Calgary Opens Emergency Centre to Tackle Snow Problems

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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An untimely major snowfall in southern Alberta has caused Calgary to open its emergency operations centre for the first time since the heavy flooding of last year. The centre is credited to co-ordinate among different city departments in order to collectively respond to snowy conditions.

The director for the city’s emergency management agency, Ken Uzeloc, mentioned in his remarks that Calgary’s 311 phone system has so far received almost 1,300 calls since the snow began falling earlier this week. Uzeloc urged people not to call 911 unless there’s a risky situation. He explained on Wednesday that “we would like to advise citizens to call 911 if there is a threat to public safety: a downed tree on a power line, a downed tree on a house or a tree around your car causing people to be trapped.” Meanwhile, officials kept urging drivers to slow down and approach intersections and city crews with caution.

Whereas in addition to that, approximately 30,000 people are left without electricity on Wednesday. Uzeloc confirmed that power company Enmax is monitoring the entire situation and there was no need for citizens to call 311 or 911. Meanwhile, the Calgary Board of Education also assured in a release that even though some schools have reported outages, they would remain open to accept students. Whereas, the Calgary Zoo has been closed for visitors for the day since the heavy snow on trees near pathways was posing a potential risk to visitors.

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