Atoa o Samoa first response disaster talks

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Airport firefighters demonstrated their skills to their Samoa counterparts and other delegates to the Atoa o Samoa talks April 12 & 13 where ongoing discussions took place on available resources for capacity building of first response communities for effective disaster responsiveness.

One anticipated outcome included more training activities between the 2Samoas to enhance government personnel capabilities with tools and resources to ensure a constant state of preparedness in the untimely events of all disasters that will take place.

American Samoa will invite Samoa to the following in the near future:

• •Firefighting at the ASG Department of Port Administration (DPA) Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Training facility
• Hazmat training, Hazwopper, Oil spill, etc
• •September 26-29, 2023 — 2nd  Annual Amerika Samoa Disaster Resilience Summit.

In an effort to collaborate, American Samoa will continue to engage with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to further discuss climate change, disaster preparedness and resilience in communities.

The next Atoa o Samoa talks are scheduled for later this year, tentatively in October, in Savai’i.