Strengthening public notifications, evacuation-route plans
CANADA, September 9 - The Community Emergency Preparedness Fund supports projects that help local governments and First Nations to better prepare for emergencies. This funding is provided by the Province and administered through the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM).
Local governments and First Nations throughout British Columbia will receive more than $1.3 million from the public-notification and evacuation-route planning funding stream as follows:
Campbell River – Public-notification and crisis communications plan to enable timely, accurate emergency messaging
Approved amount: $33,500
Columbia Shuswap Regional District – Evacuation-route plan to strengthen evacuation decision-making, and tabletop exercise to validate plan
Regional Partners: Sicamous
Approved amount: $29,916
Cowichan Tribes – Evacuation-route plan and mapping and public-notification plan to improve emergency preparedness
Approved amount: $32,000
Cranbrook – Evacuation-route plan and stakeholder engagement to ensure co-ordinated, accessible evacuations
Approved amount: $40,000
Creston – Evacuation-route plan to strengthen evacuation decision-making, and tabletop exercise to validate plan
Approved amount: $40,000
Dawson Creek – Evacuation-route plan to protect residents and evacuees from regional wildfire impacts
Approved amount: $40,000
Dease River First Nation – Evacuation-route plan and public-notification plan with resident education to close a critical planning gap
Approved amount: $40,000
Esquimalt Nation – Evacuation-route plan and mapping and notification plan to strengthen major emergency response
Approved amount: $39,950
Fraser Valley Regional District – Evacuation-route and public-notification plan to strengthen emergency readiness
Approved amount: $40,000
Fraser-Fort George Regional District – Evacuation-route and public-notification plan to strengthen regional emergency coordination
Regional Partners: Mackenzie; McBride; Simpcw First Nation; Valemount
Approved amount: $200,000
Iskut Band Council – Evacuation-route plan and notification plan to support safe, co-ordinated response
Approved amount: $40,000
Katzie First Nation – Evacuation-route plan to protect the community
Approved amount: $35,000
Kitimat – Evacuation-route plan with corridor assessment to strengthen coastal emergency preparedness
Approved amount: $39,954
Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation – Evacuation-route and public-notification plan to strengthen multi-hazard readiness
Approved amount: $38,495
Langley City – Emergency communications/notification plan to enable timely, co-ordinated messaging
Approved amount: $39,920
Metro Vancouver – Evacuation-route plan and public-notification plan updates to manage complex, growing community evacuations
Approved amount: $40,000
Mount Waddington Regional District – Evacuation-route plan update and public-notification plan to ensure alerts are based on viable routes
Regional Partners: Port Alice; Port Hardy
Approved amount: $80,000
Musqueam – Inclusive evacuation-route and notification plan to support community, Elders and vulnerable members
Approved amount: $40,000
Nazko First Nation – Evacuation-route plan: assessments and mapping to close gaps exposed by recent wildfires
Approved amount: $40,000
Neskonlith Indian Band – Evacuation-route and public-notification plan to strengthen readiness in a high wildfire-risk area
Approved amount: $40,000
Pacheedaht First Nation – Evacuation-route plan and mapping, and public-notification plan to address single-access route vulnerability
Approved amount: $39,850
Shxw’ōwhámel First Nation – Evacuation-route and public-notification plan to address a critical single-access route vulnerability
Approved amount: $40,000
Songhees Nation – Evacuation-route plan and mapping, and public-notification plan to prepare for high-risk seismic and flood events
Approved amount: $39,850
Soowahlie First Nation – Evacuation-route plan to ensure all community members, including vulnerable members, are supported during emergencies
Approved amount: $40,000
SȾÁUTW̱ First Nation – Evacuation-route plan and public-notification plan to prepare for fire, flood and tsunami risk
Approved amount: $39,850
Tahltan Nation – Evacuation-route plan update and public-notification plan improvements to address seasonal isolation risk
Approved amount: $40,000
Tsartlip First Nation – Evacuation-route plan and mapping, and public-notification plan to prepare for fire, flood and tsunami risk
Approved amount: $39,850
Tseycum First Nation – Public-notification plan and evacuation-route plan with mapping to prepare for high-risk earthquake and tsunami zones
Approved amount: $39,850
Xatśūll First Nation – Public-alerting plan and evacuation-route plan to strengthen internal emergency management capacity
Approved amount: $40,000
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