November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency 2007 Connecting the Dots to Safer Communities Emergency Preparedness Services November 26, 2007

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Organization Colin Blair Preparedness Services Greg Carter Consequence Management Mahendra Wijayasinghe Research and Analysis/ Public Education Karen McAree Training Design and Accreditation

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Consequence Management Consequence Management and Cross- Government CoordinationConsequence Management and Cross- Government Coordination Government Hazard Specific PlanningGovernment Hazard Specific Planning Government Emergency Operations CentreGovernment Emergency Operations Centre Government Business Continuity PlanningGovernment Business Continuity Planning

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Consequence Management Mitigation ProgramsMitigation Programs StructuralStructural Non-structuralNon-structural Risk ManagementRisk Management Consolidated ProvincialConsolidated Provincial Start with qualitative approachStart with qualitative approach

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Regulation and Plan A system approach to emergency managementA system approach to emergency management Government Emergency Management RegulationGovernment Emergency Management Regulation Alberta Emergency PlanAlberta Emergency Plan

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Flood Mitigation Strategy To identify and take steps to implement Flood Mitigation projects that reduce: reactive costs (Disaster Recovery Program)reactive costs (Disaster Recovery Program) danger to the publicdanger to the public

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Public Education and Awareness General:General: Fire Safety Campaigns - e.g., Fire Prevention WeekFire Safety Campaigns - e.g., Fire Prevention Week Emergency Preparedness WeekEmergency Preparedness Week Publications (Pamphlets, booklets, cards)Publications (Pamphlets, booklets, cards) Audio-visual libraryAudio-visual library

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Public Education and Awareness Targeted:Targeted: Risk WatchRisk Watch Getting to Know FireGetting to Know Fire Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention; seniors/disabledJuvenile Fire Setter Intervention; seniors/disabled Alberta Fire News – Agency newsletterAlberta Fire News – Agency newsletter

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Fire 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

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Fire Statistics Information System Data analysisData analysis Fire statistics reportsFire statistics reports Annual reportAnnual report Research reportsResearch reports Custom analysisCustom analysis

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Institute Strengthen public safety through:Strengthen public safety through: ResearchResearch Developing risk management applicationsDeveloping risk management applications Post-incident analysesPost-incident analyses Knowledge developmentKnowledge development Knowledge transferKnowledge transfer Three phase planThree phase plan

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Training A “pillar” of the AgencyA “pillar” of the Agency Agency Training Plan for internal and external training of all programsAgency Training Plan for internal and external training of all programs Complete internal and external training needs assessmentComplete internal and external training needs assessment

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Training options for accreditation/certificationoptions for accreditation/certification current grant program administrationcurrent grant program administration

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Grants Increase training deliveryIncrease training delivery Improve risk management processImprove risk management process Improve emergency response capabilityImprove emergency response capability

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Technical Support Disaster RecoveryDisaster Recovery Public AlertingPublic Alerting Response capabilityResponse capability Field Staff link to Provincial Director of Emergency ManagementField Staff link to Provincial Director of Emergency Management

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Alberta – A Province Prepared! Colin Blair Provincial Director of Emergency Management (780)

November 17, 2007 Alberta Emergency Management Agency 2007 Connecting the Dots to Safer Communities Emergency Preparedness Services November 26, 2007