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Extreme Heat Map coming for Delta, TFN
It’s to ensure that staff have accurate knowledge of the risks associated with extreme heat, how those risks will change over time to support the development and continual revision of response plans and strategies to prepare, mitigate and adapt to extreme heat events.
“This collaborative approach will help to ensure that all available resources for the preparation for and adaptation to extreme heat events are leveraged, and that information is freely shared between the two communities to assist in the mitigation of impacts on both communities,” the request for proposals noted.
Having the information will help staff to engage with heat-sensitive populations, including the elderly, isolated, people with disabilities or functional limitations, and provide information to those populations and community at large on the risks associated with extreme heat. The planning is to also help refine resources and strategies, such as the implementation of cooling centres.
The province earlier this year announced that 36 First Nations and local governments are receiving a share of almost $1.9 million in funding to help communities implement projects such as extreme heat risk mapping, risk assessments, extreme heat response plans and climate adaptation planning.
The City of Delta and Tsawwassen First Nation received $60,000 in funding for extreme heat risk mapping, assessment and planning.