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Your chance to meet 350 other
emergency preparedness volunteers
from all over Vancouver Island!
OPENING NETWORK RECEPTION,
INFORMATION EXCHANGE & BOOTH
DISPLAY:
Registration Information:
Individual Cost: $150.00
Early Bird Registration: $125.00
To obtain registration forms, group
lodging, or further information visit our
website:
www.viepconference.ca
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Friday, April 24 5:00 – 8:00 pm This is an
opportunity to promote your emergency
preparedness group, your business or your
organization, and to rub elbows with other
Emergency Preparedness staff, volunteers and
coordinators at our Networking Reception.
At the same time, take in our added feature.
A Poster Presentation will provide an
opportunity for teams and communities on
Vancouver Island to showcase special
projects/practices/research related to
Emergency Management or Preparedness.
Deadline for proposal: February 1, 2015
Or write to:
Vancouver Island Emergency
Preparedness Conference
2225 Otter Point Road
Sooke, BC V9Z 1J2
Fax: 250-642-3840
Email: [email protected]
Thank you to all of our supporters
whose generosity has made this event
possible.
Vancouver Island
Emergency
Preparedness
Conference
CONFERENCE LOCATION:
for
Best Western Prestige Oceanfront Resort
http://www.prestigehotelsandresorts.com/
6929 West Coast Road, Sooke BC V9Z 0V1
Front Line Volunteers
and Staff
RV Parking - water & power available at
Sooke River Campground 250 642-6076
Information:
GROUP LODGING AVAILABLE:
Experience what it would be like to be
evacuated Cost:
from your
house - skip the hotel
Individual
$150.00
and
stay
at
the
group
lodging.
This will add
Early Bird Registration
$125.00
extra training for both the participants and
the volunteers.
SpaceFriday
is limited.
Registration
includes
evening
$25/weekend
networking,
seminars, plenary, and
For trips.
more information
contact
us at
field
Continentalplease
Breakfast
and
[email protected].
Lunch
will be provided for Saturday and
Sunday.
Our goal is to raise the level
of emergency preparedness on the island
through promoting awareness, providing
information, tools, and solutions to
problems; sharing experiences and
creating networking opportunities.
April 24, 25 & 26, 2015
Sooke BC
Best Western Prestige
Oceanfront Resort and
Conference Centre
THE CONFERENCE
Vancouver Island and its nearby neighbours
have unique emergency preparedness needs
because we are island communities. We live
in a seismically active region, face oceanbased threats of tsunamis and tanker spills,
experience severe and sudden floods, and
have communities in heavily forested and
fire-sensitive areas. With our unique
isolation, there is a need to build teamwork
among island communities and to share our
success stories.
This is the ninth conference to bring together
island emergency preparedness volunteers
and staff, giving them an opportunity to meet
each other, establish mutual help networks,
and hear from some experts in the emergency
preparedness field.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Registration priority will be given to active
volunteers and professional staff from Powell
River, Vancouver Island, and neighbouring
islands working in:
• Search and Rescue (Land/Air/Water)
• Amateur Radio
• Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness
Coordinators
• Emergency Social Services
• Emergency Preparedness Personnel; and
• Related Community Work
Space is limited. Reserve Now!
This conference will bring 350 dedicated
volunteers together. Participants will learn new
skills and gain knowledge from experts, share
experiences and information, build bridges
between Island communities as well as the
various groups of volunteers with a renewed
commitment to helping in their communities.
PROGRAM:
Fri. April 24
17:00 – 20:00 Registration
Networking Reception
Booth Display & Vehicle Display
Sat. April 25
07:30 – 08:30 Continental Breakfast and
Registration
08:30 – 09:00 Opening Ceremonies
09:00 –10:15 PLENARY 1
HOW LACK OF PREPARATION LEAD TO
INCREASED SEVERITY DURING DISASTERS
10:15 – 10:45 Nutrition Break
10:45 – 12:00 First Break Out Sessions:
Session 1: High River Alberta Floods
Session 2: Recruitment and Retention of
Volunteers
Session 3: Mountain Bike SAR
Session 4: What to do with those Animals in your
disaster management plans.
April 25…continued
14:45 – 15:15 Nutrition Break
15:15 – 16:45 Third Break Out Sessions:
Session 1: View Towers High Rise Apartment
Fire – Mass ESS Evacuation Issues
Session 2: Emergency Response Planning
Session 3: Infrastructure Repercussions in a
disaster
Session 4: Rescue Coordination Centre
16:45 – 17:00 Tour of Group Lodging
Sun. April 26
07:30 – 08:30 Continental Breakfast
08:30 –09:00 Opening Remarks
09:00 – 10:15 Fourth Break Out Sessions:
Session 1: West, Texas Explosion
Session 2: Use of NEAT (neighbourhood
emergency assistance teams)
Session 3: Social Media. Today’s emergency
messaging system
Session 4: Seismic and Tsunami Issues
10:15 – 10:45 Nutrition Break
10:45 – 12:00 PLENARY 2:
OSO, WASHINGTON LANDSLIDE
12:00 – 12:30 Closing Remarks
12:30
Lunch
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45 Second Break Out Sessions:
Session 1: Kelowna Firestorm 2003 – Lessons
Learned and Applied
Session 2: BC Hydro – Flood Management
Session 3: Geographic Information Technology
(GIS Mapping)
Session 4: Insurance Bureau of Canada
The Best Western Prestige Hotel is offering
special conference room rates to delegates.
Contact the hotel directly to make a
reservation. 250 642-0805