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Yesterday’s emergency alert test was ‘accidental,’ caused by ‘human error,’ Emergency Info BC says
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Did yesterday’s Alert Ready test catch you by surprise? You’re not alone.
At around noon on Wednesday (May 12th), Emergency Info BC said there was an accidental re-broadcast of last week’s test due to human error.
Today’s Alert Ready test was an accidental re-broadcast of last week’s test due to human error.
If you were on your LTE-connected phone, listening to the radio, or watching TV at the time, you would have heard or seen the following message:
VANCOUVER A family on Vancouver Island has been displaced by fire, and the local mayor says it s not the first time. Fire crews were called to the home on Eagle Crescent in Gold River, B.C. around 7 p.m. Friday. Video of the blaze shows a column of thick smoke rising from the home as crews worked to douse the flames. Gold River Mayor Brad Unger told CTV News Vancouver Island the family that lives in the home are longtime residents of the community who had a previous home destroyed by fire several years ago. Unger said the family is receiving aid from provincial Emergency Support Services, which provides people with basic necessities for 72 hours after a fire.
The family is staying in a hotel for now, local residents are dropping off clothes, and a community bake sale to raise money is planned on Monday, he said. Reported about 6:45 p.m., the fire was under control in about an hour, he said. The cause is not known. About a dozen firefighters were at the scene. A house next door appeared to have suffered some heat damage on one side, Unger said.
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Nor did the SRD board opt for its Plan B to discipline the director.
Instead, after in-camera consultation with legal counsel, the SRD board voted Feb. 10 to issue a public statement to Anderson on its expectations around a director’s conduct when communicating with SRD staff or board members.
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The board’s decision follows a public hearing on Jan. 27 to examine allegations Anderson had used her office in an attempt to influence staff decisions regarding the subdivision of land that she co-owns on Cortes Island.