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Emergency Management

Overview

An emergency is a situation, or an impending situation, that may affect the health, safety, welfare, and property of a community and that requires a controlled and coordinated response by several agencies. Emergencies may be caused by the forces of nature, an accident, or an act, intentional or otherwise.

About Emergencies

Current Flood Monitoring Information

Emergencies vary in intensity and complexity depending on factors such as:

time of occurrence,
weather conditions,
severity of impact,
nature of the infrastructure and demographics.

Emergency workers

The level of emergency and scale of response is dependant on these factors.

Levels of Emergencies in Ontario

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has a long history of providing emergency planning and response to the people of Ontario.

MNR has been the lead for forest fire fighting and flood response for many years and also assists communities, other ministries and federal agencies in responding to emergencies such as: Hagersville tire fire, 1998 ice storm, and Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

MNR also provides Geographic Information System (GIS) expertise to Emergency Management Ontario, logistical support to the Ontario Provincial Police and has a supporting role in the Nuclear Emergency Plan, Foreign Animal Disease Response Plan and the Human Health and Disease Plan.

If any of these emergencies or provinicial hazards affect MNR government services MNR has developed Continuity of Operations Plans that staff can utilize to ensure critical government services can continue operations.

MNR's emergency management approach is based on what are known as the five pillars of emergency management; mitigation, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.

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Photos of hazards identified within Ontario

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