The Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Manage-ment Agency (CDEMA) has lauded the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on the execution of its annual Disaster Pre-paredness and Response exercise – Exercise Floodgate 2013 and for steps taken to boost disaster preparedness in Region Nine.
International evaluator, Brigadier General (rtd) Earl Arthurs of the CDEMA Coordinating Unit said he was satisfied with the planning and execution of Floodgate 2013. Arthurs commended Director General Colonel (rtd) Chabilall Ramsarup and the CDC staff for their commitment to boosting the nation’s disaster