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Building Capacity

Building Capacity. Understanding Goals Measurable, sustainable results Added value Gain Advantage. Expectations. Relevant, comprehensive plan Business continuity program Exercises Effective EOC Relevant resources Control risk Make bosses look good. The Consequences.

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Building Capacity

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  1. Building Capacity Understanding Goals Measurable, sustainable results Added value Gain Advantage

  2. Expectations • Relevant, comprehensive plan • Business continuity program • Exercises • Effective EOC • Relevant resources • Control risk • Make bosses look good

  3. The Consequences • Unacceptable Risk • Loss of control • Optics • Financial • Loss of trust

  4. The Realities • North Battleford • No full time EPO • Not a priority • Uncontrolled risks • Time management • Buy in • Egos

  5. Guiding Principles • Plan strategically • Do what we do well • Find others to fill the gaps

  6. Flood 2010

  7. Flood 2010 • July 22 • 67 mm Precipitation • Storm drains plugged • Concurrent emergencies • 250+ houses flooded • Power outages

  8. Flood 2010

  9. Flood 2010

  10. Flood 2010 • State of Emergency 45 min • EOC Activated 1 hour • Reception Center 2 hours • Partners on site 2 hours • Hasty teams 1 hour

  11. Flood 2010 • Task force • Information lines manned 24 hrs • Relief and Recovery Center • Accommodations for debris • EOC active

  12. Flood 2010 • Lessons • All hazards information packets • Update resource lists • Mutual aid • Practice • ICS • Media • Cultural

  13. Wildfire 2011 • September 28, 2011 • 70 km / hr winds • Very dry conditions • Rapid fire spread • 1.8 km in 15 minutes

  14. Wildfire 2011

  15. Wildfire 2011

  16. Wildfire 2011 • 3rd alarm and mutual aid • 9 agencies involved • Evacuation • Concurrent emergencies • Fire spread across barriers

  17. Wildfire 2011 • Success • ICS • Accountability • Delegating • Communications

  18. Partnerships the whole is more powerful than the sum of its parts Collaboration can help you better align resources with needs, reduce competition, increase effectiveness, and make your results more sustainable.

  19. Challenges • Work outside historical boundaries • Dedicate people, skills, energy • Diversity of priorities and culture; and • Align their organizational plans and operations as part of a system that needs to function seamlessly and harmoniously

  20. Building Capacity • Collaborative efforts • Address a specific problem or opportunity. • Work on a broad agenda of mutually beneficial goals. • Provide a forum to vet and respond to community concerns, interests, resources.

  21. Building Capacity • Our partners • Mutual Aid • NGO’s • Media

  22. Moving Forward • Incident Command • EOC • Agreements • Reducing responsibility • Resilient populace • Social media • Media use

  23. Collaboration • Weyburn • Swift Current

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