Two major emergency preparation projects are coming down the pike, thanks to new provincial funding.
The District of Kent will receive $25,000 in funding to upgrade technology at the Emergency Operations Centre, and the Fraser Valley Regional District will receive $25,000 for a disaster emergency dashboard.
Kent’s funding will also pay for mobile cell signal boosters to be installed on district vehicles to improve communications between command posts and the EOC.
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The FVRD’s future disaster emergency dashboard will refine emergency information communicated to the public in hopes of making information clearer and better serving smaller communities.
More than $3.2 million in funding will be distributed among 84 First Nations and local government bodies to build or upgrade EOCs, purchase equipment or to fund volunteer recruiting and training.
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”We saw how quickly things can change with last year’s devastating floods and landslides, and I am still blown away by the care of our emergency response teams here in Chilliwack-Kent,” stated Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon. “These upgrades to our emergency technology systems, especially in our smaller communities and First Nations, will make the response to emergency situations that much stronger.”
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