Friday, October 15, 2010

Wake Up Winnipeg - City of Winnipeg Emergency Preparedness Drill - Operation Ex-Ice 2010




Operation Ex-Ice 2010.
Film and story by: Andru Valpy

On Thursday October 14th, 2010, The City of Winnipeg in conjunction with MTS, Manitoba Hydro and Westman Communications, conducted day 3 of their emergency preparedness drill entitled "Operation Ex-Ice".




300 employees and city officials worked together in various locations to simulate the ability to work through the effects of an severe ice storm, which causes a disruption to Winnipeg’s electrical supply.

This drill was based on the real life ice storm disaster that took place in Quebec ice storm of 1998.

(c) 2010 A. Valpy - http://wakeupwinnipeg.com - twitter.com/wakeupwinnipeg

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