{"id":55625,"date":"2025-05-14T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=54320"},"modified":"2025-05-14T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:30:00","slug":"learning-about-emergency-services-availble-in-your-own-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=55625","title":{"rendered":"Learning about emergency services available in your own community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LANTZ:<\/strong> Local emergency management officials are giving the thumbs up to the first Community Safety Awareness event held last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather may not have been a hit and kept a large crowd away, but for those that did come out they got a wealth of information and got to see fire trucks, police cars, and even Sparky the Fire dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Municipality of East Hants put on the event, held at the East Hants Sportsplex in Lantz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4509-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54369\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The boat from Nine Mile River fire. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;87&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were many different agencies on hand that residents may see in case of a major incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On hand at the event were firefighters from Shubenacadie; Lantz; Enfield; Elmsdale; Nine Mile River; East Hants Ground Search and Rescue; EHS; East Hants RCMP; RCMP drone; provincial EMO (Public Safety and Field Communications), East Hants Emergency Management led by Calvin Byard, and Sipekenkatik Emergency Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4653-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54379\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Calvin Byard. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4558-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54371\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coming back to ground after a trip in the Enfield Aerial. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;238&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4595-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54375\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sparky gets a young kids attention to look at the camera. 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