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Teamwork On Display As Vermilion Responders Tackle Storm Damage Book Now
The damage to the hospitals canopy pillar. Photo Lorna Hamilton
Lorna Hamilton
The huge spruce tree that topple during the storm causing powerline damage. Photo Sonya Lee
of incidents such as downed powerlines, shingles torn from homes and busi- outages impacted almost 1,500 custommotor vehicle collisions, wind damage, nesses, loose personal items blown ers, with most people having their power Powerful winds that swept through and medical assistance emergency across properties, and structural damage restored by the evening of March 8. In Vermilion and area on Sunday, March 8 across our town and surrounding areas.” in several locations. One of the more visi- some cases more extensive repairs kept emergency crews busy for several Environment Canada had issued wind ble incidents occurred at Vermilion Health were needed and the remaining customhours as a predicted afternoon wind warnings for much of east central Alberta Centre where a large entrance pillar ers were reenergized by the evening of storm and snow squall caused damage the day before as a powerful system was began to collapse after being compro- March 9. and prompted a series of calls across the set to move across the Prairies. Data mised by the wind. “This weekend’s winter storm brought community. from the weather station at Lloydminster The storm also triggered widespread challenging conditions across much of According to Town of Vermilion Fire Airport, the closest continuous report- power outages throughout the commu- Alberta, including the central east region, Chief Anton Krys members of the Vermil- ing station to Vermilion, recorded strong nity. The first call reporting an outage was impacting both transmission and distribuion Fire and Rescue responded to eight northwest winds during the afternoon received by crews from ATCO Electric at tion infrastructure and access. In advance, calls between 2 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. as the with gusts reaching approximately 110 approximately 2 p.m. Sunday just as the ATCO prepared by activating our incident storm moved through the region. km/h. The strongest winds were recorded strongest winds began moving through management response team, coordinat“Sunday, March 8 was a busy day for during the same time period firefighters the area. ing resources, having extra personnel on the Town of Vermilion Fire Department,” were responding to calls. According to ATCO media communi- standby, and prioritizing power restoration said Krys in a public message following Those intense gusts left their mark cations manager Doris Kaufmann Wood- efforts during the event. the event. “Crew handled a wide range across Vermilion. Residents reported cock, in the Vermilion service area 20 Continued on page 2 Reporter
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