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Acting Managing Director’s Welcome. Colin Lloyd 7 November 2011. To raise new questions, new problems, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and makes real advances Albert Einstein . Alberta 2011—A Singular Year . Floods
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Acting Managing Director’s Welcome Colin Lloyd 7 November 2011
To raise new questions, new problems, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and makes real advances Albert Einstein
Alberta 2011—A Singular Year • Floods • Slave Lake Fires/Wildfire Interface • Plains Midstream/Little Buffalo pipeline break • Planning, coordination, communications • System challenges • Growing public expectations
AEMA--Keeping Calm and Carrying On • AEMA Campaign Plan — staying the course • Recent changes to the AEMA Structure • The Alberta Government in Transition • Public Safety System Governance
Strengthening the Governance of Alberta’s Public Safety System • Our operating environment • Enhancing the clarity of public safety partner roles, responsibilities, processes and accountabilities • A Common Operating Picture of public safety incidents • A transparent organizational structure scalable needs and able to identify lead, supporting and coordinating agencies • The ‘right principle’….. • Reliable and timely public safety information
The Next Horizons • Mitigation • Capacity Building and Regionalization • Interoperability • Public Alerting