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Largest Multi-Agency Emergency Response Exercise in its History
June of 2016 In June of 2016, the Province of BC conducted the largest multi-agency emergency response exercise in its history. The exercise was designed to test elements of a newly revised Provincial response plan to catastrophic earthquake in the Lower Mainland...
Historic Flooding in British Columbia
Spring of 2018 Spring freshet 2018 was another record-breaking year for flood, this time in the Kootenay Boundary area in south central British Columbia. As a result of record snow pack, record high seasonal temperatures, and a significant rain-on-snow event, the...
Okanagan Flood
Spring of 2017 The 2017 spring freshet in British Columbia, Canada saw record breaking water levels on the Okanagan Lake, which impacted thousands of properties along the water front. The local government EOC deployed over 2 million sandbags into the Central...