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A photograph of the Christchurch, NZ skyline.

What We Can Learn From Christchurch

30 Mar
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This year marks ten years since New Zealand's fifth-deadliest disaster in Christchurch, a city on the country's South Island. In early 2011, a series of earthquakes shook the region, costing over 100 lives and billions of dollars in damages. Ten years later, recovery efforts are still in progress. There have been many high-magnitude earthquakes around the world since then, so
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Categories: Earthquakes
Can humans cause earthquakes? Picture of an oil rig

Can Humans Cause Earthquakes?

11 Mar
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Can humans cause earthquakes? Humanity is pretty powerful but does our power reach this far? Natural earthquakes are caused by the earth’s tectonic plates rubbing together or pressing into one another. Can we rival forces on such a massive scale? Can humans cause earthquakes? As it turns out, yes we can. The majority of earthquakes are natural.  However, scientists have been aware
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Categories: Earthquakes, Man-Made Emergencies
Family hand circle

How to Make a Family Emergency Plan

23 Feb
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How to Make a Family Emergency Plan PreparedBC’s steps to being prepared are: 1) Know your hazards, 2) Get a Kit and 3) Make a Plan. Today, we’ll be focusing on how to make an emergency plan for you and/or your family. These plans are known as reunification plans, or simply emergency response plans. Step 1: Analysis In order to be prepared, you need
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Categories: News
Emergency Preparedness for Couples

Preparing for Emergencies as a Couple

21 Jan
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We all need to get prepared in case of an emergency in our area.  However, most guides, articles, and products are geared towards families. In honour of our Valentine's Day sale (today until February 19, 2021), we're going to shift the conversation towards preparing for emergencies as a couple. In the case of young professionals and students, this usually means
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Categories: Emergency Kits
Essential emergency kit

What You Need to Know About Emergency Survival Kits

06 Jan
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Survival kits come in different shapes and sizes. For the purposes of this article we will be talking about 72 hour to 1 week kits and how they can help you in an earthquake situation. What Does a First World Emergency Look Like? No, I’m not talking about losing your Wi-Fi or leaving your cell phone at home. I mean a fire,
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Categories: Emergency Kits
Workplace getting prepared!

Prepare your Business for an Earthquake

16 Dec
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Are you and your business prepared for an earthquake? At the end of every October, the Emergency Preparedness for Industry & Commerce Council (EPICC) hosts a conference for emergency management professionals across Canada. It’s an amazing event for industry pros to learn the latest and greatest research and theories. The best part? The food is incredible. I thought I would share
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Categories: Earthquakes
Avalanche Dos and Don'ts

Avalanche Dos and Dont’s

01 Dec
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We’ve all seen them in the movies – massive tsunamis of snow plummeting after the main protagonist, consuming all the slower, unnamed henchmen in its wake. But not all of us can ski like James Bond. If a regular person – a henchman even – is caught in an avalanche, what are we to do?  Before  If you don’t have access to avalanche forecasts, I have good
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Categories: Man-Made Emergencies
Weird Winter Weather Phenomena

Weird Winter Weather Phenomena

17 Nov
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Weird Winter Weather Phenomena Living in Canada we expect some extreme winter weather. Okay … maybe not so much in Victoria BC, but we hear about it from our eastern cousins all the time - usually while we’re admiring the cherry blossoms! 😉  But did you know that the weather can cause some pretty crazy phenomena outside of the usual precipitation
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Categories: Severe Weather & Floods