Interior Health prepares for wildfire emergency
Pleasant Valley Manor in Armstrong is the North Okanagan site where Interior Health will provide emergency facilities should there be mass wildfire evacuations and power loss.
As part of emergency preparations, Interior Health is locating deployable alternate care sites— or DACS— in the north and south Okanagan.
The resources, provided by Health Emergency Management BC, contain the supplies and equipment required to rapidly set up a care site resembling a field hospital.
The DACS in the South Okanagan is being positioned at Summerland Seniors Village in Summerland, with St John Ambulance supporting the deployment process.