Emergency management

Are you prepared for an emergency?

We've compiled a list of resourced to help you and your family plan for an emergency situation. Are you prepared? 

Emergency support services (ESS)

A group of local volunteers will assist the community during emergency events. Through planning, training, mentorship and practice, our dedicated and compassionate ESS volunteers are ready to be deployed to provide short-term essential needs to residents impacted in an emergency.

Learn more about Emergency support services (ESS).

Amateur radio operators

In addition to ESS volunteers, we have group of amateur radio operators that also volunteer to help at our emergency operation centre during a disaster or emergency situations.

Central Okanagan Emergency Operation Centre

When activated, the Central Okanagan Emergency Operation Centre supports first responders for any disaster. We use a website that will provide updated information when an Emergency Operation Centre is activated in response to any emergency in the Central Okanagan. 

Central Okanagan emergency operations.

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Make an emergency plan

The Government of Canada and Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada encourage residents to create their very own emergency plan. Their website can help you create an emergency plan in 8 steps, after which you can print to keep on-hand.

Create your own emergency plan.

Create a “grab and go” kit

Are you ready to leave your home on a moment's notice? Create your own with this “grab and go” checklist.

Evacuation Planning

With a grant of almost $25,000 from the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, the RDCO and its local government partners created a Central Okanagan Evacuation Planning Framework to improve evacuation route planning for high-risk communities, such as those with one way in and one way out in order to increase overall safety and well-being of residents in an emergency.  The objectives included:

• identification of high priority areas based on analysis of local hazards
• provide hazard and access challenge data for the Emergency Operation Centre
• provide a consistent approach to enhance evacuation planning for all Central Okanagan local governments 
  • View the Central Okanagan Evacuation Planning Framework

As emergency planning is a dynamic process, this framework and subsequent plans will be regularly reviewed and adapted as the region evolves.

Resources

• PreparedBC
• Government of Canada: get prepared
• BC Hydro: emergency preparation

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