CATEGORY:DISASTER AWARENESS -------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Wednesday March 28,2007 by Rawle Titus First year students of the T.A. Marryshow Community College are claiming new found awareness of Disaster Management after receiving a baptism in the field. They have completed a visit to the fort Frederick headquarters of NaDMA and a tour around the country to study various mitigations sites. This included mitigation structures erected on the west coast after the storm surge caused by Hurricane Lilly, the Kick Em Jenny Monitoring centre in Marli St. Patricks, and slope stabilization features in Grand Etang, The students toured NaDMA headquarters and were briefed on a number of areas including the Emergency Operating centre. For most of the students, contact with the various communication devices including the Satellite telephones was a first time experience. “It was really a good experience, especially learning to use these VHF radios” said one student. “I learnt a lot. I never new they were equipment like that” said another who marveled at the range of communication devices at NaDMA. The students say the trip to mitigation sites around the country and to NaDMA headquarters have opened their eyes on the importance of Disaster Management. Some of the T.A. Marryshow Community College students have expressed strong interests in the field of Disaster Management.