On our second episode of Share Scale Repeat, we’re taking a closer look at the impact of the HIROC Safety Grants Program, and the dedication of our Subscribers who transform their grants into action. Covenant Health’s Mike Hoffman, Fire Safety Consultant, and Tiffany Pybus, Corporate Service Manager, Integrated Services, tell us about their wildland fire suppression system at the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital.

As wildland fires continue to be top of mind for Canadians, so too is the preservation of critical infrastructure within communities. Hospitals play an immense role in not only the re-entry plan after an evacuation, but in representing a sense of community and resilience. With this key knowledge, the team at Covenant Health was motivated to use their HIROC Cultivate Safety Grant towards ensuring the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital is protected and their community remains strong.

Mike and Tiffany give us a deep dive on overcoming the hurdles with being the first healthcare facility in Alberta to implement this system, the importance of proactive wildfire management, and tips for HIROC Subscribers on creating a strong grant application.

Quotables:

“When a community is evacuated, critical infrastructure preservation is such a key element of that community coming back as a re-entry plan. A healthcare facility is one of those key elements and preservation is essential.” TP

“With the town of Banff and Banff Fire Department, this initiative is making their job that much easier. They know that we’ve taken care of things, they can go and protect other infrastructure.” MH

“With innovation in healthcare, that’s essentially how healthcare survives. Whether it’s medicine in healthcare, or a really great set of sprinklers.” TP

“We don’t want to keep it all into that bottle box and hold it close to our hearts and say we’ve done it, no one else can do it. That’s not us. We want to collaborate and spread the word on this system because it can be so effective in any community at all. Especially those who have healthcare centers, you don’t want to lose that.” – MH

Mentioned in this Episode:

· Covenant Health

· HIROC Safety Grants Program

· Banff Mineral Spring Hospital

· Town of Banff

· Wholesale Fire and Rescue

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