What would happen if a natural disaster strikes Vancouver?

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – As Paris recovers from its lockdown, emergency crews in Vancouver are simulating a disaster here.

Director of Emergency Management Daniel Stevens says they are simulating a natural disaster and there are a lot of differences between the two situations, though a lockdown enforced in Paris is similar to people being forced to stay indoors because of Mother Nature.

“The men and women of the emergency services have a critical role to play but I think as we saw in Paris, as we saw on Twitter through other forms of social media, the community opening up to help each other out. That is what we are after as well in Vancouver.”

Stevens says they wouldn’t be sending volunteers door to door in a security situation but would use traditional and social media instead. He believes the time to prepare for any kind of disaster is now.

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