Emergency Preparedness Seminar in Tahsis

Tahsis volunteers attend a morning seminar on Emergency Preparedness

Local Emergency Preparedness volunteers attended a seminar and workshop on March 5th 2005 as part of MEP (Municipal Emergency Preparedness) planning for the Village.


The Emergency Preparedness Instructor covers basics in the morning class

Instructor Russel Roy of Earthquake Search and Rescue instructs Tahsis Emergency Workers in the morning, followed by a practical workshop in the afternoon. The workshop involves simulating a serious earthquake along the West Coast of BC, with speakers roaring out the sounds of an actual earthquake and volunteers playing the role of injured civilians.


Emergency workers search the Tahsis Recreation Centre for injured people after a simulated earthquake


Duck and Cover-- while emergency workers search the building, a recording of an earthquake signals a simulated aftershock, and the emergency workers crouch and cover the backs of their necks

The workshop simulated real emergency scenarios such as fires, injured residents, gas leaks, and frequent aftershocks.


Volunteer Russ Nickerson finds an injured teen in the Tahsis Recreation Centre lobby (volunteer Sean Arsenault)


Volunteer Batista Bertoia and assistant aids injured volunteers in the First Aid Station set up in the Recreation Centre Gym


Group leaders report to the Instant Commander Keith Moeskau. Keith is one of three volunteer Emergency Coordinators for Tahsis


An injured volunteer waits in the kitchen for assistance.. the kitchen is a hazardous place during an earthquake.


Emergency workers carefully transfer a badly wounded volunteer onto a stretcher

Currently, Telly Weisman of Emergex (a company offering emergency preparedness seminars /www.emergexplanning.com ) is in town Easter week giving EOC (Emergence Operations Center) training and ICS (Instant Command Systems) training over the week to the Tahsis Emergency Prepardness.