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Firefighters face Dragons Summerlanders show rescue device to Dragon’s Den by John Arendt
Time to ride Equestrians gathered for the third annual Spring Discovery Dressage and Jumper Show on the weekend.
Page 7 Road webcam A webcam will be set up at an intersection in Trout Creek.
Page 3 Doing business Summerland will host the Valley Wide Business After Hours event later this month.
Page 6 Simple truths Summerland Secondary School students will present a play based on an essay about the simple truths of life.
Page 16 Art from posts Newel posts were the inspiration for artists in the Trash to Treasure exhibit.
Page 18 Badminton A member of the Summerland Badminton Club won a competition overseas.
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YOUR SMILE Is the glass half empty, half full, or twice as large as it needs to be?
Firefighting innovation Members of the Summerland Fire Department have invented a cart to be used to rescue fallen firefighters. Standing from left are John Gove, Duncan Dubé and assistant fire chief Chad Gartrell. Billy Boerboom is holding the cart.
Four Summerland firefighters will be in Toronto early next month present a rescue device to the business experts at the Dragon’s Den television show. The CBC show is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch business concepts and products to a panel of Canadian business experts who have the cash and ability to develop the ideas. Assistant fire chief Chad Gartrell and volunteer firefighters Billy Boerboom, Duncan Dubé and John Gove began working on their invention 18 months ago, following a practice at Boerboom’s packing house. The training session was for the rapid intervention team, made up of firefighters who are sent to rescue one of their own who is in trouble at a fire. The traditional rescue method involves going into the building, finding the fallen firefighter and dragging him or her out of the building. This task is difficult since a firefighter’s oxygen tanks and protective gear adds close to 25 kilograms. Since the firefighter is unable to move without assistance, he or she must be dragged from the site. This is a strenuous task for the rescue team members. See CART Page 2
Water metering rates considered by John Arendt Members of municipal council are still working on the details of water rates for the community. This year, Summerland will make the transition from flat rate water billing to a metering system, but the rates are not yet
set. Mayor Janice Perrino said the metering is needed to discourage those who watering irresponsibly. “We need to be regulating and penalizing those people who use too much water,” she said. Over the past year,
council has considered a number of billing options to achieve this goal. Metering is already in place for agricultural water use. The latest rate structuring model, prepared by Agua Consulting Inc., calls for a base rate for all customers, no matter
how much they consume. From there, additional water consumption will be charged at three different rates, depending on the amount used. The higher rates for the most excessive water use are an attempt to discourage people from high water use.
Perrino said the water metering is also useful as it can help the municipality to identify leaks in the system and determine how much water is used throughout the community. Water rates will not be implemented until the fall, she said.