Emergency Preparedness

The overnight reception area at the Calnash Ag Event Centre Nov. 5. (Photo submitted/Donna Noble)

Ponoka buses dozens to reception area after multiple collisions on weekend

Those stranded included the Sherwood Park Crusaders hockey team

 

President and founder of Save A Dog Network, Katie Powell gets a kiss from a dog after bringing bags of dog food by canoe to stranded homes during flooding in Peguis First Nation, Man., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Dozens of experts advising the government on the best way to adapt to the reality of climate change say we need to do more to prepare infrastructure for the threats of extreme weather and get faster to help Canadians recover when their lives and livelihoods are threatened by floods, fires and major storms.THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

Resilient infrastructure, faster disaster recovery needed to adapt to climate change

Since the 1960s, Canada has moved from about 30 climate-related disasters a decade to more than 100

 

The City of Red Deer encourages residents to maintain a 72-hour emergency supply kit. (Photo contributed)

Severe weather and pandemic: Red Deer reminds citizens to maintain emergency supply kits

Know the risks, make a plan, and get a kit

 

A four-year-old child was injured after falling out of a window in Surrey in September 2019 – one of 14 high-fall incidents in B.C. that year. (Shane MacKichan photos)

Child, 3, falls from window in Burnaby, sparking warning from BC Children’s Hospital

Fasten windows and lock balconies are just a few of the suggested safety measures

A four-year-old child was injured after falling out of a window in Surrey in September 2019 – one of 14 high-fall incidents in B.C. that year. (Shane MacKichan photos)
This tornado touched down near Ponoka during a past summer season, lasting only a few minutes on the ground. Emergency and government workers in Alberta hold regular simulation drills to practice their response to disasters. (Black Press file photo).

Red Deer tornado simulation is part of provincial emergency drill

Emergency workers are participating in a preparedness exercise that runs to Saturday

This tornado touched down near Ponoka during a past summer season, lasting only a few minutes on the ground. Emergency and government workers in Alberta hold regular simulation drills to practice their response to disasters. (Black Press file photo).