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There is an excellent example of collaboration in emergency management to help protect Canadians from wildfires in the NFPA News - Canada blog. Rather than repeat the article here I provided a link to it below.
There are always opportunities to collaborate within ones emergency management and business continuity program to continuously improve the program, but there is an opportunity coming up in April for collaboration on a national scope which I believe requires special mention. It is the "Emergency Services Management" in Canada conference and the potential PTSC-Online has to facilitate collaboration following the conference.
Please see the events calendar entry on the conference and Ed Myers PTSC-Online News article on the conference for additional information. Ed's article is starting to gather some member comments on the conference and how PTSC-Online can help with conference follow up. Please post your comments either following Ed's article or here.
Rather than providing an example of collaboration, this article highlights the efforts of four communities that are seeking to collaborate on joint municipal delivery of regional fire services. Any suggestions you can provide them will be appreciated.
There are four communities east of Regina which are seeking advice and input on creation of joint municipal delivery of regional fire services. Moving beyond the mutual aid agreements, these communities are looking to share capacity. They are looking for areas which have considered or implemented this type of structure in the past. And they are also seeking out a consultant to assist with developing the organizational structure and financing models.
If you have any insight into this…
I just came across an unusual source for information on managing ER to chemical spills.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic.php?RECORD_KEY%28subtopics%29=subtopic_id&subtopic_id%28subtopics%29=24
I just came across an unusual source for information on managing ER to chemical spills. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US Department of Commerce has an excellent web page that collects links to training, software and other tools for managing ER. Since I couldn't find a blog or wiki on the site for sharing useful links, I've created this article. Please share anything that you're aware of, that you think would be useful for others.
Be Disaster Ready! is a unique program that teaches Niagara's youth how to prepare for a range of disasters that could affect them and their families. This multi-collaborative program was created in 2009 by Niagara Region Emergency Management in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross, Emergency Management Ontario, Environment Canada and the Niagara Region Children's Safety Village.
I became aware of this excellent example of public and private sector organizations collaborating on emergency exercises and preparedness in Toronto sponsored by the Disaster Recovery Information Exchange, Toronto Chapter. I think we can learn a lot from this initiative and look forward to learning more about it.
The Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (Toronto Chapter) is sponsoring GTIME, (Greater Toronto Incident Management Exchange), a cross disciplinary project that examines best practices in large scale disaster exercises and applies them to Toronto.
The Greater Toronto Area needs to ensure preparedness for a wide scale emergency, approaching the scale of September 11 in New York, the bombings in London, the heat emergencies in Paris or the New Orleans hurricane. Those cities demonstrated…
Woolich Township Deputy Fire Chief and Community Emergency Management Coordinator Dale Martin Addresses members of the Elmira Amateur Radio Club about possible club communication support for the Woolich Emergency Plan.
Discussing possible amateur radio support for the community emergency plan provided an opportunity to answer many questions about the community plan thereby increasing public understanding. There are potential benefits to the township and club members from working together. Stay tuned for updates on what we can learn from this collaboration.
Other than following basic ARES procedures, can communities who currently use amateur radio support or amateur radio clubs who provide support to…
September 21, 2010
Does Your Program Include Amateur Radio Emergency Service?
One area for collaboration within an emergency management program involves working with the amateur radio operators within ones community, to enhance communication capability and to improve awareness about the emergency management program with this important group of volunteers.
An experienced community emergency manager once told me he considers the investment in time and some expenses for coffee and antenna wire with his amateur radio operators, provides one of the best returns on investment within his emergency management program. This investment not only results in improved communication capability for the program but it gives him access to a group of very technically capable individuals who have been able to assist with other aspects of his program. On top of…
This is a demonstration entry for the Collaboration blog where information on emergency management related collaboration can be shared.
In the PTSC-Online members section there are opportunities for PTSC-Online members to collaborate on emergency management related items of mutual interest. What the topics will be, only time will tell. The tools available to PTSC-Online members include blogs, where we are looking for expert bloggers to share current information on emergency management topics, discussion groups, where members can ask questions or share best practices with fellow members and collectively work on projects and…
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