Four organisations, which participated in the All Hazard Risk Reduction and Safety Fair in Anguilla on June 15, have won awards for the best booths.The gifts were presented by newly-appointed Manager of Scotia Bank, Pamela Herbert-Daniel, on Tuesday this week.
The Anguilla Electricity Company had the booth with the best safety presentation and demonstration regarding sound practices. These included messages that would improve levels of alertness, mitigation and risk reduction. ANGLEC, represented by Terone Hodge-Carty, was presented with two First Aid kits.
A fire extinguisher went to SOL for having the booth with the most interaction with visitors during question and answer sessions. The presentation was made to Hewlette Gumbs, SOL’s local Manager.
The award from the booth with the best safety activity was won by the Anguilla Fire & Rescue Services. It was adjudged to have had the best creative and stimulating activities regarding safety. Those who received three safety vests were Chief Fire Officer, Martin Richardson, and Officers Elridge Richardson and Avita Thomson.
The Department of Disaster Management was awarded for having the booth whose presentation and demonstration best described the theme of the fair: “Safer Practices Equals Safer Lives”. The prize was a back support belt. It was presented to Alwyn J. Richardson, Mitigation Offficer, Disaster Management.
Earlier in the presentation ceremony, Chairman of the Essential Services Sub-committee, Bancroft Battick, said Scotia Bank was this year’s new donor. He hoped that the public/private partnership would continue for a long time.
“We are hoping that other agencies will come on board for 2013,” he said. “Even though we have just finished this year’s event, we are already planning for next year’s safety.”
Newly-appointed Scotia Bank Manager, Pamela Herbert-Daniel, said the bank was pleased to be associated with the Department of Disaster Management in the presentation of the prizes. “Scotia Bank has been promoting the practice of disaster management from since the early 1980s,” she stated.
“In 1989, we officially established a Business Continuity Plan Unit as we recognised that this is a very important management discipline. Scotia Bank is one of the first institutions in Canada to set up a permanent unit of this type. The underlining concept is simply that if we take some elementary steps, we can put ourselves in a position where we continue to offer our customers service when disruption hits our workplace.”
She wished the Department of Disaster Management every success in its work.
