Crisis & Recovery Crisis Presentation
MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY | CRISIS PRESENTATION
On November 22, 2011, Reeve Denny Garratt was invited to share the story of Lesser Slave River at the annual Alberta Association of Municipal Districts & Counties (AAMDC) convention at the Shaw Center in Edmonton. Following a compelling preamble from Reeve Garratt, the interactive presentation entitled "Crisis & Recovery from a Municipal Perspective" played to a packed hall of 800 fellow Reeves, Mayors, Councillors and elected officials. The response from the crowd was silence. Then applause. Then a standing ovation.
To our neighbours, this presentation provides a comprehensive glimpse into Lesser Slave River's battle with – and recovery from – one of Canada's most significant natural disasters. To locals and those who rushed to our aid, it is a poignant reminder of what we endured and how far we've come.
Download the Crisis & Recovery Presentation
Available for download below is a Zip file containing the Crisis & Recovery Flash presentation and related support files. Users will require WinZip or a similar application to extract the compressed files, and a computer running Windows (Macromedia Flash is unsupported by Apple products). A version of this presentation will be made available for Lesser Slave River's YouTube channel shortly.
Crisis & Recovery Presentation (170MB) Right Click on the link and select Save Link As...
Playing the Crisis & Recovery Presentation
Once downloaded, simply unzip the files into a location on your hard drive and double click on the red icon labeled lsr.exe. Click the arrow button or hit the space bar on your keyboard to begin the presentation. Hit Esc to exit or click the invisible Exit button in the top right corner of the presentation.
Troubleshooting
If a light blue screen with a diagonal bar is seen upon launching the presentation for the first time, simply right click on this screen, select Properties, and then uncheck the box labeled Enable Hardware Acceleration. Then close and relaunch the presentation.
HELPING THE HELPLESS
When reality set in and it became apparent that homecoming was weeks away for Lesser Slave residents, Animal Rescue was tasked with finding, feeding and relocating pets left behind in the panic. Read about it here.
EMERGENCY OPS
CEMA, led by Deputy Chief Tom Sampson, was one of the outside agencies responsible for helping Lesser Slave River region deal with post-crisis recovery efforts. Sampson shares his insights in a series of video segments.
A MESSAGE OF HOPE
On November 22, 2011, Reeve Denny Garratt was invited to share Lesser Slave River's story of crisis and recovery with fellow elected officials at the AAMDC Convention in Edmonton. This is what he told a packed auditorium.
FIRE WEATHER INDEX
CRISIS PRESENTATION
View an immersive presentation on the spring 2011 wildfires.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Listen to the personal accounts of those who weathered the fires.
Karen, Resident
Lana, Executive Assistant
Vanessa, Animal Rescue Worker
INTERACTIVE MAP
Discover where the wildfires began and how they spread
