Is Anegada the ‘forgotten land?’- Resident asks
In an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online on Friday September 30, 2016, this resident who chose to remain anonymous said the straw that broke the camel’s back was a vessel that was sinking just off the island on Friday night and the Fire and Rescue services did not even have transportation to carry a pump.
Instead, a call had to be made to the Water and Sewerage Department for the use of their only truck on the island to transport the needed equipment for the job.
“This been going on for years. A boat is either taking in water or sinking and we don’t have a fire department in Anegada. They don’t have anything whatsoever to use here,” the source said.
“The name is Fire and Rescue but right now here its name is fire and let down, fire with no hope.”
The source pointed out that if, God forbids, someone’s house is on fire there is a great risk that they may lose their property.
Our information revealed that the Water and Sewerage Department has one employee and is the only one with a truck; the Public Works Department has one employee and no equipment and the Fire and Rescue Services, two officers and no vehicles.
Meanwhile, Chief Fire Officer Zebalon A. McLean confirmed to Virgin Islands News Online this morning, October 3, 2016 that indeed there is no fire truck on Anegada, noting that the one stationed there is not in workign order. "We have been trying to get that one back into operation for some time now. The thing is it has basically served its time and we have been asking for new trucks, and we did get a new one last year but we need more. We understand too that Government has to prioritise [its spending]," Mr McLean stated.
Residents of Anegada have long been crying for proper representation, with many of the view that it is time it becomes a district of its own. Anegada is currently a part of the Ninth District.
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26 Responses to “Is Anegada the ‘forgotten land?’- Resident asks”
@$$$$$$ ; we don't want our island over populated and we don't want our island to lose its natural look . We just want the things we need . (A hospital or a proper clinic with non expired medicine , fire trucks , a better ambulance ,proper generators for the electric station .More educated teachers (some of dem £$%^^ dumb as I don't know what ) but we don't need more people to corrupt our already corrupted island .