The Disaster Management Coordination Agency (DMCA) and the Montserrat Port Authority (MPA) continue to upgrade the skills of their volunteers on Montserrat to respond to oil spill events onshore and offshore.

Three individuals from Montserrat received training in Ambipar Response in best practices for managing oil spill events in the British Virgin Islands this month.

They are Forestry Officer Lloyd Martin, Sergeant Melvin Lindsey of the Royal Montserrat Defence Force (RMDF) and Kayla Ryan of the Montserrat Port Authority.

Thirty-five participants from the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and Turks and Caicos, as well as partners from the private sector, received training from Ambipar Response in best practices for managing oil spill events.

The sessions were held on February 8 to 10 and February 13 to 16 and covered the essentials of managing oil spill response including contingency planning, responder safety, spilt oil behaviour, oil containment and removal, and shoreline management.

The series of workshops were funded by the United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.

Source: BVIDDM