EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMUNITY CAPACITY RESPONSE OPEN HOUSES

DATES FOR ELECTORAL AREA B:

Bouchie Lake / Milburn Lake / Baker Creek
February 1, 2012, 5-8 pm at the Bouchie Lake Volunteer Fire Department

Dunkley / Strathnaver / Cinema / Ten Mile Lake / Moose Heights / Cottonwood / Barlow Creek:

February 5, 2012, 2:30 – 4:30 pm at Ten Mile Lake Volunteer Fire Department

Protective Services at the Cariboo Regional District will be hosting public meetings throughout the CRD to garner information and input from the public regarding each community and surrounding area.  The dates and times above are the 2 meetings being held specific to Electoral Area B. 

These meetings are not about creating individual evacuation plans for each community but rather will focus on the collection of information about each community so that if evacuations are ever required the CRD has the information needed to make informed decisions and contact key people for information and / or help in an emergency to address the needs specific to each community.

These meetings will be held in an open house format where people can come, ask questions, provide input and leave throughout the duration of the event.   All members of the community are welcome, and encouraged, to attend – anyone and everyone with local knowledge can help.

The type of information Protective Services is looking  to collect and /or share is as follows:

1)       Collect information from the local people about their communities such as:
·         resources,
·         hazards,
·         road accesses,
·         shops,
·         stores,
·         schools,
·         buildings,
·         resorts,
·         land uses,
·         recreation areas,
·         livestock,
·         equipment and operators available in area,
·         muster sites, etc.

2)      Answer questions  people may have about emergency planning, operations and recovery;

3)      Recruit people that may be interested in being volunteer emergency contacts (VEC’s) for their area;

4)      Survey people about communications and communicating during emergencies;

5)      Listen to and consider/address people’s ideas and concerns regarding emergencies; and

6)      Provide people with printed information about how to plan for emergencies, what to do if under evacuation alert and/or order, etc.

I will be in attendance at both the meetings scheduled for within Area B.  Hoping that many of the residents will be able to attend also.  For additional information, please contact me at 250.249.5329 or HDixon-Warren@cariboord.bc.ca or the Cariboo Regional District office.