Vanderhoof Puts Out Call For More Volunteers

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The good news is, the  Nechako River at Vanderhoof continues to ease, and  officials with the Vanderhoof Emergency Operations Centre, are hopeful the  target flow of 750 cubic metres per second will soon be reached.

Flows on Sunday  afternoon had  fallen to 771 cubic metres  per second, down from Saturday’s high of  789.6 cubic metres per second.  The dike system had been  reinforced to handle flows of up to 800 cubic metres per second.

Crews and volunteers have been spending the long weekend bracing and reinforcing the existing dike system and they will need plenty of volunteers today to  help.  "It is harder getting people out on the long weekend", says  Vanderhoof Mayor Len Fox,  "But we are hoping to rally them to come out as a lot of work is planned."  

Operations Branch Director Doug Forsdick  says the thrust  now is to maintain the current dyke system to handle these continued high flows for a sustained period of time, "Vigilance, not  complacency is the order of the day" says Forsdick.

Vanderhoof is expecting to experience the high flows for at least another three to 4 weeks.

Tuesday, Solicitor General John Les will tour the Vanderhoof and Miworth areas along with local  officials,  provincial emergency personnel and  Ministry of Environment staff.

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