Emergency Plan

Always be prepared.

That's the slogan for the boy scouts, but it should also be the mantra for the City of Kenora.

City council is being urged to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian Red Cross should there be an emergency situation in the region.

Fire Chief Warren Brinkman beleives the two thousand dollar cost is well worth the expense.

The City was caught off guard this past summer when there was a mass evacuation of thousands of people from first nation communities due to forest fires.