Regional emergency management organizations: provincial standards

The Regional Emergency Management Organizations Provincial Standards outline the standards and regulations that municipalities need to follow to effectively share resources to support a consistent and intentional approach to emergency management programming.

This document describes how municipalities work with their designated Regional Emergency Management Organization and Regional Emergency Management Organizations prepare and coordinate a regional emergency management plan.

Information includes:

• preamble
• citations
• effective date
• roles, responsibilities and standards for Department of Emergency Management
• roles, responsibilities and standards for municipalities
• roles, responsibilities and standards for regional emergency management organizations
• definitions
• municipal emergency management roles and responsibilities
• minimum requirements for regional emergency management organization emergency operations centres and emergency coordination centres
• standards for use and management of vulnerable persons registries
• Weather Impact Guide