Dedication to his craft earned the Pacific Northwest Preparedness Society Award of Excellence during the Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference in Vancouver Nov. 1.
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He was humbled and honoured by the award from his peers in a room full of of fire chiefs, emergency program coordinators, scientists and specialists all working together to try and resolve issues around risk management.
Oak Bay Fire Chief Dave Cockle accepts the Pacific Northwest Preparedness Society Award of Excellence. Congratulations Chief!
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But those who work alongside him werenB次元官网网址檛 shocked by the recognition of his leadership for commitment to both the BC Earthqauake Alliance and its initiative ShakeOut BC. While they may not all recognize him as fire chief, most in the room knew Cockle, says Eileen Grant, manager of the Oak Bay Emergency Program.
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Cockle serves as president of the earthquake alliance and is past president of ShakeOut.
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B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 pretty proud of the work that not only give done but the work done by the BC Earthquake Alliance and ShakeOut BC. This year we had 896,000 people registered,B次元官网网址� Cockle said. B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 just a huge piece, thatB次元官网网址檚 changing the culture of how people think. IB次元官网网址檓 pretty proud of that B次元官网网址� my team just makes it happen.B次元官网网址�
The reference to team is also indicative of a leadership style B次元官网网址� issuing credit for work well done.
B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 not sometime that everyone remembers to do, but Dave always remembers to do it,B次元官网网址� Grant said.
Cockle is also active with the Oak Bay Kiwanis (currently serving as chair of the board) and other community initiatives such as his last month.
HeB次元官网网址檚 driven by helping people.
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B次元官网网址淚 truly believe that the work weB次元官网网址檝e done to change the culture of apathy here with our residents is showing and people are taking notice.B次元官网网址�
The next step for him, is the push to continue work with Ocean Networks Canada to develop an early warning system.
B次元官网网址淲hich will give our residents just that few seconds of time to prepare. ThatB次元官网网址檚 a huge step from where we were five years ago, 10 years ago 15 years ago when we first started talking about being prepared for an earthquake,B次元官网网址� Cockle said. B次元官网网址淚f all of our residents are personally prepared emergency management is pretty easy. If weB次元官网网址檙e not in chaos it just makes everybodyB次元官网网址檚 job so much easier.B次元官网网址�
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