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Home Environment Water services Flooding in Calgary. Flooding in Calgary. High river flow season is May 15 - July Current flood status Is it flooding? Need more info? The need for such resources became apparent most recently after a wildfire tore through the village of Lytton, B. Hearing about the wildfire resurfaced memories of the flood for Rev. While the nature of the disasters are different, "emotionally, I think the responses are going to be very similar," he said.
As High River residents navigated the physical cleanup of the community, as well as an emotional recovery, Robertson saw the need to facilitate what he calls "cascading care," which he said "requires a sense of awareness and effort on the part of everyone. For Robertson, that included bringing local leaders together, as well as organizing events, including workshops for front-line workers on the psychological and emotional response to disasters, held in and But by June , the money had dried up.
In , the Foothills Counselling Centre was created to offer support on a sliding scale, subsidized by the town and grants. In a statement, Alberta Health Services said "developing strong working relationships with local community partners continues to be a focus.
In the years following the flood, local groups worked on other initiatives to support mental health. Wild Rose Community Connections, along with other local service providers, employed a tool called "How's Your 5. The approach prompts people to ask each other about five aspects of their lives — work, eat, sleep, play, love — in an effort to dig deeper into how they are feeling, Dickson said. Then there was Safe Spot, in which an orange dot on a door in town signified "an emotional safe spot," where people trained to talk to individuals in distress can refer them to resources.
Safe Spot was "a big lesson learned" from High River that could be brought into other communities, Hayes said. In her research, Hayes found that in the aftermath of the flood, help that came in from outside the community didn't always align with what residents wanted.
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