Stronger local-disaster response will keep people safer
The Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF) is administered through the Union of British Columbia Municipalities and funds projects that support First Nations and local governments to better prepare for disasters and reduce risks from hazards in a changing climate.
First Nations and local governments throughout British Columbia will receive approximately $2.7 million from the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund as follows:
?akisqnuk First Nation – Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)
Approved amount: $30,000
Abbotsford – EOC Training
Approved amount: $21,602.75
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District – Regional: Building Capacity and Improving Resiliency in Emergency Operations
Regional partner: Port Alberni
Approved amount: $60,000
Boothroyd Indian Band – EOC
Approved amount: $30,000
Bowen Island – EOC Tabletop, Equipment and Electrical Upgrade
Approved amount: $30,000
Burnaby – EOC Software
Approved amount: $30,000
Burns Lake – EOC Tabletop Exercise
Approved amount: $24,931
Cariboo Regional District – EOC Equipment and Training 2024
Approved amount: $13,875.90
Central Coast Regional District – In-Person and Virtual EOC Training and Equipment
Approved amount: $30,000
Chase – EOC Generator Purchase
Approved amount: $15,000
Chawathil First Nation – Acquisition of EOC Trailer and Trailer Orientation Training Day
Approved amount: $28,198.50
Chetwynd – EOC Exercise Development and Training
Approved amount: $29,947
Cowichan Tribes – EOC Equipment and Storage
Approved amount: $30,000
Daylu Dena Council – EOC Training
Approved amount: $30,000
Ditidaht First Nation – EOC Setup and Signage
Approved amount: $30,000
Fort Nelson First Nation – EOC Emergency Generator
Approved amount: $30,000
Fort St. John – Development of New Primary EOC Location
Approved amount: $30,000
Fraser-Fort George Regional District – Mobile EOC Power, Communications, EOC Staff Emergency Sustenance, Training and Exercising Improvements
Approved amount: $30,000
Gibsons – EOC
Approved amount: $30,000
Golden – Radios and 72-Hour Kits
Approved amount: $28,623.26
Granisle – EOC Building Upgrade and Mock Exercise Training
Approved amount: $30,000
Harrison Hot Springs – EOC Capacity
Approved amount: $18,524
Heiltsuk First Nation – 2024 EOC Project
Approved amount: $30,000
Highlands – East Fire Hall EOC Back Up Generator – Connections and Commissioning
Approved amount: $15,000
Hope – EOC Communication and Operations Equipment
Approved amount: $30,000
Houston – 2024 EOC Training and Equipment
Approved amount: $30,000
Iskut First Nation – Mobile EOC
Approved amount: $30,000
Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k’tles7et’h’ First Nations – EOC Operational Resiliency
Approved amount: $30,000
Kent – Equipment and Training
Approved amount: $30,000
Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation – EOC Capacity Enhancement
Approved amount: $30,000
Kitsumkalum Band – EOC Update
Approved amount: $30,000
Kwikwetlem First Nation – Building Emergency Response Capacity
Approved amount: $30,000
Lhtako Dene Nation – Amateur Radio Repeater for EOC Centre. Very High Frequency Repeater and High Frequency Portable Communications
Approved amount: $30,000
Lytton – EOC Training
Approved amount: $28,901.72
Mackenzie – 2024 EOC Grant Application
Approved amount: $30,000
McBride – 2024 EOC Training and Equipment
Approved amount: $24,317.28
Metchosin – EOC Operations & Updates
Approved amount: $30,000
Mission – Regional: EOC Training and Exercise – Collaboration and Mutual Response
Regional partner: Leq’a:mel First Nation
Approved amount: $57,117
Nak’azdli Whut’en – Regional: Nak’azdli Whut’en and the District of Fort St. James Joint EOC
Regional partner: Fort St. James
Approved amount: $60,000
Nanaimo Regional District – 2024 EOC Training Project
Approved amount: $29,994.51
North Coast Regional District – Backup Generators for Haida Gwaii
Approved amount: $30,000
Okanagan Indian Band – Mobile EOC
Approved amount: $30,000
Old Masset Village Council – Regional: Joint Emergency Management Training/Exercise Project
Regional partner: Masset
Approved amount: $52,116.36
Parksville – Regional: 2024 EOC Training and Supplies
Regional partner: Qualicum Beach
Approved amount: $59,956.14
Penticton – 2024 EOC Equipment and Training
Approved amount: $29,050
Pitt Meadows – EOC Training and Table Top Exercise, and EOC Supplies
Approved amount: $28,624.57
Port Coquitlam – Enhancements to EOC facilities
Approved amount: $27,850
Port Moody – Multi-Jurisdictional Extreme Temperature Preparedness
Approved amount: $29,932.66
Powell River – Regional: qathet Region Department Operations Centre
Regional partner: T’la’amin Nation
Approved amount: $60,000
Prince George – EOC Training/Exercises and Equipment Modernization
Approved amount: $22,500
qathet Regional District – Regional EOC Tabletop Workshops Series
Approved amount: $30,000
Quesnel – EOC Training
Approved amount: $14,000
Revelstoke – EOC Exercise Training
Approved amount: $17,000
Saanich – EOC – Training and Exercising
Approved amount: $30,000
Saulteau First Nations – EOC Equipment and Training
Approved amount: $16,900
Seabird Island Band – 2024 Training and Equipment
Approved amount: $29,920.00
Sékw’els’as First Nation – EOC Capacity Building
Approved amount: $28,750
Sidney – EOC Equipment and Training
Approved amount: $30,000
Siska Band – Regional: Nlaka’pamux Nation EOC Capacity Building
Regional partners: Nicomen Indian Band, Skuppah Indian Band
Approved amount: $80,000
Skeetechestn Indian Band – EOC
Approved amount: $26,600
Snuneymuxw First Nation – Emergency Operations Project
Approved amount: $30,000
Sooke – EOC Enhanced Readiness
Approved amount: $29,994
Squamish – EOC Capacity Building Project
Approved amount: $29,693.99
Strathcona Regional District – Regional: North Island EOC
Regional partners: Campbell River, Ehattesaht First Nation, Gold River, Klahoose First Nation, Mount Waddington Regional District, Mowachat/Muchalaht First Nations, Nuchatlaht First Nation
Approved amount: $359,910
Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation – Mobile EOC
Approved amount: $30,000
Sunshine Coast Regional District – EOC Equipment and Training Improvements
Approved amount: $28,095
Taku River Tlingit First Nation – EOC Training and Equipment Project
Approved amount: $30,000
Taylor – EOC Training, Supplies and Full Exercise Project
Approved amount: $6,500
Terrace – Next Generation Integrated Communications Enhancement Project for the EOC
Approved amount: $30,000
Thompson-Nicola Regional District – EOC Improvements
Approved amount: $30,000
Tofino – EOC Enhancement, Equipment and Training
Approved amount: $30,000
Tsleil-Waututh Nation – EOC Equipment and Training
Approved amount: $29,816.83
Ucluelet – Tsunami Warning System Revitalization Project
Approved amount: $29,943
Vanderhoof – EOC Training and Equipment Project
Approved amount: $30,000
Victoria – EOC Communications and Workstation Upgrade
Approved amount: $28,320.08
Wells – EOC Equipment and Training
Approved amount: $30,000
Whistler – EOC Room Technological Upgrades and Trainings
Approved amount: $14,459.08
Williams Lake First Nation – EOC Equipment
Approved amount: $29,352.87
Witset First Nation – EOC Equipment Updates
Approved amount: $13,596.28
Xaxl’ip First Nation – EOC Starter Kit
Approved amount: $30,000