The City of Prince George and Lheidli T’enneh First Nation took part
To demonstrate how the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George prepares for wildfire, and to give local jurisdictions a chance to test out their emergency operations centres, on Dec. 5 staff organized a tabletop exercise where officials walked through the steps of responding to a wildfire, from receiving the first phone call about a fire to activating the RDFFG emergency operations centre.
What followed was a flurry of phone calls: First from Rainey to the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, and then to officials from Prince George, the Regional District and Lheidli T’enneh First Nation. Rainey discussed the situation with representatives from each jurisdiction, outlining critical infrastructure and letting them know they should prepare for a potential evacuation order.
“Emergency events don’t have administrative boundaries. So with something like this, where you’ve got a fire crossing three administrative jurisdictional boundaries, each of those local governments might have different policies, procedures, plans,” Rainey said. “In an emergency, public safety is at risk – we need to be as coordinated as possible.”
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