The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) of the Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD) and national key stakeholders participated in the 15th edition of the regional Indian Ocean Waver Exercise (IOWAVE) 2025 on Wednesday 5th November 2025, held at the Seychelles National Museum. The IOWAVE exercise is a biennial regional simulation designed to test the Standard […]

As part of this year’s youth engagement programme commemorating the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR), the Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD) partnered with the Seychelles Institute of Technology (SIT) to organise an educational site visit under the St. Louis Hill Stabilisation Project. The initiative aimed to bridge classroom learning with real-world application, giving […]

In commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, held under the global theme “Fund Resilience, Not Disaster”, nations are being urged to invest in proactive measures that reduce disaster risks, enhance preparedness, and strengthen national resilience before crises strikes. To mark this occasion, the Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD), in collaboration with […]

Theme: “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters” Today, as we commemorate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, we arereminded that true progress lies not in how we respond to disasters, but in how we prepare forand prevent them. This year’s theme, “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters,” challenges us to look beyond shortterm recovery and to invest in […]

The Disaster Risk Management Division, in collaboration with key stakeholders, is working intensively to mitigate the residual risks from the rockfall that occurred on Monday, 15th September 2025, at Des Arpent, Beoliere, Port Glaud

The Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD) wishes to inform the public that following the rockfall incident of 15th September 2025 at Beoliere, Port Glaud, the affected zone has been formally declared a Potential Disaster Area under the Disaster Risk Management Act, 2014. Technical assessments have confirmed that a large overhanging boulder slab, estimated to weigh […]