LAKEVIEW ESTATES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
CLE Fire Emergency Plan
Evacuation Alert:
In case of an emergency alert, prepare to potentially leave the area. Make sure you have the following items ready to take with you:
• A grab-and-go bag
• Make provisions for your pets
• Listen to the local news station
• Be ready to leave at a moment’s notice
In case of an emergency alert, prepare to potentially leave the area. Make sure you have the following items ready to take with you:
• A grab-and-go bag
• Make provisions for your pets
• Listen to the local news station
• Be ready to leave at a moment’s notice
Evacuation Order:
This will be an Order to leave the area either by land or water.
• Ensure all your doors and windows are closed
• Tie the flagging tape provided to you to the front door to indicate your home has been vacated (keep this tape in your grab-and-go bag for easy access)
• Ensure your water is turned off to allow maximum water levels in reservoir
This will be an Order to leave the area either by land or water.
• Ensure all your doors and windows are closed
• Tie the flagging tape provided to you to the front door to indicate your home has been vacated (keep this tape in your grab-and-go bag for easy access)
• Ensure your water is turned off to allow maximum water levels in reservoir
Road Evacuation:
• Proceed to the neighborhood meeting place at Deer Park Restaurant
• Few cars as possible, transportation to be coordinated through your street fire warden
• The Fire Department will provide further instructions to leave the area
• Proceed to the neighborhood meeting place at Deer Park Restaurant
• Few cars as possible, transportation to be coordinated through your street fire warden
• The Fire Department will provide further instructions to leave the area
Water Evacuation:
Proceed to neighborhood meeting place at the community beach area. DO NOT TAKE YOUR BOATS, to avoid congestion and possible injuries. Boats will be provided by Vernon Emergency Services.
Proceed to neighborhood meeting place at the community beach area. DO NOT TAKE YOUR BOATS, to avoid congestion and possible injuries. Boats will be provided by Vernon Emergency Services.
Personal Preparedness
• Firesmart your home by eliminating combustible material on property.
• Keep trees pruned, remove dead trees, pine needles from soffits and grounds and DO NOT use wood chips in landscaping, they are highly flammable and easily airborne
• Pre-assemble a grab-and-go bag that includes: medications, fire insurance policy, passports (all key documents); one small overnight bag per family with personal items to accommodate a possible 1 or 2 day evacuation
• Have an out-of-area phone contact for your family in case phone lines are down
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• Firesmart your home by eliminating combustible material on property.
• Keep trees pruned, remove dead trees, pine needles from soffits and grounds and DO NOT use wood chips in landscaping, they are highly flammable and easily airborne
• Pre-assemble a grab-and-go bag that includes: medications, fire insurance policy, passports (all key documents); one small overnight bag per family with personal items to accommodate a possible 1 or 2 day evacuation
• Have an out-of-area phone contact for your family in case phone lines are down
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Fire Smart Program
The FireSmart program has started. We were fortunate to have the Vernon Fire Department, Forestry and Parks people participate in the Fire Smart, fuel removal demonstration. About 20 neighbourhood volunteers put in two days of hard labour. All the brush has been chipped and hauled away by the city.
The Fire Smart Committee which now comes under LECA, is in the process of registering CLE as a FireSmart Canada Community. The committee arranged to have a fire assessment for all of CLE which was recently completed by the Vernon Fire Department. The assessment for the freehold area is now available as an example. To view click here.
The Fire Smart Committee members are: Jim Dubois, Bill Crum, Al Rozek, Mike Arding, & Travis Szepesi
For information on the FireSmart Communities Program, please go to their website at www.bcwilfire.ca or visit www.firesmartcanada.ca or call 780-435-7338
For more information on the B.C Forest Service Protection Program contact:
Kamloops Fire Centre
4000 Airport Road
Kamloops, BC
250-554-5500
To Report a wildfire, call 1 800 663-5555 or Text *5555 on your cellphone
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The FireSmart program has started. We were fortunate to have the Vernon Fire Department, Forestry and Parks people participate in the Fire Smart, fuel removal demonstration. About 20 neighbourhood volunteers put in two days of hard labour. All the brush has been chipped and hauled away by the city.
The Fire Smart Committee which now comes under LECA, is in the process of registering CLE as a FireSmart Canada Community. The committee arranged to have a fire assessment for all of CLE which was recently completed by the Vernon Fire Department. The assessment for the freehold area is now available as an example. To view click here.
The Fire Smart Committee members are: Jim Dubois, Bill Crum, Al Rozek, Mike Arding, & Travis Szepesi
For information on the FireSmart Communities Program, please go to their website at www.bcwilfire.ca or visit www.firesmartcanada.ca or call 780-435-7338
For more information on the B.C Forest Service Protection Program contact:
Kamloops Fire Centre
4000 Airport Road
Kamloops, BC
250-554-5500
To Report a wildfire, call 1 800 663-5555 or Text *5555 on your cellphone
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neighbourhood block watch
Block Watch is a neighbour-helping-neighbour program. Residents on a block form a communication chain, aided by a block map of names, phone numbers and addresses. They watch out for each other's homes and report suspicious activity to the police and to each other; to reduce the likelihood of residential crime. Making CLE a Block Watch Neighbourhood would benefit all of us. For more detailed information please click here. (Updated May 5/22)
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (EMC)
FYI attached is LECA's first EMC newsletter which provides a safety update to the LECA Community on fire and neighbourhood preparedness, wildfire and Block Watch. This EMC report will be provided to the LECA Community on a quarterly basis. Click here to view.