{"id":4430,"date":"2025-10-25T22:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.odpem.org.jm\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2025-10-25T23:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:04:43","slug":"full-activation-of-the-national-emergency-operation-centre","status":"publish","type":"odpem_in_the_media","link":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/?odpem_in_the_media=full-activation-of-the-national-emergency-operation-centre","title":{"rendered":"Full Activation of the National Emergency Operation Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has activated the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) at high alert as Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensifies into a major hurricane. The Parish Emergency Operations Centers &amp; all Emergency Shelters have been activated.<\/p>\n<p>The National Emergency Management Mechanism <strong>Activation <\/strong>levels are as follows:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"207\"><strong>LEVEL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>PHASE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>STAFF<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"207\">Level 1<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Monitoring Phase<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">ODPEM staff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"207\">Level 2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Preparedness Phase<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">ODPEM, select first responders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"207\"><strong>Level 3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Full Response Phase<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>ODPEM, 1<sup>st<\/sup> responders &amp; support agencies<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Full activation of the NEOC involves all members of the National Response Team (NRT), reporting to the Centre and responding to all incidents pertaining to their portfolio responsibility.<\/p>\n<h4>PARISH EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS<\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\"><strong>EOC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"338\"><strong>Telephone<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">National EOC (ODPEM)<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">876-906-7668; 888-225-5637<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">KSA<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">967-3329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">CLARENDON<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">986-2216<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">HANOVER<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">956-2426<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">MANCHESTER<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">962-2278\/9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">PORTLAND<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">993-2665<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">ST. ANN<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">972-2615\/6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">ST. CATHERINE<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">984-3111\/2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">ST. ELIZABETH<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">965-2256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">ST. JAMES<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">952-5500\/2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">ST. MARY<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">994-2212<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">ST. THOMAS<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">982-9449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">TRELAWNY<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">954-3228<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\">WESTMORELAND<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\">955-2655<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4369,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_angie_page":false},"odpem_news":[],"class_list":["post-4430","odpem_in_the_media","type-odpem_in_the_media","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/odpem_in_the_media\/4430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/odpem_in_the_media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/odpem_in_the_media"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"odpem_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.odpem.gov.jm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fodpem_news&post=4430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}