It’s been over a week since Jasper residents and tourists were evacuated due to wildfires, officials have laid out the criteria that needs to be met before residents can return home.
On Monday night, the Municipality of Jasper said the Jasper Emergency Advisory Committee met and agreed with the following plan for re-entry.
- Parks Canada has identified that the wildfire is not currently an imminent threat to the townsite.
- Hazards in the townsite have been secured or mitigated.
- Emergency services are restored to provide a basic level of service (fire, EMS, police and 911 dispatch).
- Critical services are restored to provide a basic level of service (healthcare, municipal public works, utilities, water and wastewater, electricity, natural gas, telecommunications).
- Critical retail is restored to provide a basic level of service (grocery, gas, banking, pharmacy).
- A formal re-entry plan has been approved.
On Monday, the plan was staged for the towns 5,000 permanent residents as well as it’s thousands of seasonal workers. At this time, there is no timeline for when re-entry will happen.
In 2016, Fort McMurray residents were evacuated for approximately 28 days.
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