Avalanche Safety – Shedding Light on the Snow Shed
Have you ever heard the term, “snow shed” and wondered what it is? Well, it’s not a place where we keep extra snow. Actually, it’s more like a tunnel – a concrete cover built over
Emergency Events
Timely and behind the scenes information around incident response and events impacting travel.
Fighting a Flood: Highway 20, One Year Later
In September 2010 – Highway 20, between Tatla Lake and Bella Coola, was reopened after more than 200 millimetres of rain (a once in every 200 year event) fell over a 36-hour period, flooding the
What is Freshet? Hint: It’s Not an Air Freshener
So, what is freshet? While it sounds like it could be a brand of scented cleaner or facial tissue, freshet is the snow melt that typically occurs from April to July, in BC. Freshet can
Emergency Preparedness Week is Every Day
A pile of rubble blocks the roadway, a mudslide cuts off access to a nearby highway, an earthquake crumbles the route you take to work… During Emergency Preparedness Week, you may be thinking about how