Posted in Emergency Management on May 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Two days ago I presented information on the AbWARN program to the Ontario Drinking Water Working Group via a webcast. It was well received with an excellent discussion around the pros and cons of the WARN initiative. There was a lot of positive energy around the idea of Ontario starting it’s own WARN, and this […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
The Federal Minister of the Environment, Jim Prentice, announced in March, that Canada will invest $2.5 million over five years to support GEMS/Water (Global Environment Monitoring System/Water) an international water science program developed by the United Nations Environment Program. GEMS/Water, based in Burlington, ON, the site of the National Water Research Institute, provides evidence based […]
Posted in Emergency Management on May 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Alberta Emergency Management Agency now has their Basic Emergency Management (BEM) course online.
Click here to go to the online course.
Posted in Emergency Management on May 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-092, on May 13, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reported that 389 cases of H1N1 flu virus infection have now been confirmed in Canada: 92 in B.C., 61 in Alberta including 1 death, 16 in Saskatchewan, 4 in Manitoba, 119 in Ontario, 26 in Quebec, 2 […]
Posted in Emergency Management, Flooding on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-079, on May 11, the Government of Manitoba issued flood bulletin #40. This latest bulletin indicates that flood water near the municipality of Morris in southern Manitoba has receded and that inspection of Highway 75 is to occur as soon as possible. It is anticipated that, barring […]
Posted in Emergency Management on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-090, on May 11, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reported that 330 cases of H1N1 flu virus infection have now been confirmed in Canada: 79 in B.C., 52 in Alberta including 1 death, 10 in Saskatchewan, 1 in Manitoba, 110 in Ontario, 16 in Quebec, 2 […]
Posted in Emergency Management on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
An Infectious Disease Management Plan (IDMP) template has been added in the members area. This short document may be useful in starting or continuing work on your pandemic plans.
Posted in Emergency Management on May 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-089, on May 10, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reported that 284 cases of H1N1 flu virus infection have now been confirmed in Canada: 79 in B.C., 48 in Alberta including 1 death, 4 in Saskatchewan, 1 in Manitoba, 76 in Ontario, 15 in Quebec, 2 […]
Posted in Emergency Management, Water Quality on May 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Some Burnaby residents awoke to the strong smell of oil fumes after about 200,000 litres of crude oil spilled from a storage tank on Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday night.
The leak at the Kinder Morgan tank farm just east of Vancouver was spotted at about 10 p.m. by a contractor, the company said. The oil was […]
Posted in Emergency Management on May 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-087, on May 6, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reported that 201 cases of H1N1 flu virus infection have now been confirmed in Canada: 54 in B.C., 30 in Alberta, 1 in Manitoba, 49 in Ontario, 10 in Quebec, 2 in New Brunswick, 53 in […]