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may 12, 2021
Emergency Personnel Respond to Fire near Chipman Michelle Pinon News Advertiser Members of the Chipman Fire District responded to a fire about four kilometres west of the community on Sunday afternoon. The location of the fire was at an abandoned farmstead on Township Road 545 just south of Range Road 191. RCMP, Paramedics, and other firefighters from the Bruderheim Fire District were on the scene of the fire. Fire department officials were unable to comment prior to press time.
Main Photo: View facing south of the intersection of Range Road 191 and Township Road 545. Inset: View of the abandoned farmstead near Range Road 191 and Township Road 545. (Michelle Pinon/Photos)
Town of Vegreville, County of Minburn Recognize Emergency Preparedness Week Town of Vegreville Submitted Town of Vegreville Mayor Tim MacPhee and Roger Konieczny, Reeve of the County of Minburn have mutually proclaimed May 2nd – 8th, 2021 as Emergency Preparedness Week. Emergency Preparedness Week is a nation-wide initiative encouraging Canadians to learn about the risks they face in their communities and to take action to prepare for those risks. This year’s theme is Emergency Preparedness: Be Ready for Anything and residents of both the Town of Vegreville and the County of Minburn
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are encouraged to take action to ensure they are prepared to protect themselves, their family, and their community during an emergency. Residents are asked to take a few moments to get to know the risks they may face in their respective communities, make a plan of action should disaster strike and to build a 72-hour emergency kit. Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) is a national event supported by Public Safety Canada, working closely with provincial and territorial emergency management organizations, Indigenous organizations, non-governmental organizations, and private sector who support activities at the local level. An annual event for over 25 years, it traditionally takes place during the first full week of May.
