The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) wishes to advise the public that they will be conducting a live tsunami siren test for the Suva – Lami corridor at 11am, Monday 05th February, 2024.

This exercise is part of Government’s continued commitment towards improving its state of readiness for any tsunami event. The purpose of this exercise is to also test the functionality of the sirens.

There are a total of 13 sirens installed along the Suva foreshore, having an acoustic range of 1.2kms.

Locations of the sirens are as follows:

1. Water Authority of Fiji – Kinoya Sewerage Plant
2. FINTEL – Vatuwaqa
3. RFMF Officers Training School – Vatuwaqa
4. USP Statham
5. USP Lower Campus
6. USP Main campus
7. Veiuto Primary School
8. Government Training Centre – Nasese
9. 1-Taukei Trust Fund Board
10. SCC Civic Car park Rooftop
11. Biosecurity, Renown Street – Suva Central
12. Government Shipping Services – Walu Bay
13. Lami Town

ALL THIRTEEN (13) TSUNAMI SIRENS WILL BE ACTIVATED. However, NO EVACUATION iS REQUIRED.

For any further enquiries, please call the NDMO on 3319250 or email [email protected].

You can also get in touch via Facebook on @FiJiNDMO or Twitter on @FfiNDMO.

Source:NDMO