Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
2007 Connecting the Dots to Safer CommunitiesEmergency Preparedness Services
November 26, 2007
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
OrganizationOrganization
Colin BlairPreparedness
Services
Greg CarterConsequence Management
MahendraWijayasingheResearch and
Analysis/ Public Education
Karen McAreeTraining Design
and Accreditation
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
Consequence ManagementConsequence Management
• Mitigation ProgramsMitigation Programs• StructuralStructural• Non-structuralNon-structural
• Risk Management Risk Management • Consolidated ProvincialConsolidated Provincial• Start with qualitative approachStart with qualitative approach
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
Fire Statistics Information SystemFire Statistics Information System
• Data analysisData analysis
• Fire statistics reportsFire statistics reports• Annual reportAnnual report• Research reportsResearch reports• Custom analysisCustom analysis
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
TrainingTraining
• options for accreditation/certificationoptions for accreditation/certification
• current grant program administrationcurrent grant program administration
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
GrantsGrants
• Increase training deliveryIncrease training delivery
• Improve risk management process Improve risk management process
• Improve emergency response capability Improve emergency response capability
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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 Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
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
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyAlberta Emergency Management Agency November 17, 2007
2007 Connecting the Dots to Safer CommunitiesEmergency Preparedness Services
November 26, 2007