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2007 Connecting the Dots to Safer Communities Emergency Preparedness Services November 26, 2007. Organization. Consequence Management. Consequence Management and Cross-Government Coordination Government Hazard Specific Planning Government Emergency Operations Centre
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2007 Connecting the Dots to Safer Communities Emergency Preparedness Services November 26, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Organization Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Consequence Management • Consequence Management and Cross-Government Coordination • Government Hazard Specific Planning • Government Emergency Operations Centre • Government Business Continuity Planning Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Consequence Management • Mitigation Programs • Structural • Non-structural • Risk Management • Consolidated Provincial • Start with qualitative approach Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Regulation and Plan • A system approach to emergency management • Government Emergency Management Regulation • Alberta Emergency Plan Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Flood Mitigation Strategy To identify and take steps to implement Flood Mitigation projects that reduce: • reactive costs (Disaster Recovery Program) • danger to the public Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Public Education and Awareness • General: • Fire Safety Campaigns - e.g., Fire Prevention Week • Emergency Preparedness Week • Publications (Pamphlets, booklets, cards) • Audio-visual library Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Public Education and Awareness • Targeted: • Risk Watch • Getting to Know Fire • Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention; seniors/disabled • Alberta Fire News – Agency newsletter Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Fire Statistics Information System • Fire incident reporting • Electronic (Fire Electronic Reporting System) • Hard-copy • Data entry/processing Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Fire Statistics Information System • Data analysis • Fire statistics reports • Annual report • Research reports • Custom analysis Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Institute • Strengthen public safety through: • Research • Developing risk management applications • Post-incident analyses • Knowledge development • Knowledge transfer • Three phase plan Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Training • A “pillar” of the Agency • Agency Training Plan for internal and external training of all programs • Complete internal and external training needs assessment Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Training • options for accreditation/certification • current grant program administration Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Grants • Increase training delivery • Improve risk management process • Improve emergency response capability Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Technical Support • Disaster Recovery • Public Alerting • Response capability • Field Staff link to Provincial Director of Emergency Management Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Alberta – A Province Prepared! Colin Blair Provincial Director of Emergency Management (780) 427-8644 Colin.Blair@gov.ab.ca www.aema.gov.ab.ca Alberta Emergency Management Agency
2007 Connecting the Dots to Safer Communities Emergency Preparedness Services November 26, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency