Log In

Reset Password
BERMUDA | RSS PODCAST

Police and soldiers trained to ID disaster victims

Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security (File photograph)

Emergency services personnel have been trained in disaster victim identification after a knowledge gap was noticed.

Renée Ming, the national security minister, said Steve Cosham, the national disaster co-ordinator approached the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office after he noticed a lack of expertise in the field across the UK Overseas Territories.

Fifteen people, 12 police officers and three Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers, were later trained by two instructors.

A training session was also held for heads of relevant government agencies earlier this month.

The procedure is used for identification of the dead after large scale disasters.

Ms Ming told the House of Assembly last Friday that major incidents, including air crashes, industrial explosions, fires, acts of terrorism and serious natural disasters were rare but the island should be prepared.

The disaster risk reduction and mitigation team is now preparing a victim identification response plan to work across agencies.

To read the minister’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”.

You must be Registered or to post comment or to vote.

Published September 29, 2021 at 7:24 am (Updated September 29, 2021 at 7:24 am)

Police and soldiers trained to ID disaster victims

What you
Need to
Know
1. For a smooth experience with our commenting system we recommend that you use Internet Explorer 10 or higher, Firefox or Chrome Browsers. Additionally please clear both your browser's cache and cookies - How do I clear my cache and cookies?
2. Please respect the use of this community forum and its users.
3. Any poster that insults, threatens or verbally abuses another member, uses defamatory language, or deliberately disrupts discussions will be banned.
4. Users who violate the Terms of Service or any commenting rules will be banned.
5. Please stay on topic. "Trolling" to incite emotional responses and disrupt conversations will be deleted.
6. To understand further what is and isn't allowed and the actions we may take, please read our Terms of Service
7. To report breaches of the Terms of Service use the flag icon