Motorists and pedestrians are being advised to adhere to the rules of the road in light of startling statistics.
Concerns for the motoring public are mounting as traffic accidents continue to rise. According to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, 243 traffic accidents have been recorded to date.

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The Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services Department is cautioning the Virgin Islands community to avoid ventilating a fire.

This statement came as a result of a building fire that occurred at Belmont West End on March 10. According to Acting Chief Fire Officer Mr. William Penn a fire was reported at 6:42 a.m. at a three story apartment building located in Belmont, West End, where the residents of the apartment tried to open up the door to extinguish the fire without proper equipment.

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Leading Fire Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians Messrs Benson Thomas and Gaston Walters are currently on an attachment with the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Brigade in the United Kingdom from February 6th to 24th as the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue services continues to build capacity.

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The month of October has been designated as fire preparedness month by the Public Information and Education (PIE) Sub-committee of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC).

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Ten students from the BVI Technical Vocational Institute received certificates of achievement for participating in the Fire Safety Awareness Week Cadet Training Programme during a closing ceremony held yesterday at the Fire and Rescue Services headquarters.

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The Fire and Rescue Services Department kicked off their silver anniversary celebrations of Fire Safety Awareness Week during a luncheon held on Sunday 2nd October on Tortola.

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The Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services (VIFRS) is gearing up to celebrate 25 years as a department and 15 years of its Annual Fire Safety Awareness Week from October 2 – 9, under the theme, “Celebrating 25 Years of Educating, Preventing and Protecting for a Safer Community”.

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The Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services (VIFRS) is gearing up to celebrate 25 years as a department and 15 years of its Annual Fire Safety Awareness Week in October.

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The Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services (VIFRS) Department is asking the public to be diligent when handling open flames.

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Fire officers from the Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago are this week attending the Junior Officers Leadership Academy (JOLA) workshop on Tortola, geared towards educating officers in the modern concepts of leadership and management.

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Deputy Chief Fire Officer Mr. William Penn is praising the diligent efforts of first responders within the BVI Fire and Rescue Services Department for successfully extricating a female driver from her wrecked motor vehicle in the vicinity of Baugher’s Bay.

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Within the last week the BVI Fire and Rescue Services Department has responded to eight fire calls resulting from backyard or pasture burning, which continues to be a problem for the Fire and Rescue Services Department says Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Mr. William Penn.

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A house explosion prompts the BVI Fire and Rescue Services Department to educate the community about the dangers of improper storage of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG).

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Eighteen Fire Officers gear up to take the National Registry exam in an effort to become nationally certified as Emergency Medical Technicians.

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The Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services Department is notifying the public that the Territory is experiencing a dry period and persons should refrain from control burning.

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Twenty fire officers from the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services Department are undergoing intense training to become certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).

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Ninety percent of fire officers who embarked on Emergency Management Technician Training received certification following a six-week training course facilitated by the World Wide International Emergency Medical Services Inc. (WIEMS), of Washington, District of Columbia.

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Fifteen officers from the Fire and Rescue Services Department are participating in a Leadership for Changing Times Course offered by the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College as part of efforts to build capacity within the department.

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