Help to keep our Neighbourhoods safe – Turn on your outside lights at dusk. Remember you are the “eyes and ears” for our Block and the RCMP. Only together, can we remove the OPPORTUNITY for a crime to happen.
Keeping Your Neighbourhood Safe
Author: Gordon Wilson
CONGRATULATIONS – Mark Goode
Way to Go Mark Goode for not only correctly answering all the questions in the Emergency Preparedness Quiz but for being the lucky winner in the PRCEMC draw for completing the quiz.
Discussing emergency preparedness in the Vernon area with Mark he said:
as a “part-time” resident now, I would like to ensure the bag goes to a full-time home owner whose risk of exposure to wildfire may be higher and to do so via a route that allows for further opportunity to communicate the need for emergency preparedness. As such, I wanted to let you know I plan to donate the bag as a prize at the next silent auction fundraising event at the Kal Tire office (along with copies of the Evacuation Preparedness Guide). This seems like a good opportunity to raise awareness with 350 more people in the wider Vernon community.
Thank you then for allowing me the opportunity to build on the great work the PRCEMC is doing.
Once again…. Congratulations Mark.
HELP IMPROVE COMMONAGE ROAD A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONAGE ROAD COMMITTEE
The Commonage Road Improvement Committee (CRIC) is pursuing the comprehensive improvements of Commonage and Bailey Roads through to the Predator Ridge traffic circle.
In order to make the next major steps in road improvements, we believe a Letter of Support, endorsed by as many users of this road as possible will give CRIC additional leverage when dealing with the various agencies.
In light of this, CRIC is seeking your help in the form of a Letter of Support. We are seeking support and endorsement from all users including Predator Ridge residents, employees of Predator Ridge and Sparkling Hill, contractors, service providers, and the many non-resident recreational users of Predator Ridge.
In order to obtain your support we are utilizing an electronic tool called Survey Monkey. The Letter of Support is short and to the point and only takes a few moments to read and endorse.
Our intent is to utilize the Letter of Support and all of the endorsements in our discussions with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, as well as various government officials. It is our hope that a strong showing of support will provide impetus for further road improvements.
PLEASE NOTE: Please feel free to FORWARD this page to additional household members or Predator Ridge residents so that everyone is included and we get as much support as possible!
Please click the BUTTON below to view the Letter of Support and endorsement:
Thank you for your time and continued support.
Regards,
The Commonage Road Committee
Jane Toppozini
Gord Ball
Morgan Grant
Kathy Coverly
Email: CRIC@prcemc.ca
Feels like home: keeping communities FireSmart
Humans have left a lasting imprint on B.C.’s landscape. This is especially prevalent in areas where properties border on wildlands (such as forests or grasslands), which are known as wildland urban interface (WUI) areas.
An increasing number of homes are being built in or on the boundary of these WUI areas, which means there is a shared responsibility to care for these areas between communities and forests. With communities continuing to grow, WUI areas will only get larger. This will create a greater need for community wildfire preparedness in both urban and outlying areas.
Read more by downloading the Kamloops Fire Centre’s July Newsletter.
THANK-YOU FireSmart Volunteers
Over 29 people participated in the FireSmart Clean-Up event today, July 14th, 2019. We need to give a big thank you to Gerry Fester, the Strata President for organizing the event today. He obtained strata approval, secured a trailer to haul the debris to the landfill and communicated with the Strata for volunteers to help make the day a success. Heather Fester made homemade cookies and served cold watermelon to the volunteers – Thank you Heather !
The FireSmart Committee assisted today advertising the event for volunteers to come out and help from the rest Community. We also provided vests, gloves, safety glasses, tarps, rakes and water.
The area cleaned was right opposite the hockey cabin and down on either side of the golf cart path towards Ridge 16 and the other way to the start of the Cottages (the area opposite Ridge 17). Branches on trees were laddered, deadfall removed from the ground, dead branches removed from the bushes and trees and many, many pine cones picked up.
We all worked for about 3 hours today. Some volunteers worked longer taking the last load to the landfill and a volunteer cleaned the path later in the day.
Two full loads were taken to the Vernon Landfill (trailer and truck loaded right to the top) so a lot of debris was hauled away today. Today’s event really shows what a Community can accomplish when working together – in just a few hours, a very large area was “FireSmarted”.
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with the event today – the hours spent by you today will count towards applying for the 2019 FireSmart Community Recognition – We really appreciate your help and support !
Stay tuned for more details on our next clean-up event which is planned for an area in the Whitetail neighbourhood (likely late summer).
by….FireSmart Committee Coordinator….Kathy Pedersen
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BC Wildfire Service Seasonal Outlook 2019
Get the NEW Wildfire Preparedness Guide
PreparedBC has released a new Wildfire Preparedness Guide to ensure British Columbians are ready for what will likely be another busy wildfire season.
Created in partnership with FireSmart BC and the Office of the Fire Commissioner, the new guide provides information on what to do before, during and after a wildfire, including advice on mitigating risk, managing stress and coping with smoke.
It’s currently available for download from the PreparedBC website.
FireSmart Clean-Up Event
The FireSmart Committee is holding a clean-up event on Sunday, July 14th at 9:00 am to assist the Falcon Point Residents complete a FireSmart clean-up of the Chicopee/Falcon Point common property in areas 1, 2 & 3. See the colour coded map below:
The FireSmart committee will be on hand at the Hockey Canada Cabin on Sunday, July 14th beginning at 9:00 am with all kinds of great information on FireSmart. This is a great opportunity to learn more about FireSmart and how you can help protect your property from wildfire.
FireSmart manuals will be available as well as other educational materials. This is a good opportunity for Predator Ridge residents to come out and see first hand what FireSmart is all about and what can be done around their own homes with laddering trees, cleaning up pine cones, etc.
For those folks that would like to participate in the clean-up, gloves, vests, safety glasses and electric saws will be provided. We anticipate the FireSmart Clean-up will take 3 hours to complete and we will get underway at 9:00 am. Meet at the Hockey Canada Cabin.
Heading Outdoors? … Leave a Plan
How many of us have left the house on a day or weekend trip, biking, camping or some other fun activity without leaving a plan with someone on your whereabouts or trip details.
Preparedness also extends to activities we are doing and there is a great website called AdventureSmart that has excellent information and resources for the outdoor enthusiast. Let’s face it, NO ONE EVER expects to get into trouble outdoors. But, a turn in the weather, mistake in judgment, unexpected injury, equipment failure, or sudden nightfall can quickly change any recreational outing into a crisis. Does anyone know where you have gone and when you expect to return? When things go wrong, you’ll be happy you took the time to properly prepare.
AdventureSmart also has an app that is available for free in the Apple App Store for iOS devices and on Google Play for Android devices, and can also be accessed from any web browser.
Campfires Reported on Okanagan Lookout Loop
Report All Suspicious & Dangerous Activity
Recent reports from residents of Predator Ridge noted we are having a problem on our Okanagan lookout loop with people starting fires, drinking on the trail and leaving behind quite a mess.
We encourage all residents to help keep an eye on this to catch the individuals responsible. This is an extremely dangerous situation. If someone sees or knows anything we ask they report the concern to the Predator Ridge front desk team 250-542-3436
Breanne Tripp reports “We now have a sign on order that advises Fires are not permitted at Predator Ridge and will post it in the parking lot by Havencrest and also at the look out point.”
She has also updated the Vernon Fire Chief and Security as well, so they are aware of the location in the event of an emergency.