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PRRD Fires, Floods & Drought PRRD Fires, Floods & Drought Welcome to the Peace! • Area = 12 million hectares (120,000 km2) • Approximately 15% of the Province of BC • 7 municipalies, 4 electoral areas Fort St John • BC Stats populaon of 66,504 • 1/3 of populaon in the electoral areas Hudson’s Hope Municipalies Electoral Areas • City of Dawson Creek • Electoral Area B • City of Fort St. John • Electoral Area C Chetwynd • District of Taylor • Electoral Area D • District of Chetwynd • Electoral Area E Dawson Creek • District of Hudson’s Hope • District of Tumbler Ridge • Village of Pouce Coupe PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts When it’s not hoer and drier, it is going to be weer! Weather and condions are UNPREDICTABLE! PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts May, June & July 2011 • High snow pack ~150% of normal & late spring freshet • Higher than normal rains in mid-May brought elevated lake levels to the Moberly Lake area resulng in minor flooding • June rain event = 100-150mm of rain in 48 hours • July rain event = 80-100mm of rain in 48 hours PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts Impacts • 150 roads impacted at ~ 280 different locaons • CN Rail line impacted and trains derailed into the Pine River • Pipeline infrastructure impacted • BC Hydro power line for Tumbler Ridge affected • Pine Pass was closed for ~ 1 week • Hundreds of properes from the West Peace to the South Peace reported damage due to flooding • Moberly Lake, Hasler, Willow Flats, Dokie, Stone Creek and Wildmare Creek saw the greatest amount of damage • Large amount of gravel and debris fill stream beds • $2+ million in claims paid out through Disaster Financial Assistance • Event classified as a 1:100 year flood event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts 2011 Connued! Dawson Creek Precip. Chetwynd Precip. Fort St John Precip. • June = 142.6 mm • June = 188.5 mm • June = 170.1 mm • July = 126.8 mm • July = 136.0 mm • July = 144.9 mm • August = 26.5 mm • August = 6.4 mm • August = 19.7 mm • September = 7.4 mm • September = 22.8 mm • September = 26.1 mm • October = 5.0 mm • October = 10.6 mm • October = 7.2 mm PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts 2014 • Peace has been experiencing drought condions for a number of years • Drought condions along with high temperatures increase fire danger rang • Forest fuels were DRY, DRY, DRY! And temperatures were HIGH, HIGH, HIGH! Result: • McAllister Fire: caused the evacuaon of Hudson’s Hope; evacuaon alert for Moberly Lake, West Moberly FN and Saulteau FN; threatened WAC Benne Dam & Dokie Wind Farm • Red Deer Creek Fire: evacuaon ordered for oil and gas facilies • Mesalinka Fire: evacuaon alert for Tsey Keh Dene • Tommy Lakes Fire: impacted oil and gas operaons; evacuaon alert issued • Prince George Fire Centre ended season with 405 fires; cost close to $75 million PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts Monday, April 18, 2016 Dawson Creek - April 18, 2016 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Temp Wind Speed PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts Monday, April 18, 2016 Fort St John - April 18 , 2016 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Temp Wind Speed PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts April & May Wildfires Monday, April 18 = 43 fires in 6 hours Thursday, April 21 = 57 fires May 1 to May 8 = * * • extreme fire behavior on Beaon Fort St John Airport Road & Siphon Creek Fires; * • evacuaons of 256 properes on Hudson’s Hope * * * May 4 • Siphon Creek grew from 4,000 ha to 41,400 ha in 7 days Dawson Creek • Beaon grew from 5,500 ha to 15,000 ha in 7 days PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Place Title of Presentaon Here PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Place Title of Presentaon Here PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Place Title of Presentaon Here PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Place Title of Presentaon Here April & May Wildfires Monday, May 16 PRRD = 2 Alerts (106), 1 Order (130) Siphon Creek 66,600 ha 30% contained Beaon 15,000 ha 45% contained * * Halfway 3,000 ha 50% contained Fort St John Hudson’s Hope * Beaon was predicted to grow rapidly & extreme fire behavior was expected Dawson Creek PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Place Title of Presentaon Here April & May Wildfires PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Place Title of Presentaon Here PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts May & April Evacuaon SOLE’s Civic Orders 4 3218 Address placed on Evac Alert 8 Civic 12 Addresses 567 placed on Evacuaon Evac Order Alerts PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event Wednesday, June 15, 2016 • Environment Canada predicted 100mm+ rain • 1500 hrs • Spectra evacuated Pine River Fort St John Gas Plant due to egress issues for staff Hudson’s Hope • Pine Pass closed * * Chetwynd * * • Highway to Tumbler Ridge ** * * * Dawson Creek closed * • By end of day many roads and bridges already impacted • Flood issues appear to be in similar areas as 2011 although full impact not yet known PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event Thursday, June 16, 2016 • More roads connue to become closed as MOTI and road contractor idenfy issues (286 in total) • Fisher Creek & Commoon Creek bridges Fort St John destroyed – 1 family travelling through area stranded between bridges and requires Hudson’s Hope helicopter evacuaon due to health issues * * Chetwynd * * • 100+ residents in Hasler and Willow Flats trapped ** * * * Dawson Creek • Ulity impacts: Telus, BC Hydro and Fors * • Industry impacts: • Spectra & Pembina pipelines daylighng • CN Rail tracks destroyed or hanging without support PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event Thursday, June 16, 2016 Dawson Creek = 105 mm rain in 24 hrs Chetwynd = 129 mm in 24 hrs Generally contained to the South Peace Fort St John Flood History 1:100 year events: • 1987 Hudson’s Hope 14 years * * Chetwynd * * • 2001 ** * * * Dawson Creek 10 years * • 2011 5 years • 2016 PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts June 2016 Flood Event PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts What are we doing? Wildfires: • Public educaon • Work with Wildfire Management Branch to encourage property owners FireSmart their properes • Be prepared to respond: consideraon of expanding fire protecon boundaries and invesng in wildland fire equipment (brush trucks, side x sides) PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts What are we doing? Flooding: • Stream assessments • Determinaon of areas of risk • Prescripons to remediate 11 creeks • One-me grant from the Province of BC!! $$ PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts What are we doing? Flooding: • Stream rehabilitaon works • Applying to the Naonal Disaster Migaon Program for more assessments, flood plain mapping & migave works • Consideraon of local service areas to financially support ongoing care and maintenance of high risk streams and future migave works • MOTI creang a plan to upgrade stream crossings PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts What are we doing? Drought: • Understanding our resource • Collaborang with other agencies: SFU, GeoScience BC, FLNRO, OGC, MOE • Learning about the governance of water and being part of the conversaon PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts Quesons? PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires, Floods & Droughts HEAD OFFICE BRANCH OFFICE WEBSITE Box 810 1981 Alaska Avenue 9505 100 Street www.prrd.bc.ca Dawson Creek, BC Fort St. John, BC V1G 4HB V1J 4N4 Peace River Regional District office Page | Facebook Tel: 250-784-3200 Tel: 250-785-8084 Toll Free: 250-670-7773 Toll Free: 250-670-7773 Fax: 250-784-3201 Fax: 250-785-1125 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT | Fires & Floods 2016 .
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