After the 2021 heat dome that killed 619 B.C. residents, AC being installed and upgraded in care homes but not so far in Interior or North.
B.C. is upgrading air conditioning at long-term care homes two years after the 2021 deadly heat dome, but the province isn’t as far advanced as Ontario.
In B.C., since the heat dome, air conditioning has been installed and upgraded in seniors care homes in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island, but not in the Interior and the North, according to information provided by the Health Ministry. It’s not clear why there have been no upgrades in the 20 care homes without air conditioning in the Interior and the North.
Lorne Sisley, Interior Health’s corporate director of facilities management and operations, said in an email all 39 of the region’s long-term care facilities have central cooling systems, though in 12 they’re only available in common areas and not in rooms. Another 55 in Fraser Health had partial air conditioning, 31 in Vancouver Coastal and 15 in Vancouver Island Health.
Provincial officials have warned to expect extreme heat similar to 2021 to take place once-to-twice a decade and for heat warnings to happen at least once a summer.
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