The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) said the province is in a better place to deal with extreme heat compared to the summer of 2021 when hundreds of people died in the heat dome weather event.
Officials with the BCCDC, Environment Canada and B.C.’s Emergency Management and Climate Readiness held a technical briefing Thursday morning to review a two-tier heat alert response system for extreme heat events.
It was put in place last summer in response to 2021’s heat dome, which killed 619 British Columbians. It’s considered the deadliest weather event on record in Canada, according to the B.C. Coroners Service.
B.C.’s Heat Alert Response System (HARS) uses specific heat criteria
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