Ground search and rescue (GSAR) groups in northern B.C. are preparing for the busy summer months by bolstering their operations with more than $1 million in provincial funding.

Ground search and rescue (GSAR) groups in central B.C. are preparing for the busy summer months by bolstering their operations with more than $640,000 in provincial funding.

Real-time information sharing during emergencies is one of the tools being developed to keep visitors to Vancouver Island safer this summer.

Real-time information sharing during emergencies is one of the tools being developed to keep visitors to the Okanagan safer this summer.

Real-time information sharing during emergencies is one of the tools being developed to keep visitors to the Kootenays safer this summer.

Real-time information sharing during emergencies is one of the tools being developed to keep visitors to northern British Columbia safer this summer.

Twenty-two local and regional governments have been approved to receive their share of more than $3 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding to support flood risk assessment, mapping and mitigation planning.

British Columbians now have more resources for creating an emergency kit. The Partners in Preparedness program has expanded to include outdoor recreation retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC).