Host Peter McCully welcomes Kate Pocock, the Emergency Program Coordinator for the City of Parksville.

The City of Parksville, Town of Qualicum Beach and the Regional District of Nanaimo all have their own individual Municipal Emergency Programs, with an official agreement in place that the three programs will work together as an Emergency Management Oceanside.

‘It's an official partnership between the emergency programs,’ says Pocock. ‘And we agree to share our resources and share our training so that we can increase the efficiency and the effectiveness of the emergency management in all three communities.’

Pocock said the number of partners involved in coordinating information during the closure of Highway number 4 during the wildfire recently was amazing.

‘When the detour route was established and the assessments began on that slope as to how long the highway was going to be closed, we had daily coordination calls. That was coordination calls hosted by the Province. BC Wildfire was in attendance as were upwards of 90 other participants on the line. We're talking Ministry of Transportation, Emergency Health Services. All of the local governments are affected by that road closure.’

Information and resources about emergency preparedness can be found at www.EmergencyOceanside.ca, which also contains a copy of the Hazard and Risk Vulnerability Assessment.

It is an assessment of all of the 53 hazards that could potentially affect our communities.

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