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“Tm satisfied that North
Vancouver District is
prepared to meet and. deal
with any major calamity if
and when it occurs.”

Alderman Peter Powell
echoed the sentiments. “The
District is as well prepared
as any - and better than
most,” he told council.

In his preamble to the
manual, McDonald said.

“It does not spell out our
method of operations as this
is covered through training
and our standard operating
procedures..

“In addition, the manual
does nat spell out

_ procedures to be followed
‘for evacuation during
emergencies as this is
considered a police and
EMO (Emergency Measures
Organization) function.
Evacuation will take place
usually after the instruction
is received from fire of-
ficials.”

He described
document as “simply an
update of long-standing
procedures under which we
have operated”.

McDonald said his major
concern is the transportation
of dangerous chemicals and
materials, fearing road or
rail accidents as a more
likely danger than a spill at
manufacturing plant level.

The manual covers in
detail the sequence of steps
that would be carried out to
evaluate the extent of any
major emergency and
determine what action to
take.

It calls for the
establishment of a perimeter
around the area into which
only emergency forces and
services will be permitted.

From that point on the
manual describes the steps
to the establishment of an
emergency operations
centre, or command post,
which will be in touch with

the

all units involved in the
emergency.
Mayor Don Bell told

council that in a situation
which becomes a disaster of
regional proportions the

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Chief McDonald will be
among some of the key
figures involved with any
spill of chlorine that might
occur at North Vancouver's
Hooker Chemicals plant who
will be making up a forum

that will be open to public |

questioning
evening.

The forum is part of a
public information meeting
arranged by the Chemical
Hazard Alert Committee
citizens’ group.

The meeting will be held
in the heart of the high risk
area for any spill from
Hooker - at Maplewood
School.

Thursday

On the panel will be North
Van District Mayor Don
Bell, District Fire Depart-

ment Chief Bob McDonald, .

Hooker Chemicals Vice-
President and General
Manager Bud Schnurstein,

North and West Vancouver

Emergency Program

Coordinator Jeff Jefferd, and

chemist John Walkley. The
quorum will be chaired by
Don Rosenbloom.

The meeting begins at 8

p.m. in the school gym.

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Anybody who wanted a
copy of the Beak Report into
chemical hazards on the
North Shore but who was put
off by the $100 price tag can
now buy their own copy — at
$90 less than they were told
they would have to pay.

At the time North Van-
couver District Council

decided to make the con-

troversial report public three .

weeks ago after considerable
public pressure, emphasis
was placed on the fact that
copies would have to be sold
at $100 each because of
elaborate and complicated
printing procedures in-
volved.

Aldermen stated that the
color work in the report was
essential to its com-

prehension and that the
report would be meaningless
without such an expensive
printing job.

However, the News has
learned that none of the
copies of the report were

ever sold at $100 but that the
cost is in fact $10.
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