ODMTT Supports Tobago Oil Spill Clean Up Efforts

Release ODMTT

Today, Friday, 9th February 2024, the ODPM, with assistance from the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) provided a number of Tyvek suits, hazmat bins, reflective vests, wheel barrows, shovels, pitch forks, goggles, steel-toe boots, collapsible barrels, and roll polythene to the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA). These items will aid the ongoing oil spill clean-up and containment effort following the overturning of a vessel in the vicinity of Canoe Bay.

The provision of these items marks a crucial step in the national response to this impact as part of our collective mission to serve communities in times of need.