Six winning exhibitors at the recently-held All Hazard Risk Reduction & Safety Fair were presented with awards, at Viceroy Anguilla on Tuesday, July 1, by the Department of Disaster Management. The recipients received bags containing various safety materials.
In order of the first to sixth winning positions, the specially-recognised exhibitors were as follows:
ANGLEC for having the booth with the best creativity, imagination and originality and key messages regarding the Safety Fair theme of the fair; Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for best use of products, images and visuals in booth design; the Water Lab for best booth staff’s enthusiasm, friendliness and interaction with attendees and addressing the needs of the spectators; the Anguilla Fire & Rescue Services for best overall promotional giveaways, overall appearance and experience; the Nutrition and Health Promotion Unit for having the most hand-outs in multiple languages; and the overall booth winners were the Anguilla Red Cross and the Department of Infrastructure, Communications and Utilities.
ANGLEC’s General Manager, Mr David Gumbs, and Viceroy’s Director of Loss Prevention, Mr John Plude, spoke about the importance of practising safety at home and at the workplace. Other speakers were Mr Bancroft Battick, Chief Engineer at MICU, and Ms Melissa Meade, Director of Disaster Management.
The theme of the safety fair was “Prevent the worst by putting safety First.”
