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 Ice Storm ’98 was the largest emergency to date in Canada. This project started out to record how organizations responded before memories faded and slips of paper were lost. It became that and more. In a real sense the record is a tribute to the communities affected and to the thousands of emergency workers. To paraphrase one of the interviewers, this is their story.
The Queen’s study examined local response to the ice storm in the area from Kingston to Brockville. Included in the study were the Cities of Kingston and Brockville, the Town of Gananoque, the Village of Athens, and the Townships of Frontenac Islands (Wolfe Island in particular), Front of Leeds and Lansdowne, Front of Escott, Front of Yonge, Elizabethtown and Rear of Yonge and Escott.
Represented are a variety of municipalities ranging from Kingston, the second largest city in Eastern Ontario (population: 110,000), to the Townships which, typical of many Eastern Ontario Municipalities, are largely rural and sparsely populated.
Approximately 200 interviews were conducted with a variety of responders including municipal staff and politicians, police and fire personnel, members of the media and the military, staff of local volunteer agencies, and staff of various provincial ministries.
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