Posted in Emergency Management on April 29th, 2009 No Comments »
GENEVA, April 29 (Reuters) - World Health Organization director-general Dr. Margaret Chan raised the pandemic threat awareness level to 5 out of 6 on Wednesday, meaning the world is at imminent risk of a pandemic from H1N1 swine flu.
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Posted in Emergency Management on April 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Evidence is suggesting that the spread of human cases of swine flu is continuing and is not likely to slow, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the World Health Organization’s assistant director general at an update in Geneva on Wednesday.
The WHO has raised its alert level to 4 — out of a possible 6 levels — but […]
Posted in Emergency Management on April 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Available on WaterISAC are a number of resources related to pandemic flu planning, in light of the federal government’s declaration of a Public Health Emergency due to the recent H1N1 Swine Influenza outbreak. Resources include planning information and checklists.
After logging in to the subscriber portal, simply type “flu” in the portal search bar. Once the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Two new documents have been added to the member’s area that may assisst member’s in planning for / responding to a pandemic. One of the documents gives some suggestions for a move to phase 4 (which we are now in).
Posted in Emergency Management on April 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health has confirmed two cases of swine flu in Alberta. One case is in Calgary and the other is in northern Alberta. Both victims are men who recently returned from Mexico.
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Posted in Emergency Management on April 27th, 2009 No Comments »
The World Health Organization has raised its alert level on the swine flu outbreak to 4, the highest imposed since it started issuing alerts in 1999. That means the UN agency has evidence of human-to-human transmission of the type of swine flu that broke out in Mexico two weeks ago, and may call for travel […]
Posted in Emergency Management on April 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Federal health officials have confirmed six cases of human swine influenza in British Columbia and Nova Scotia and are warning more cases are likely in the near future as medical personnel around the world test for the virus linked to a serious outbreak in Mexico.
The Federal Health Minister urged Canadians to take precautions to prevent […]
Posted in Emergency Management on April 24th, 2009 No Comments »
What started out a year ago as a regular exercise for Calgary Water Services turned into a large scale City testing of emergency response procedures yesterday. Exercise “In-Sink” saw around 300 people from Water Resources, Water Services, Fire, Police, Disaster Social Services, Communications, Roads, 311 and many others come together to test their various plans.
When […]
Posted in Emergency Management on April 24th, 2009 No Comments »
The World Health Organization expressed “heightened concern” on Friday over more than 800 “influenza-like” cases reported in Mexico, after seven cases of a severe respiratory illness were confirmed in two U.S. border states. At least 24 cases have been reported in the central region, while four have been reported in the north. The mystery illness […]
Posted in Emergency Management, Flooding on April 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-074, on April 19, the Government of Manitoba issued flood bulletin #33. This latest bulletin reiterates that the Red River watershed is completely saturated and as a result, river levels that have dropped slightly during the last few days will rise again if significant rainfall develops this […]