Is Your Yard Ready for Hurricane Season? Make use of clean-up days by waste haulage companies

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – It only takes one storm to change your life and community, and therefore as a nation, we need to be prepared, National Disaster Coordinator Fire Chief Clive Richardson said on Tuesday.

Office of Disaster Management (ODM), is asking, is your yard ready for the hurricane season?  A number of waste haulage companies have published their cleaning schedules especially related to garden and bulk debris and other garbage items that could become a danger to life and property in the event of a hurricane strike. Make sure you separate the aforementioned items (eg bulk debris from garden/yard) and place them outside your yard for pick-up.

The clean-up started mid-June and is currently underway. The responsible waste haulage company, district and schedule is as follows for those who missed it:

All Waste In Place N.V.
SIMPSONBAY: July, 25^th to July 31^st, 2018
BEACON HILL: August, 1^st to August 7^th, 2018
CUPECOY: August 8^th, to August 14^th, 2018

GARDEN BOYZ B.V.
MIDDLE REGION (until Madame Estate by the bakery): June 25^th to June 29^th, 2018
DAWN BEACH: July 2^nd to July 6^th, 2018

S.M. Green Diamond N.V.
Guana Bay/Hope Estate Area/Madame Estate/ Over the Pond Areas: June 30^th to July 1^st, 2018
Dutch Quarter/Union Farm/Nazareth: July 7^th to July 8^th, 2018
Belvedere Area/Bishop Hill: July 14^th to July 15^th, 2018

Leonard Enterprises N.V.
Pelican and Billy Folly Road: July 7^th, 2018

Robelto & Sons N.V.
St. Peters: Saturday July 07^th, 2018
St. Peters: Sunday July 08^th, 2018
South Reward: Saturday July 14^th, 2018
Saunders – Betty Estate – Ebenezer – St. Johns Estate: Sunday July 15^th, 2018
Cay Hill – Bush Road: Saturday July 21^st, 2018
Fort Willem – Coralita Road: Sunday July 22^nd, 2018

Clean your yard of any items that could become missiles in a storm such as old lumber, broken lawn furniture, cans, fridges/stoves/washing machines, etc. and put them out on the days that your waste haulage company will be picking up the aforementioned.

ODM is advising all residents to begin to prepare in a timely manner for the peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season which is from mid-August to mid-October.

Use the quiet part of the season to trim back tree branches and vegetation (thin foliage so wind can flow freely through branches) from your home; cut all dead or weak branches on any trees on your property that have contact with buildings.

The 2018 hurricane season officially runs through November 30.