A mission in the fire zone: Evacuating The Pavilion care home

August 30, 2024
An Emergency Operations Centre, like in the example shown here, can be in-person or virtual. EOCs are activated to manage emergency and disaster response. (Photo credit: HEMBC)

On Thursday, July 25, Interior Health started a precautionary evacuation of residents of The Pavilion long-term care home in New Denver.

Nearby Silverton—a small town of 200 on Slocan Lake—had already been issued an evacuation order the day before due to the advancing Aylwin Creek fire. By mid-afternoon on July 25, New Denver was on an evacuation alert. 

In this first of our two-part story on evacuations and repatriation, get a glimpse into how an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) works. Read a behind-the-scenes, first-person account of the evacuation in New Denver from Lisa Keech, a critical care nurse on the High Acuity Response Team at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail.

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