Sandbags for Municipalities & Emergency Management in Surrey

How municipalities teams in Surrey use sandbags

When a flood watch turns into a warning, municipalities and emergency management teams need bags staged before residents start asking for them. Sandbag.ca supplies empty bags by the bale for municipal sand-pile filling stations, filled bags and bulk totes for critical infrastructure, and coloured bags for marking hazards. Tell us your depot locations and quantities, and we quote supply for the season ahead.

Surrey had a population of 568,322 in the 2021 Census. In British Columbia, the spring freshet and autumn atmospheric-river storms are the two busiest windows for sandbags, so coastal and valley properties often stock bags before October.

Typical uses

• Public works flood depots
• Community sandbag filling stations
• Protection for pump stations and lift stations
• Emergency operations centre stockpiles
• Road and culvert overflow control
• Volunteer and fire department deployments