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BC Declares a Provincial State of Emergency August 15 2018….Extended August 29 2018

UPDATED AUGUST 29 2018.  The Provincial State of Emergency HAS BEEN EXTENDED until  Sept 12 2018

As of Aug 29th….534 fires, 3,200 people under evacuation order, 21,800 people under evacuation alert

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018PSSG0064-001656

The British Columbia government this morning declared a provincial state of emergency due to the current wildfire situation. At this time there are in the area of 600 wildfires burning in the Province. To learn more go to

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018PSSG0061-001584

B.C. declares provincial state of emergency due to wildfires

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-wildfires-2018-province-declares-state-of-emergency-1.4785983

Hawaii Has Activated Emergency Communication Nets Aug 23 2018.

In view of events in Hawaii the SATERN net will activate on Friday Aug 24 2018 at 1300 CDT. The Hurricane Watch Net, The Maritime Mobile Service Net (14.300) the National Hurricane Centre Amateur Radio as well as the ARRL are all currently standing by to assist Hawaii ARES units.   The state of Hawaii is operating on 7088 KHz, The National Weather Service Honolulu is operating on 7080 KHz, and SATERN is operating on 14265 KHz

PLEASE ENSURE THE HF FREQUENCY IS NOT IN USE BEFORE YOU USE IT.

BC STATE OF EMERGENCY UPDATE AUG 20 2018

The following is an update on the fires in BC.

  • B.C. is in its fifth day of a province-wide state of emergency. There are more than 560 wildfires burning across the province.
  • People living in more than 2,800 properties have been forced to leave, while 11,300 more properties are under evacuation alerts.
  • On Friday, the province announced it would match donations to the Red Cross for people affected by wildfires up to $20 million.
  • The B.C. Wildfire Service said its cost for fighting fires so far this season has topped $242 million.
  • More than 100 Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to help B.C. personnel.
  • Wildfire smoke over western Canada is visible from NASA’s DSCOVR satellite — about 1.6 million kilometres away.

Smoke has delayed on cancelled many flights around the Province.  On Vancouver Island the smoke is so thick all fire fighting helicopters are grounded. For the rest of the Provinve go to

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-1.4791099

VANCOUVER ISLAND EXHIBITION AUGUST 17 18 19 2018

Thanks to all members of the Coast Emergency Communications Association and the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association who attended the Vancouver Island Exhibition this weekend in support of  the amateur radio booth. Special thanks to those that organized everything, you know who you are. I won’t list names as I know I  someone will be missed.  Great job everyone.