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Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR), Emergency Exercises & Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) Funding

Agenda • Update on the Johnsons Landing Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Deployment • Overview of Upcoming Training Exercises • Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) Federal Funding Reductions

Canada Task Force 1 (TF-1) Responds to Johnsons Landing • July 12 - slide occurred approx 10:30 am • July 12 – 3 person team dispatched to Kaslo by late afternoon • July 13 – CANTF-1 team arrive on-site by 1:00 pm – 44 members • July 19 – CANTF-1 members return back to Vancouver

Johnsons Landing – Lessons Learned • Further training needed in ground search and rescue (SAR) techniques • Need to improve alerting/activation protocols with the Province • Improve communication systems • Work closer with Province on CANTF-1 capabilities

Johnsons Landing Slid e

Shifting Sands

Logistical Challenges

Johnston Landing Base Camp

Technical Rescue Grid Search

Rescue to Recovery Operation

2012 Emergency Preparedness Exercises • Shakeout BC (Provincial) – October 18 • Tumbling Dice (COV) – October 18 & 19 • Magnitude 12 (Federal & COV) – October 19 th – 21 st

SHAKEOUT BC – October 18 • Annual Provincial exercise – Earthquake Drill • Alert @ 10:18 am on 10 / 18 • “Drop – Cover – Hold On” • COV worksites will participate

TUMBLING DICE – October 18 & 19 • Full scale exercise - field staff report to Disaster staging areas (DSA) – Oct 18 @ 0818 hours – Staff & Equipment DSA Clinton Park • Emergency Operation Center (EOC) partial activation – October 18 • Policy Group Table Top Exercise (TTX) October 19

MAGNITUDE 2012 – October 19 – 21 • National training program for urban search and rescue teams • Funded by federal government • Hosted by City of Vancouver • 3 National HUSAR Teams participating – CAN-TF1 – Vancouver – CAN-TF2 – Calgary – Can-TF4 – Manitoba • 3 Regional Fire Departments participating as Medium Search & Rescue (MUSAR) – Burnaby – New Westminster – Coquitlam

Magnitude 2012 – Exercise Sites • Base station will be established in parking lots on the East side of Cambie Bridge at False Creek • 490 Glen Drive – vacant lot used as training site to simulate a building collapse • Much of the materials donated – Kiewit, Ocean Cement and others • Site can be used as interim training props for : CANTF-1, VFRS, Engineering and other municipalities • Material on surface only, able to be removed when the site is needed for other purposes