A8-Sunday News, June 15, 1980 ‘People aren’‘t going to be kidded anymore’ FROM PAGE A1 with full data and recom- mendations by Septemnber 30. -_North Shore Rescue Coordinator Jeff Jefferd has prepared a basic plan which is the first part of an emergency procedural manual which will be submitted before all three North Shore councils and is likely to form the basis of the municipal emergency plans. Information is being prepared by North Van- couver District Fire Department to be fed imto a computer aid dispatch program for which the District has approved ex- penditure. In the event of a disaster, the computer would suggest the best way of handling it once the relevent conditions have been programmed. There is also a suggestion to build a weather Monitoring station in the Maplewood industrial area so that accurate weather situations would be known and could be catered for. RCMP Sergeant Dan Leroux still doesn't belheve an evacuation of the entire North Shore would be possible and now feels it would probably be un- necessary because of the area's weather conditions He's currently focussing hus attention on the evacuation of various segments, which he thinks would be possible And the Hooker chiorine manufactumng plant, at the centre of everyone's con. cers, has spent $5,000 having detailed acrial photographs taken of the entire North Shore. which Leroux says wll be in valuable for his evacuabon planning West Vancouver F) conducting detailed surveys of tnformation that would be necded, nght down to the names of poople suffernng from respiratory problems Among the many aspects the Hazards Task Force will be looking at Community Were you lucky? Winning numbers in the June Plo diaw of the Western Papress Lottery wete 8100 000 1 ae Dew oD 4 NOM lMA OC 24 JORG $10 000 yNt' NY? IM AS. 4d PNi a PIAL La PLA OM Receivership SALE of Men's Apparel SEE BACK PAGE SECTION B FOR | FANTASTIC * BARGAINS * is a cost analysis of moving Hooker and other hazardous chemical plants, as well as the question of whether that would be the best step to take. The committee has set itself a time schedule with a full and detailed program which appears to include just about every § aspect required to reach con- clusions concerning chemical hazards on the North Shore. Committee chairman Derek Inman doesn’t try to guess whether District council will automatically follow the committee’s recommendations and agree with its findings. But he says: “We certainly hope our action will be followed up. They (District council) are getting this DEREK INMAN (r¢port) from an awful lot of people who have spent a great deal of time and done a lot of research, as teers ~ volun The committee compnses 12 people with vanous in terests and views on the subycct and Inman ts clearly delighted at the cooperation among members who have been assigned to individual aspects of the subject “These people are putting thew efforts together even people with conflicting views, to try to find a reasonable solution = and decide whether there should be a time allocated over the RAD FLUSH PECIA C atl Surfers t coe bh werent M. ' Z 4 Nor Est DRIVE IN SERVICE JUST OFF PEMGAEA TON RADIA TORS 7 AC OC KS SOUT OF AARINE next few years to remove this sort of industry.” HOW TO REACT The committee's report, he says, will deliberately be worded in terms that can be understood by all and he sees one of its primary functions as being to distribute information packages to every household so that all residents are clearly aware of what in- dustries there are, the dangers they pose, what is being done and how people should react in an emergency. “The common cry is ‘If we have a spill on the North Shore, what do we do?’,” he says. “We are trying to allay everyone's fears,” he says, adding “I only hope to hell we can.” “Too many people know nothing about this whole thing and don't understand what it is all about. And when the Beak Report came out it scared the living hell out of them.” But he also thinks the Beak Report and_ the publicity surrounding — the situavon has had positive effects “One thing all this has done us it’s alerted them that people are not just going to be kidded along any more They want to know what's happening.” Inman also played a key role in the report on chemical hazards publicized by the North Van Chamber of Commerce and is pleased by tts reponse “We have had a number of letters back. even from the premicr, saying how pleased he was to see the matenal ~ GOOD PROGRESS Task force committec meetings are being attended by experts of just) about every aspect of the problem, Inman says, and he feels the committee is progressing ala good pace tp its investigation of Chemin al hazards Members have split up tote sub committecs Py ab b Abe! 984-05 74 117% Weet iam Si Mv responsible for different aspects. The next meeting, to be held June 26, will consider transportation of hazardous materials, by sea, rail and truck. July 9 they will discuss storage and production of hazardous materials. Two weeks later they will receive an emergency planning report from a sub- committee into evacuation warning systems and literature for the public. August 6 the task force will evaluate the hazardous products reported and two weeks later it will consider a cost evaluation of relocating hazardous industries. This subject may continue to be explored beyond the committee’s September 30 deadline, Inman says. The same meeting will also review the Beak Report. The committee's preliminary report will be prepared September 3 and. following any amendments, JEFF JEFFERD Rescue Coordinator the final report will be presented September 23. PEOPLE DON’T KNOW Inman promises: “We are going to tell people what these things (hazardous materials) are and how to react to them. 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