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OUR OUTLOOK
To become a world-renowned, national disaster coordinating agency that is committed to working with our partners to develop Trinidad and Tobago into a disaster ready and resilient nation that will contribute to the nation’s and the region’s achievement of sustainable development.
Latest News and Advisories
Nov 5, 2025
🌊 Happy World Tsunami Awareness Day!
Today, the ODPM joins the global community in observing World Tsunami Awareness Day, shining a spotlight on the importance of building resilient, tsunami-ready communities across Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean. Tsunamis are rare, but when they strike,...
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Oct 20, 2025
Divali greeting from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management
🪔 Shubh Divali! -From the Office of Disaster Preparedness and...
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Oct 17, 2025
Tropical Wave Has Low Chance of Development Before Reaching T&T
The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) continues to monitor an active Tropical Wave located in the Central Tropical Atlantic, approximately 1900km east of the Southern Windward Islands. At this time, the system now has an even lower chance (near 0%)...
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OVERVIEW OF THE ODPM
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) is Trinidad and Tobago’s strategic disaster management coordinating agency. It is a Division of the Ministry of National Security and our principal focus is to strengthen the nation’s ability to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover effectively from severe hazards and complex emergencies that may threaten our society. To accomplish this, we take an integrated approach to reducing disaster and climate risks and managing disaster situations, when local level capacities are overwhelmed.
Our organisation’s vision is
“To become the premier regional Disaster Risk Management Organization”
.
Our mission is
“To build national Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) capabilities with our partners, and coordinate response and recovery operations in order to protect the people, environment and economy and ensure a disaster-resilient nation.”
To achieve our vision and mission, we take a comprehensive approach that seeks to encourage all organs of society, to participate in reducing existing disaster and climate risks, preventing new risks and managing residual risks.
The organisation comprises
five (5) main units
: Administrative Support and Finance; Mitigation Planning and Research; Preparedness and Response; Project Management; Public Information and Education Community Outreach; and Humanitarian Logistics & Supply Management (Awaiting Final Approval by Cabinet). In unison, these units collaborate with our partners, to deliver to Trinidad and Tobago and the wider region, high quality, disaster management services.
Our office also leads the
National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Multi-sectoral Committee.
This Cabinet appointed committee consists of representatives from the public and private sectors, and civil society organisations.
In addition, the ODPM is the national
focal point
for the implementation of the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
, which is the global disaster risk reduction and management strategy. Similarly, we are responsible for implementing in Trinidad and Tobago, CARICOM’s regional strategy, the
Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy
. In line with this, the ODPM is the country’s
focal point
for disaster response within CARICOM’s Southern sub-region. Along with Trinidad and Tobago, the other countries within the Southern sub-region include Grenada, Guyana and Suriname.
The ODPM’s main areas of work include but are not limited to the following:
Conducting disaster risk assessments
Resupplying response agencies and strengthening their capacity
Collecting, storing, analysing and disseminating disaster risk information; and knowledge management
Coordinating and distributing disaster relief in support of first response agencies
Strengthening and developing policies, legislation, programmes and plans
Conducting Logistics, Fleet and Facility Management
Mainstreaming disaster and climate risk reduction into sectors
Conducting impact analysis and field studies
Hazard tracking, mapping, and monitoring
Coordinating National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Month’s activities
Strengthening Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems, and emergency telecommunications
Educating the public education and conducting community outreaches
Conducting preparedness, response and recovery planning exercises/operations
Managing the ODPM’s Volunteer Programme
Advising strategic leaders and the disaster management community
Conducting Regional Response and Support Operations
Web EOC Portal
Press Releases
Alert Level: Green Level – No Alerts are in effect at this time.
Click below for further details.
Click Here
OUR OUTLOOK
To become a world-renowned, national disaster coordinating agency that is committed to working with our partners to develop Trinidad and Tobago into a disaster ready and resilient nation that will contribute to the nation’s and the region’s achievement of sustainable development.
Latest News and Advisories
Nov 5, 2025
🌊 Happy World Tsunami Awareness Day!
Today, the ODPM joins the global community in observing World Tsunami Awareness Day, shining a spotlight on the importance of building resilient, tsunami-ready communities across Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean. Tsunamis are rare, but when they strike,...
Read More
Oct 20, 2025
Divali greeting from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management
🪔 Shubh Divali! -From the Office of Disaster Preparedness and...
Read More
Oct 17, 2025
Tropical Wave Has Low Chance of Development Before Reaching T&T
The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) continues to monitor an active Tropical Wave located in the Central Tropical Atlantic, approximately 1900km east of the Southern Windward Islands. At this time, the system now has an even lower chance (near 0%)...
Read More
OVERVIEW OF THE ODPM
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) is Trinidad and Tobago’s strategic disaster management coordinating agency. It is a Division of the Ministry of National Security and our principal focus is to strengthen the nation’s ability to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover effectively from severe hazards and complex emergencies that may threaten our society. To accomplish this, we take an integrated approach to reducing disaster and climate risks and managing disaster situations, when local level capacities are overwhelmed.
Our organisation’s vision is
“To become the premier regional Disaster Risk Management Organization”
.
Our mission is
“To build national Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) capabilities with our partners, and coordinate response and recovery operations in order to protect the people, environment and economy and ensure a disaster-resilient nation.”
To achieve our vision and mission, we take a comprehensive approach that seeks to encourage all organs of society, to participate in reducing existing disaster and climate risks, preventing new risks and managing residual risks.
The organisation comprises
five (5) main units
: Administrative Support and Finance; Mitigation Planning and Research; Preparedness and Response; Project Management; Public Information and Education Community Outreach; and Humanitarian Logistics & Supply Management (Awaiting Final Approval by Cabinet). In unison, these units collaborate with our partners, to deliver to Trinidad and Tobago and the wider region, high quality, disaster management services.
Our office also leads the
National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Multi-sectoral Committee.
This Cabinet appointed committee consists of representatives from the public and private sectors, and civil society organisations.
In addition, the ODPM is the national
focal point
for the implementation of the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
, which is the global disaster risk reduction and management strategy. Similarly, we are responsible for implementing in Trinidad and Tobago, CARICOM’s regional strategy, the
Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy
. In line with this, the ODPM is the country’s
focal point
for disaster response within CARICOM’s Southern sub-region. Along with Trinidad and Tobago, the other countries within the Southern sub-region include Grenada, Guyana and Suriname.
The ODPM’s main areas of work include but are not limited to the following:
Conducting disaster risk assessments
Resupplying response agencies and strengthening their capacity
Collecting, storing, analysing and disseminating disaster risk information; and knowledge management
Coordinating and distributing disaster relief in support of first response agencies
Strengthening and developing policies, legislation, programmes and plans
Conducting Logistics, Fleet and Facility Management
Mainstreaming disaster and climate risk reduction into sectors
Conducting impact analysis and field studies
Hazard tracking, mapping, and monitoring
Coordinating National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Month’s activities
Strengthening Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems, and emergency telecommunications
Educating the public education and conducting community outreaches
Conducting preparedness, response and recovery planning exercises/operations
Managing the ODPM’s Volunteer Programme
Advising strategic leaders and the disaster management community
Conducting Regional Response and Support Operations