HURRICANE BERYL: the French Red Cross mobilizes to help vulnerable populations in the Caribbean
Three days ago, the southern Caribbean felt the impact of the first hurricane of the season, exceptionally early and powerful. Rated category 5 on the night of July 2, it is considered "potentially catastrophic" by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), with winds of...
Hurricane season 2024: forecasts predict high activity
Meteorologists* are unanimous: this year's hurricane activity, which runs from June 1 to November 30, will be well above average in the Caribbean.. Against this backdrop, PIRAC is actively monitoring the region to anticipate cyclonic risks until November. In advance...
Pre-hurricane season: how can we be best prepared? Let’s take a look back at the “Pre-Hurricane Conference 2024”
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) brings together every year the National Societies of the Americas and various technical and scientific organizations such as PIRAC to take part in the “Pre-Hurricane Conference” (PHC). With...
2023 key moments
Whether in schools, with the general public, or with actors involved in disaster preparedness, PIRAC carried out various activities in 2023 alongside its financial and operational partners. In 2024, PIRAC will be stepping up its activities at various levels in the...
Raising general public awareness on disaster response law : a virtual exhibition to learn more about the subject
A virtual exhibition to raise public awareness on disaster law was launched by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and the PIRAC in December 2023 as part of the READY 360 project.Through a series of videos and interviews, it aims to...
The construction of a new regional humanitarian warehouse in Guadeloupe is starting
PIRAC has undertaken to build and equip a regional humanitarian warehouse in Guadeloupe. This will enable the pre-positioning of a stock of essential goods and humanitarian equipment which, when integrated into a network of emergency actors, will strengthen disaster...
6 National Societies and the IFRC join forces with PIRAC to build a regional READY360° awareness campaign
From December 28 to 30, 2023, PIRAC organized a regional workshop in Saint-Martin with the participation of the International Federation of the Red Cross and 6 Caribbean National Societies, as part of the READY360° program (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada,...
Raising awareness on seismic risk: several PIRAC activities in Guadeloupe and Martinique
Throughout November, various activities were carried out in Guadeloupe and Martinique to raise the general public's awareness on seismic risk, actions to take and protective measures. Replik 2023 in Martinique : « Avan la tè tranblé, An nou pran gad »On November...
A civil military cooperation workshop for the Caribbean to be held from From November 27th to December 1st, 2023
The Caribbean is one of the regions of the world most exposed to natural hazards, and is regularly affected by disasters and crises that tend to intensify with climate change. Faced with the scale of certain crises, civilian humanitarian aid resources can sometimes be...
Regional Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in the School Environment: Caribbean stakeholders gather on November 22 and 23 in Guadeloupe.
PIRAC is organizing its Regional Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Educational sector on November 22 and 23 in Guadeloupe. This workshop brings together a number of technical representatives from the education and risk prevention sectors, with the aim of...