B.C. flooding: 350 military personnel ‘ready to be deployed’ from Edmonton
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By the end of the day, Minister of National Defence Anita Anand says 120 soldiers — IRU Vanguard Company out of Edmonton — will be on the ground in Abbotsford.
Hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces members are heading to interior British Columbia to help evacuate and respond to the extreme flooding.
Minister of National Defence Anita Anand said Thursday there are 350 CAF personnel ready to be deployed from Edmonton to the hardest-hit areas of southern B.C.
By the end of the day, Anand said, 120 soldiers — IRU Vanguard Company out of Edmonton — will be on the ground in Abbotsford.
The remainder of that immediate response unit, comprised of 240 soldiers in Edmonton, will move into B.C. when road access is determined in consultation with local authorities.
“If needed, we have thousands more members on standby,” she said, adding military assistance could be both air and ground support.
Gen. Wayne D. Eyre, acting chief of the Defence Staff, said the exact roles of that 240-member Edmonton convey are still being determined.
“Those details will be worked out by the reconnaissance team,” he said, adding they will bring trucks and any additional capabilities that the reconnaissance team determines are necessary.
In the 48 hours leading up to the CAF request for assistance, the Royal Canadian Armed Forces rescued more than 300 stranded motorists using Cormorant helicopters from CFB Comox, Anand said.
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