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Wednesday, May 6, 2015
On the ball Stelly’s Secondary defender Chloe Beech (in yellow) prevents Parkland Secondary’s Lexie Fleming from turning towards her goal line during the opening round of the Ryan Cup city-wide soccer finals. For more, see page 19. Steven Heywood/ News staff
Preparing for an emergency takes effort Emergency officials on the Saanich Peninsula say people need to prepare for extended periods Steven Heywood News staff
If disasters such as the earthquakes in Nepal and Christchurch, New Zealand taught us anything, say officials with the North Saanich and Sidney fire departments, it’s that people will need to fend for themselves for a much longer time than previously thought. Prior to those incidents and
others like them, it was common thinking that as long as people had food, water and emergency supplies for 72 hours, that would be enough to tide them over until help arrived. That’s just not the case any more, says John Trelford of the North Saanich Fire Department and Mike Harman of the Sidney fire hall. “As part of regional emergency planning preparation,” explained
Trelford, “the trend is looking to a week’s time — based on experiences in recent quakes and other disasters.” While actual emergency crew response times will vary, he pointed out that people will need to be prepared for an extended period of uncertainty. For help to arrive, he added, the infrastructure must be in place — without passable roads or stable facilities
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like ports or airstrips, supplies will run out fast. That’s especially true for Vancouver Island, Harman said. Food and other supplies at grocery stores will vanish quickly and as the Island is dependant upon imported food, re-supply during an emergency could take days. This is the message behind the Saturday, May 9 Peninsula Emergency Measures Organization
(PEMO) expo at Panorama Recreation Centre. Crew and equipment from Central Saanich, North Saanich and Sidney fire departments will join the RCMP, Central Saanich Police, B.C. Ambulance, Victoria Airport Fire and others. They are encouraging people to get their kit together. Please see: Emergency expo at, page 4
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