The federal government has about 100 secret caches of emergency medical supplies stashed around B.C., but few civic officials or front-line responders know where they are.
FIFTY BAGS containing pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies to protect first-responders so they can treat others were distributed to ambulance, fire and other emergency personnel from the nine communities that make up the MMRS.
Workers at medical and assisted-living centers are stockpiling supplies and reviewing emergency plans for tropical storm Hanna. The storm is expected to hit New Bern on Friday night or Saturday morning, and may be a Category 1, or low-grade, hurricane by then.
Business has been brisk at local home improvement stores in advance of Tropical Storm Hanna, but no shortages of emergency supplies have been reported yet.
