As­sist Oth­ers 

9. Take ac­tion around your prop­er­ty- clear gut­ters and drains.  

10. As­sist neigh­bours and the el­der­ly in pre­ven­tion and pre­pared­ness ac­tiv­i­ties. 

In case per­sons are im­pact­ed by ad­verse weath­er, im­me­di­ate­ly con­tact the Mu­nic­i­pal Cor­po­ra­tions’ Dis­as­ter Man­age­ment Units and the To­ba­go Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency (TEMA) via the rel­e­vant hot­line num­bers be­low:  

Diego Mar­tin Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-DM­RC (3672) 

San Juan/Laven­tille Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-SLRC (7572) 

Ari­ma Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-2ABC (2222) 

Tu­na­puna/Pi­ar­co Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-TPRC (8772) 

Port-of-Spain City Cor­po­ra­tio  

800-PSCC (7722) 

San­gre Grande Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-SGRC (7472) 

Ch­agua­nas Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-DCBC (3222) 

Cou­va/Tabaquite/Tal­paro Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion  

800-CTTC (2882) 

Ma­yaro/Rio Claro Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tio  

800-4MRC (4672) 

Princes Town Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-PTRC (7872) 

Point Fortin Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-PFCB (7322) 

San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-SC­DU (7238) 

Pe­nal/Debe Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-PDRC (7372) 

Siparia Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion 

800-4SRC (4772)  

To­ba­go Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency: 211