South Stormont

Welcome to the Township of South Stormont Ontario Canada

Emergency Management

Are you prepared for an emergency?

Most Canadians do not realize that they have a responsibility for taking care of their basic needs of protecting life and property during the first 72 hours of an emergency.

Prepare now! Insure the well-being of you and your family by preparing a basic emergency survival kit.

Prepare Now, Learn How... Emergency Survival Checklist

Public Safety Canada has "Your Emergency Preparedness Guide" available on-line at www.getprepared.ca. Use this guide to identify risks in your area, create your own emergency plan, and personalize your 72-hour emergency kit.

From the archives of Public Safety Canada, the following publications are available on-line at www.getprepared.ca:

Be prepared, not scared - Emergency preparedness starts with you
Emergency planning for your family: the 5-step guide
Floods - What to do before and after
Preparing for the unexpected
Severe storms
Winter power failures

Some of the above publications may be found at your local library.

At www.ontario.ca/emo, you can find the following fact sheets that provide more information about preparing for an emergency:

Children and Emergencies
Critical Incident Stress
Emergency Management Ontario
Emergency Survival Kit
Evacuation
Pets and Emergencies
Shelter in Place
Seniors and Emergencies
Tips for Dealing with High Winds and Severe Windfalls
9-1-1 Facts and Tips

Is our township prepared for an emergency?

Each community along with private sector partners is required to develop and implement an emergency management program tailored to local needs in order to protect the lives and property of its citizens.

Ontario's Regulation 380 / 04 under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act requires each Ontario community to develop a community emergency management program to better prepare it to mitigate, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency situations within its jurisdiction.

The township's emergency management program is based on a hazard identification and risk assessment. This approach seeks to create a disaster-resilient community. Each year, there must be a review of the hazard identification and risk assessment.
Components of the township's emergency management program include but are not limited to:

Designated community emergency management coordinator
Community emergency management program committee
Approved emergency response plan
Emergency operations centres
Identification of critical infrastructure
Annual training of those involved
Annual exercise to evaluate the emergency response plan
Emergency information staff
Emergency management public awareness and education program
Annual review of the community emergency management program

Your township is committed to creating a disaster-resilient community through its community emergency management program.