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Emergency Events

Timely and behind the scenes information around incident response and events impacting travel.

How BC Air Access Provides Small Airport Funding and Supports Safety

January 4, 2023December 7, 2022 2 Comments

BC’s 300 aviation facilities have critical roles to play, like wildfire suppression and medical evacuation (medevac), and we’re helping to support them with small airport funding from the BC Air Access Program (BCAAP).

Categories BC Aviation Facilities, BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers, Emergency Events, Funding Programs
New bridge installed on BC Highway 8 following damage from November 2021 Atmospheric River event.

Where Are We Now? BC Atmospheric River Event – A Year in Review

January 4, 2023November 24, 2022 4 Comments

It was an event unlike anything we’ve ever experienced here in the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. When an atmospheric river brought an unprecedented amount of rain to the province in November 2021 – BC

Categories BC Travellers, Emergency Events, Flooding

Disaster Response Routes – DO NOT USE in Case of Emergency

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 10 Comments

Do you know what this yellow sign means? Many people who see these signs on Vancouver Island and in the Lower Mainland think they indicate public evacuation routes during an emergency situation, but this is

Categories Emergency Events
firefighter holding stop sign

How to Help Volunteer Firefighters Help Others on BC Highways

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Leave a comment

 We talk a lot about the importance of roadside worker safety as part of the Cone Zone campaign, but what about roadside volunteer safety? Volunteer firefighters, for example, are first responders to highway incidents.

Categories Cone Zone, Emergency Events

How We Help Keep Floodwaters at Bay on BC Highways

July 20, 2022June 16, 2022 2 Comments

Ever heard the old adage: “April Showers bring May flowers”? Well, depending on where you live in BC, spring showers don’t just bring flowers, they can also bring freshet (rapid snowpack melt and overwhelmed stream

Categories Emergency Events, Flooding

BC Flooding: What Does the Road to Recovery Look Like for Our Highways?

October 18, 2022May 10, 2022 10 Comments

The south coast of BC is often referred to as the “Wet Coast” – a lighthearted nod to the high levels of rain that fall here annually. However, during the BC flooding of November 2021,

Categories Emergency Events, Engineering

How We Catch Avalanche Debris to Reduce Highway Closure Times

March 10, 2022January 11, 2022 Leave a comment

If we can “catch” some avalanche debris, we can “release” you that much sooner to travel through the area and get to your destination.

Categories Avalanche Program, BC Travellers, Road Maintenance

Meet BC SIMS – Our Seismic Infrastructure Monitoring System

November 4, 2021 6 Comments

Hello. My name is British Columbia Smart Infrastructure Monitoring System. My developers call me BC SIMS. My job is to constantly monitor seismic activity across Canada (as well as Washington, Oregon and Alaska) and report

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers, Emergency Events
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