Whistler officials planning for ‘dual-emergency scenarios’

By Braden Dupuis
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Even with COVID-19 taking the bulk of the attention of local elected officials in recent weeks, other potential emergencies haven’t been forgotten in the meantime. “From the beginning, when the Whistler [Emergency Operations Centre] was activated, one of their early tasks was to advance a number of different dual-emergency scenarios, so the consideration of COVID-19 and wildfire, or the consideration of COVID-19 and a flood freshet,” said Mayor Jack Crompton.…

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• Whistler News

April 23, 2020

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