 Coordination is the best bet that response agencies have in contending with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a major weather system. That was one of the takeaways from St. Lucia's round of a tabletop response mechanism exercise, organized by the Regional Security Systems Training Institute on Wednesday, 16 September 2020. Details in this report. With forecasters predicting an above normal hurricane season, first responders in the region are being prepared should the COVID-19 pandemic and a catastrophic weather system collide. The Regional Security Systems Training Institute held a national tabletop exercise with representatives from St. Lucia's Police Force, the Fire Service, the Corrections Department, the Ministry of Health, Customs and Exercise Department, and the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, to practice the response for a hurricane hazard and a COVID-19 pandemic scenario. Duringo Stav is the Director of NEMO. We know that we are at in the peak of the hurricane season and so it is important to ensure that our various response mechanisms are working and so this was a test to ensure that we are able to coordinate and to prepare and to respond in the event of an emergency amidst COVID-19. We had to look at our shelters, how they're going to operate. We had to look at how the responding agencies such as the police and the fire department, already they are stretched with COVID-19 and so with a hurricane compounding the situation, we had to ensure that we are able to respond in a manner that will not cause more problems for us. Coming off of the exercise, the Chief Fire Officer, Joseph Joseph, stressed the importance of a coordinated effort in executing a national response mechanism. In this scenario, we have prepared our officers to be ready for any emergency, of course, observing all the COVID-19 protocols and of course there's proper coordination with the other agencies because it's very likely that we will be overwhelmed in one situation or the other and that's where the other agencies come in. Medical Officer of Health, Dr Glenford Joseph, represents the Department of Health. He assured the continued review of their disaster protocols, where the pandemic is concerned. At the Ministry of Health, we are going to revise our protocols which we have done but we will continue to strengthen and to ensure that we have the various linkages with the other ministries and departments so that we can respond cohesively to hurricane or any other disaster in the context of COVID-19. Senoucha's national tabletop exercise for responding to a potential hurricane hazard and a COVID-19 pandemic scenario was held online with participants conferencing at the NIMO headquarters. This RSS exercise was held for each of the seven participating member states from Monday, 14 September to Thursday, 17 September and facilitated with the assistance of three other regional agencies, namely, CARICOM Impacts, CARFA and CEDEMA. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reports in.