Wildfire/Emergency Preparedness Open House
With the 2024 construction blaze at 41st and Collingwood still in recent memory, local residents will be interested in learning how to prepare for the risk of house fires caused by a major earthquake or a forest fire in nearby Pacific Spirit Park.
Come with your family to the May 2 Wildfire and Emergency Preparedness Open House hosted by Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP) and FireSmart B.C.
Check out information booths and demonstrations from community partners including:
- DEEP and VECTOR HAM radio operators
- Pacific Spirit MedVents
- Vancouver Fire Rescue and FireSmart BC
- UBC Engineering Shake Table
- Canadian Red Cross
- Survive-It
- Total Prepare (a supplier of emergency preparedness products)
- Metro Vancouver Emergency Management and Pacific Spirit Park Society
- KOM Community Policing Centre.
A small fire engine will also be on site for children to explore.
The event will take place at the Disaster Support Hub beside the tennis courts in the park behind the Community Centre, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This free event is made possible by funding support from the Province of BC, FireSmart Canada and Vancity.
Photo credit to John Denniston