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A Toronto charity known for its international disaster relief work has acquired new anti-flood barriers that it says could help protect local infrastructure in Ontario in a future flooding emergency.CBC NewsOfficials demonstrate how anti-flood barriers work on Tuesday at a Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services training facility. The 'Water-Gate' anti-flood barriers are from MegaSecur, a company in Victoriaville, Que.
"This is just a new defence to help municipalities in Ontario," Rahul Singh, executive director of GlobalMedic, said Tuesday. The long, flat rubber barriers can be laid out and unrolled before a flooding event. As water starts to flow, it fills the barrier, stands it up and the barrier holds the water back.The long, flat rubber barriers can be laid out and unrolled before a flooding event. As water starts to flow, it fills the barrier, stands it up and the barrier holds the water back.
Mississauga Fire Chief Deryn Rizzi, who is also director of emergency management, said some areas of the city received so much rain so quickly that anti-flood barriers might not have helped, but they could have come in handy in other areas, such as a flooded parking lot of a local seniors' centre.
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