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Jordan Turner

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Emergency Management BC
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Backgrounders

Funding recipients and projects

Seven proposals approved for CEPF Flood Mitigation funding:

Chilliwack – Fraser River Bank Erosion Protection

Total approved funding: $750,000

Kamloops – Riverside Park Erosion Protection

Total approved funding: $750,000

Kaslo – River Dike and Bank Remediation Plan Phase 2

Total approved funding: $146,164

Keremeos – Wastewater Treatment Plan Floodproofing

Total approved funding: $688,000

Kootenay Boundary RD – Saddle Lake Dam Phase 2 Stabilization

Total approved funding: $395,027

Stewart – Bear River Structural Dike Works for Flood Protection

Total approved funding: $692,000

Valemount – Swift Creek Flood Mitigation

Total approved funding: $38,750

 

48 proposals approved for CEPF Emergency Support Services funding:

Abbotsford – Evacuee Registration and Assistance EMBC Modernization Plan

Total approved funding: $19,930

Bulkley-Nechako Regional District – Regional Team Development

Total approved funding: $120,969

Capital Regional District – Salt Spring Island and Host Communities ESS Functional Exercise

Total approved funding: $24,993

Central Coast Regional District – Denny Island Sea-Can and Supplies Project

Total approved funding: $25,000

Central Okanagan Regional District – Reception Centre Support Project 2021

Total approved funding: $22,426

Columbia Shuswap Regional District – RAEMP and GAEMP Modernization Project

Total approved funding: $47,734

Colwood – ESS Equipment and Supplies

Total approved funding: $25,000

Comox Valley Regional District – Enhancement of ESS Capacity and Resiliency Hornby Island

Total approved funding: $11,357

Cowichan Valley Regional District -- Cowichan ESS Modernization

Total approved funding: $149,150

Delta – Modernization Project: ERA Tool and Computers

Total approved funding $23,759

Esquimalt – Capacity Building

Total approved funding: $15,980

Fraser Lake – Reception Centre Backup Power Project

Total approved funding: $25,000

Glen Vowell Band – Sik-E-Dakh ESS

Total Approved Funding: $25,000

Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw First Nation – Development Project

Total approved funding: $24,570

Homalco First Nation – Supporting Resiliency - Training and Recruiting

Total approved funding: $17,160

Kamloops – Training and Infrastructure Enhancement

Total approved funding: $16,795

Kent -- Modernization Kit

Total approved funding: $7,000

Merritt – Tabletop Training, Electronics and Equipment Procurement

Total Approved Funding: $24,349

Metchosin – Group Lodging and Modernization Project

Total approved funding: $25,000

Nanaimo Regional District – Training and Exercise, Modernization Support

Total approved funding: $30,139

New Hazelton – Capacity Building

Total approved funding: $11,754

Oak Bay – Modernization of ESS Services

Total approved funding: $25,000

Old Masset Village Council – Virtual RC and Tabletop Exercises

Total approved funding: $25,000

Parksville, Qualicum Beach – Regional: ERA Modernization

Total approved funding: $43,902

Penticton – Equipment, Planning, Training, and Recruitment

Total approved funding: $25,000

Pitt Meadows, Katzie First Nation – Regional: Group Lodging Trailer

Total approved funding: $49,996

Port Alberni, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District – Advancing Alberni Valley ESS Program

Total approved funding: $50,000

Port Moody – Community Mobile Reception Centre

Total approved funding: $25,000

qathet Regional District (Powell River) – Storage Container, Equipment Electoral Area C

Total approved funding: $25,000

Samahquam Nation – Supporting Resiliency

Total approved funding: $17,050

Shxwha:y Village (Skway First Nation) – ESS Launch

Total approved funding: $25,000

Simpcw First Nation – Community Lodging

Total approved funding: $25,000

Skawahlook First Nation – Supporting Resiliency

Total approved funding: $15,510

Skwah First Nation – Development Project

Total approved funding: $25,000

Smithers, Telkwa – Bulkley ESS Response Development Project

Total Approved Funding: $50,000

Snuneymuxw First Nation – Snuneymuxw Reception Centre and Group Lodging Supplies Project

Total approved funding: $15,500

Squamish – Resiliency Project

Total approved funding: $25,000

Squamish Nation – Modernization and Equipment Container

Total approved funding: $24,721

Stewart – Preparedness Supply

Total approved funding: $25,000

Strathcona Regional District – Regional: Modernization & Group Lodging Capacity Enhancement

Total approved funding: $125,701

T’it’q’et (Lillooet Band) – Upgrading ESS

Total approved funding: $25,000

Taylor – Reception Centre Equipment and Training

Total approved funding: $19,000

Tsawwassen First Nation – Trailer

Total approved funding: $16,747

Tsilhqot'in National Government – Interoperable Readiness and Modernization

Total approved funding: $24,624

Tsleil-Waututh Nation – Interoperable Readiness and Modernization: ESS Partnership with NESM

Total approved funding: $24,624

Upper Similkameen First Nation – Emergency Reception Centre Supplies and Equipment

Total approved funding: $25,000

View Royal – ESS Storage, Equipment and Supplies

Total approved funding: $25,000

West Moberly First Nations – Improvement and Modernization Project

Total approved funding: $25,000