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Title:

Coastal First Nation – Great Bear Initiative Society EEW Deployment

Agreement Number:

GC-130177S

Agreement Value:

$924,486.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 23, 2022 - May 31, 2024

Description:

CFN member Nations will develop a work plan and budget to effectively execute the EEW equipment deployment within each of their 9 communities

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

This network of EEW systems within the CFN communities in the Great Bear Rainforest region will act as a secondary network to not only protect the communities within the region but ensure that other regions and communities have sufficient notice to respond and protect lives and assets

Location:

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, CA V6C 1T2

Reference Number:

115-2021-2022-Q4-12269

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Aboriginal recipient

Additional Information:

Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Recipient's Legal Name:

GREAT BEAR INITIATIVE SOCIETY

Program:

Earthquake Early Warning

Program Purpose:

To develop a broader based and more robust national earthquake early warning system which incentivizes multiple stakeholders to provide early warning coverage over maximum areas of high seismic risk beyond the federally critical infrastructure covered by the core early warning system.