2007 connecting the dots to safer communities emergency preparedness services november 26, 2007

Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007

2007 Connecting the Dots to Safer CommunitiesEmergency Preparedness Services

November 26, 2007


OrganizationOrganization

Colin BlairPreparedness

Services

Greg CarterConsequence Management

MahendraWijayasingheResearch and

Analysis/ Public Education

Karen McAreeTraining Design

and Accreditation


Consequence ManagementConsequence Management

• Consequence Management and Cross-Consequence Management and Cross-Government CoordinationGovernment Coordination• Government Hazard Specific PlanningGovernment Hazard Specific Planning• Government Emergency Operations CentreGovernment Emergency Operations Centre

• Government Business Continuity PlanningGovernment Business Continuity Planning


Consequence ManagementConsequence Management

• Mitigation ProgramsMitigation Programs• StructuralStructural• Non-structuralNon-structural

• Risk Management Risk Management • Consolidated ProvincialConsolidated Provincial• Start with qualitative approachStart with qualitative approach


Regulation and PlanRegulation and Plan

• A system approach to emergency A system approach to emergency managementmanagement• Government Emergency Management Government Emergency Management

RegulationRegulation• Alberta Emergency PlanAlberta Emergency Plan


Flood Mitigation Strategy Flood Mitigation Strategy

To identify and take steps to implement To identify and take steps to implement Flood Mitigation projects that reduce:Flood Mitigation projects that reduce:• reactive costs (Disaster Recovery Program)reactive costs (Disaster Recovery Program)• danger to the publicdanger to the public


Public Education and AwarenessPublic Education and Awareness

• General:General:• Fire Safety Campaigns - e.g., Fire Prevention Fire Safety Campaigns - e.g., Fire Prevention

WeekWeek• Emergency Preparedness WeekEmergency Preparedness Week• Publications (Pamphlets, booklets, cards)Publications (Pamphlets, booklets, cards)• Audio-visual libraryAudio-visual library


Public Education and AwarenessPublic Education and Awareness

• Targeted:Targeted:• Risk WatchRisk Watch• Getting to Know FireGetting to Know Fire• Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention; Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention;

seniors/disabledseniors/disabled

• Alberta Fire NewsAlberta Fire News – Agency newsletter – Agency newsletter


Fire Statistics Information SystemFire Statistics Information System

• Fire incident reportingFire incident reporting• Electronic (Fire Electronic Reporting System)Electronic (Fire Electronic Reporting System)• Hard-copyHard-copy

• Data entry/processingData entry/processing


Fire Statistics Information SystemFire Statistics Information System

• Data analysisData analysis

• Fire statistics reportsFire statistics reports• Annual reportAnnual report• Research reportsResearch reports• Custom analysisCustom analysis


Institute Institute

• Strengthen public safety through:Strengthen public safety through:• Research Research • Developing risk management applications Developing risk management applications • Post-incident analyses Post-incident analyses • Knowledge development Knowledge development • Knowledge transferKnowledge transfer

• Three phase planThree phase plan


TrainingTraining

• A “pillar” of the AgencyA “pillar” of the Agency

• Agency Training Plan for internal and Agency Training Plan for internal and external training of all programsexternal training of all programs

• Complete internal and external training Complete internal and external training needs assessmentneeds assessment


TrainingTraining

• options for accreditation/certificationoptions for accreditation/certification

• current grant program administrationcurrent grant program administration


GrantsGrants

• Increase training deliveryIncrease training delivery

• Improve risk management process Improve risk management process

• Improve emergency response capability Improve emergency response capability


Technical SupportTechnical Support

• Disaster RecoveryDisaster Recovery

• Public AlertingPublic Alerting

• Response capabilityResponse capability

• Field Staff link to Provincial Director of Field Staff link to Provincial Director of Emergency ManagementEmergency Management


Alberta – A Province Prepared!Alberta – A Province Prepared!

Colin BlairColin Blair

Provincial Director of Emergency Provincial Director of Emergency ManagementManagement

(780) 427-8644(780) 427-8644

[email protected]@gov.ab.ca

www.aema.gov.ab.cawww.aema.gov.ab.ca


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