Welcome to the Oak Bay Emergency Program!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
NEW Date!! The next Great British Columbia ShakeOut will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 10:20 am. BC and Yukon will now join California, Idaho, Nevada and Guam in conducting a mass earthquake drill at the same time on the same day. Washington, Oregon and potentially New Zealand have expressed interest in joining the mass earthquake drill in 2012. Oak Bay will again be participating. To volunteer or for more information, contact coordinator@oakbayemergency.com or go to our ShakeOut BC page under Quick Links.
Over the June-August months, you will see members of our Outreach Team at the Oak Bay Markets, at Block Watch parties, the Oak Bay Tea Party Parade and visible in many other public awareness and education events. Let us know how your preparedness activities are going. We are always ready to help!
We are currently planning our Fall and 2012 Emergency Preparedness Workshops. Our next scheduled Emergency Preparedness Workshop is Tuesday, September 20th, 7 pm, Windsor Park Pavilion, 2451 Windsor. Register 250-592-9121 [read more...]
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The District of Oak Bay is actively engaged in becoming a “disaster resilient community”. A disaster resilient community is one that provides for the protection of public safety and health, the environment, critical infrastructure and property, and economic stability. While no community can ever be completely safe from hazards, we can minimise our vulnerability by applying the principles of risk management.
The Oak Bay Emergency Planning Policy Committee has adopted the following mission statement to guide emergency management actions within the municipality. The mission of the program is:
To create and maintain a cooperative organization to manage risks from major emergencies and disasters that may affect the municipality and its residents
The Emergency Program is responsible for maintaining Oak Bay’s Emergency Response and Recovery Plan (ERRP) and working with key municipal departments and staff to ensure they are trained in emergency management practices and ready to respond should a major emergency or disaster occur. Managing risk extends beyond emergency response planning to include risk assessment, mitigation, business continuity, and recovery.
A central premise of the Emergency Program is that residents must play a role in their own protection as well as work with their neighbours to build a safe, well-prepared community. Neighbours-Helping-Neighbours promotes working with existing social networks in order to strengthen our community’s capacity to respond and recovery from an emergency or disaster. The Emergency Program offers ongoing public awareness and preparedness education to residents, organizations and businesses so they can become more knowledgeable and take actions to become more resilient to a variety of risks.
An integral part of the Emergency Program is its trained emergency response, communications and community preparedness outreach teams that support the municipality. These volunteers provide vital services to staff and the community through emergency social services (ESS) and the Community Disaster Assistance Team (CDAT), emergency communications (COMMS), and emergency preparedness outreach and education to the public including children, seniors and others.
For more information about the Oak Bay Emergency Program, volunteer opportunities and how you can be prepared, check out this site. Please contact the Emergency Program if you need more information or have questions.
Oak Bay Emergency Program
1703 Monterey Ave
Victoria, BC V8R 5V6
Deputy Emergency Coordinator, Dave Cockle
Email: coordinator@oakbayemergency.com
Phone: 250-592-9121 (Fire Hall)
Fax: 250-598-2749