East Francois Lake Volunteer
Fire/Rescue Charity Receives Grant
The
East Francois Lake Volunteer
Fire/Rescue Charity applied for and qualified for a Provincial Grant
(CNIG-Communcation Network Infrastructure Grant) to be used to expand
communications to smaller communities who were not linked through
larger
companies such as Telus. Quoted as the "last mile" the intent
is to construct and link a series of towers needed to supply
communications
such as high speed internet. The $20,000.00 grant was passed to
the F.L
& District Rebroadcasting Society on August 15/07 to enable them to
manage
the funds for the construction of the East Francois Lake tower.
The
site has been selected and as
quoted by Alan Madill of Hwy. 16 Internet, "We are waiting on com site
land use approval and then will begin construction. The Fort
Fraser end
of link to Francois Lake is complete and radios and antennas are
installed. Once approval is received we will need to slash a
trail to the
site and any volunteer help with this portion of the project would be
appreciated." If you are able to assist in this project please
contact Alan Madill at 250-567-4200.
If you need clarification or more info please let me know.
PHOTO: (left to right) Tracy Patzwald, Director, Fire/Rescue; Alan Madill, Director Hwy 16 Internet; Don Webster, President, Fraser Lake & District Rebroadcasting; Jim Mawdsley, Director, Fire/Rescue; Ann Spear, Treasurer/Secretary, Fire/Rescue
