The North Shore Emergency Management (NSEM) is developing a disaster risk reduction strategy.
The proposed Disaster Risk Reduction Action Plan will focus on eight hazards identified in a recent North Shore Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment: flooding (both clearwater and coastal), wildfires, earthquakes, landslides, extreme heat, hazardous material spills, windstorms, and debris flows.
If approved, the District of North Vancouver will take on grant management responsibilities for the project, working alongside the City of North Vancouver and the District of West Vancouver. NSEM seeks nearly $1 million from the federal Disaster Resilience and Innovation Funding (DRIF) Program.
NSEM submitted an initial expression of interest in September 2024 and was later invited to submit a full proposal, which was completed on January 31, 2025. The funding request totals $997,000, with an additional $60,000 coming from NSEM’s budget. The project is expected to begin in the fall of 2025 and must be done in three years.
The plan comes as the North Shore faces increasing climate-related risks, with natural disasters such as the earthquake, heat dome of 2021 and the 2024 Atmospheric River. According to a report that the DNV council will discuss today, the proposed action plan will help local governments make informed decisions about land use and disaster mitigation efforts.
I wonder when people will start to investigate Chemtrails that cause all these “natural disasters” or are we still calling that “conspiracy theories“