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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTOctober 16, 2012

All Chiefs Resolution

Issue of Health & Safety of FN communities is a concern;

Passed January 2010 that urged DIAND to conclude & sign the MOU’s;

Stressed the need to work in collaboration with our network (HC, EC, AANDC, provinces)

Not prepared for water related Emergencies; No backup power; No backup chlorinators; Lack of storage capacity; Fire protection (flow capacity) Fire hydrants in disrepair Draft ERP (testing?) Back up (operator & monitors)

Concerns water & wastewater

Emergency Response Planning

Atlantic First Nation Housing & Infrastructure Network

Workplan

Establish a foundation, for effective and robust all hazards Emergency management planning, mitigation, preparedness, response & recovery that will address both natural and human related hazards and disasters.

Foster linkages and partnerships with key contributors (First Nations, federal/provincial government departments and agencies, municipal/county government representatives and others.)

Workplan

To develop and ensure a strong Emergency Management & Response planning forum to assist First Nations;

To continue to advocate for funding to support First Nations in emergency management activities which includes the five “pillars” of emergency management (preparedness, prevention;

Support regional initiatives;

Atlantic First Nations EM Gathering

Held annually for five years(didn’t get funding)“Caring for Our Own”

Atlantic First Nations Emergency Management Gathering

HEM Coordinator

Emergency Preparedness

Held a 5-day training session for Atlantic First Nations;

Incident command 100 & 200 Intro to Emergency Management Intro to All Hazards planning; Business Continuity planning;

30 completed the training

First Nations participants

Training

Training

Communications

Took an opportunity to raise awareness around emergency preparedness for families and communities during the Emergency Preparedness Week.

Prepared four articles featuring fire chiefs and a First Nations community related to emergency preparedness.

Utilized resources found in getprepared.ca Plan is to distribute in PDF

2012 Conference on Disaster Management:  Community Resilience Prepare Respond Rebuild

To share the lessons learned regarding First Nations Emergency Preparedness;

To demonstration First Nation’s community resilience in an event of an emergency;

To provide networking opportunities for conference participants working with First Nations in emergency preparedness;

To build relationships with First Nation’s communities and experts in emergency preparedness;

December 2010, Rexton, NB

72 Hours is your family prepared

Questions?

ContactNorah Ward-Osmond

norah.ward@apcfnc.ca

1 877-667-4007