Are you Prepared for an Emergency?

In your day-to-day living, disasters may seem a distant possibility. Yet natural disasters, such as floods or tornadoes; technological or environmental accidents, such as chemical spills; or service disruptions, such as power failures during the winter, can strike any community, including ours, at any time. If you're unprepared for a disaster, it can shatter your life.

Expect the unexpected and plan for it. Knowing what to do when a disaster strikes will help you better control the situation and be in a position to recover more quickly. And while the region does have an emergency plan, no community is equipped to handle all the demands of a catastrophe. Help your community by preparing yourself. Make sure everyone in your family knows what to do before, during and after an emergency. Follow the links below for more information, or visit the Public Safety Canada Emergency Preparedness web site at: http://www.getprepared.gc.ca/index_e.asp.

• Evacuation Procedures
• Reception Centres
• Shelter in Place
• Personal and Family Emergency Preparedness
• Be Prepared Not Scared
• Home Checklist
• Home Hazard Hunt
• Neighbourhood Preparedness
• Neighbourhood Training
• Office Preparedness
• Pets preparedness
• Preparedness

Link to Provincial Emergency Program Hazard Preparedness materials

Link to the Grab and Go Kit page

Interface Fire Protection

• Protecting Your Home From Interface Fires
• Wildfire Hazard Reduction - Regional District of Central Okanagan Residential Construction & Landscaping Recommendations
• Firesmart Homeowner's Manual (3.7MB, 16 pages)
• Firewise Landscaping and Construction Checklist
• Preparing a House for Wildland Fire Season
• My Forest Home, Am I Prepared?
• Wildfire Approaching Checklist
• Interior Health webpage information on Forest Fires and Your Health

Flood Preparedness and Protection

• Provincial Emergency Program - links to information on flood preparations and how to recover after experiencing flood damage
• Cleaning Up After A Flood - link to information from BC Health Guide
• Public Safety Canada - getprepared.ca link to flood preparation before and after
• Interior Health webpage of information for flood victims

Disaster Financial Assistance Information

• Provincial Emergency Program - link to information to help residents cope with costs of repair and recovery from disaster-related property damage

Pandemic

• Link to Government of Canada website on Pandemic, Avian and Seasonal Influenza Information
• Link to Interior Health Pandemic Planning webpage