The Minister of Justice and Public Safety is congratulating the town of Churchill Falls, which has received an Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award for its efforts last summer as out-of-control wildfires threatened the region.
The awards result from a federal-provincial-territorial partnership and recognize “exceptional service and achievement in emergency management.”
The provincial government says the town demonstrated “remarkable resilience and efficiency” when a wildfire threatened the area last June, noting they were able to effectively use their emergency plan to evacuate about 750 people in under two hours and allow for power from the Churchill Falls site to continue to flow.
The government notes that the town also showed “exceptional solidarity” a month later as they helped evacuees from Labrador City, who were also being threatened by a wildfire inching toward the town.
