42 -North Shore News -— Wednesday, September 27, 2000

: She | Quakefair
organizers
score success

APPROXIMATELY 2,500 children and their
parents came to learn about getting reauy for a
major earthquake at B.C.’s biggest-ever neigh-
bourhood preparedness show.

Quakefair was held Sept. 16 in North Vancouver.
Children watched Tanya Reid and company’s production of
Disaster Alley. Along with the duchess of doom (whose partne:
was trapped under a bookcase while she argued with him about
calling the avighbours for help), the duke of disaster and a car-
nival barker got the message across — it is our neighbours wh
will be our first best source of help when disaster strikes, so we'd
du well to know who has first-aid training on the block and who
has fire suppression experience before the big one hits.
“That’s what neighbourhood team programs are all about.
It’s the most effective way to prepare. The 1994 Northridge
; ‘ (California) earthquake showed just how valuable neighbou!
GC i e a ni swe e hood programs are. We were thrilled to partner with the City of
p North Vancouver to launch the first ever Quakefair” said Mary
. Clappa, chair of the Neighbourhood Emergency  Socie
GRADE 4 and 5 students from West Vancouver's Hollyburn elementary schco! walked down to Ambleside (NES).

Beach last week fer the Great Seach Clean-Up. They recorded their findings for the Vancouver Aquarium. The NES was set up not long ago to spur governments and
; industry to help people learn earthquake preparedness. Forty

. : organizations worked with the NES to help build and execute
Quakefair.

Government pians to handle a major quake in the Lower
Mainland expect citizens to do rescues, put out fires, care for
each other and survive on their own for a Jeast 72 hours.

Although there are a small cadre of volunteers in every com-
munity who are ready, 95% of the population is not. But North
Vancouver now has at least 2,500 people who know the basics
of neighbourhood preparedness.

Quakefair was the brainchild of Clappa, who has been lead-
ing the charge in B.C. on neighbourhood preparedness and
emergency social services since 1986. ;

“We (the emergency planning community) have been trying
all sorts of things to engage the public in preparedness. But it
was the Auditor General's report (1998) that really showed just
how little is being done at the neighbourhood level. - Neazly all
our work has focused on organizing the official response —

: } now is the time to shift gears and focus on the people side o
NANCIE iiriatil i disaster readiness” said Clappa. “We plan to take Quakefair to
erne ! uy Gi : communities across B.C. We have a formula that works.”.
: Leaving the duchess in Disaster Alley, people moved into the
i . Get Ready Road display to join in the Big Disaster Game Show,
Assorted varieties. : .the Home Hazard Hunt, and learn the basics of home and
Including ence ee . ES f neighbourhood preparedness under the carnival tents. The big
Combined varieties. : ¢ = draw was Canadian Pacific Railway’s safety puppet show. ><
Crowds witnessed the gravity-defying feats of the Amazing
| | i Sling and his unicycle, they watched the fire burn pan and safe-:
| . ty demos of the North Van Fire Department and the 6th Field
ant Engineer Squadron — Canadian Armed Forces (hosts of the
a - . . eel oles nieieceadiaratheentnmetanetonse Quakefair in North Van.) its ki es di the
a“ " . : “Quakefair is the largest event of its kind ever staged in the.
: New York’ ; tits Lower Mainland,” tid North Vancouver cy Mayor Barbara
. oan H : : E H Ss . “Quakefair is all about bringing neighbours together t
Strip Loin Steaks . % = help cach other in a time of cri ” is “a oe Fee
Boneless. Valu Pack. ‘ “The community spirit of all the volunteers and sponso
is gratifying,” said Sharp. So ee
Said Vancouver federal cabinet minister. Hedy. Fry, .“
British Columbians we live with the reality. of an impending.
earthquake. Preparedness is key and getting the message across
is essential.” bo ERS de® fact

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