{"id":31415,"date":"2022-09-21T14:13:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=31415"},"modified":"2022-09-21T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:13:20","slug":"n-s-power-activating-eoc-ahead-of-hurricane-fiona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=31415","title":{"rendered":"N.S. Power activating EOC ahead of Hurricane Fiona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> Nova Scotia Power will be activating its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Friday at 8 a.m.,<br \/>(September 23) ahead of the first Hurricane expected to impact Nova Scotia this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers are encouraged to monitor their local weather forecasts and be prepared themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s always a good idea to have an emergency kit with flashlights handy, as well as a battery-powered radio and fresh water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;72&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A full list of safety and storm preparedness tips is available at: www.nspower.ca\/stormready<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have been monitoring Hurricane Fiona for several days and have been taking steps to prepare,\u201d said Sean<br \/>Borden, Nova Scotia Power\u2019s storm lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBased on the recent weather forecasts, we are opening our<br \/>Emergency Operations Centre Friday at 8 a.m. to ensure proper plans and crews are in place to manage our storm<br \/>response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EOC provides a central place to coordinate planning for outage restoration and response. It is staffed with<br \/>employees from across the company. NS Power is also coordinating closely with the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are taking every precaution and will be ready to respond to Hurricane Fiona as safely and efficiently as<br \/>possible,\u201d said Borden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outage Information<br \/>Customers can report outages and get estimated restoration times online at outagemap.nspower.ca or by<br \/>calling 1-877-428-6004. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more info on restoration phases visit: http:\/\/nspower.ca\/storm <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;123&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;] HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Power will be activating its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Friday at 8 a.m.,(September 23) ahead of the first Hurricane expected to impact Nova Scotia this season. Customers are encouraged to monitor their local weather forecasts and be prepared themselves. It\u2019s always a good idea to have an emergency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[4203,4204,50,4205,48,260],"class_list":["post-31415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-emergencye-operations-centre","tag-eoc","tag-halifax","tag-hurricane-fiona","tag-n-s","tag-n-s-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}