Archive 2008 – Honourable John van Dongen
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November 17, 2008
MEDIA TOUR OF PEP HEADQUARTERS, DOMSAT UNVIELED
Public Safety Minister John van Dongen, Environment Minister Barry Penner, and Advanced Education Minister/Saanich North and the Islands MLA Murray Coell, are shown the Province's new DOMSAT satellite system during a tour of the Provincial Emergency Program's new facility in Central Saanich. The Ministry of Environment's DOMSAT system will reduce the time needed to retrieve critical data to warn British Columbians about potential flooding.
Public Safety Minister John van Dongen speaks with PEP's Director of Operations Chris Duffy and Operations Specialist Sonia Woolford at the new Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre.
Public Safety Minister John van Dongen welcomes media to the new Provincial Emergency Program headquarters in Saanichton.
Environment Minister Barry Penner shows Public Safety Minister John van Dongen how the new DOMSAT system relays river level and snowpack information from monitoring stations to a satellite and then is retrieved by River Forecasting computers. This new system allows this process to occur in real-time.
Public Safety Minister John van Dongen discusses the new Provincial Emergency Program headquarters with (Clockwise from minister) PEP Executive Director Cam Filmer, Head of the River Forecast Centre Allan Chapman, Advanced Education Minister/Saanich North and the Islands MLA Murray Coell and PEP Director of Operations Chris Duffy.
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