Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness Week is May 6 - 12, 2012 - Is Your Family Prepared?

 If an emergency happens in your community, it may take emergency workers some time to reach you as they respond first to those in greatest need.

Know the Risks

A tornado can strike quickly, heavy rains can cause flooding, wildfires can threaten communities and industrial and major transportation incidents can have hazardous effects. Take the time to learn about the risks in your community.

Make a Plan

Once you know the risks make a family emergency plan. This should take about 20 minutes and can be completed online or by downloading a pdf document from the Government of Canada website.

Prepare a Kit

You should be prepared to take care of yourself and your family for a minimum of 72 hours. Making a kit can seem to be a daunting task so we've broken it down by weeks so that at the end of three months you should be well on your way to being able to care for yourself and your family for at least 72 hours. Check out "The Twelve Weeks to Family Emergency Preparedness".

Already have a kit? Check off each of the items on this list to see how prepared your family is!

Sometimes during a hazardous materials release emergency officials may ask you to evacuate or shelter in place. Do you know how to Shelter-in-Place?

For more information on getting prepared please visit the Government of Canada website at:

www.getprepared.ca