Create and maintain an emergency plan

This page supports communities who are creating or updating their emergency management plans. An all-hazard emergency management plan describes how people, property, and the environment will be protected in an emergency. It provides an outline of actions that are taken when an emergency occurs.

On this page

• Planning tools and guides
• Questions

Planning tools and guides

Emergency management plans must be based on a local authority’s risk assessments, the results of conversations with Indigenous governing bodies and neighbouring local authorities.

Emergency plan guide and templates

The planning guide provides an adaptable, step-by-step resource for developing an emergency management plan. It addresses hazards, and assigns roles and responsibilities for emergency planning and operations.

• Emergency Management Planning Guide (PDF, 1MB)

Templates allow communities of any size, to adapt the planning process to suit unique emergency management needs and capacities.

• Plan template (DOC, 512KB)
• Plan appendix: Pandemics (DOC, 164KB)
• Planning checklist ​(DOC, 105KB)
• Partner engagement list (DOC, 106KB) - identifies potential internal and external partners

Assessment tools

These tools assess your current capacity, structures, and identify hazards and risks to help reduce the potential consequences of an emergency.

• Hazard, risk and vulnerability assessment tool
• Critical Infrastructure assessment

Drought and water scarcity planning

These resources help First Nations and local authorities plan for water scarcity and the placemat provides an at-a-glance, comprehensive overview of resources, actions, and more. The template is a Word document so that it can be edited for your purposes.

• Emergency Management Plan for Water Scarcity Template (DOC, 1.7MB)
• Water Scarcity Response Placemat (PDF, 169KB) 

Major event planning

These guidelines are designed to provide relevant information and considerations to local authorities, communities, event organizers, emergency managers, provincial representatives, and any other groups involved in planning special events.

• Major Planned Events guidelines (PDF, 5.3MB)
• See also: Public Health Guidelines - Major Planned Events

Questions?

While this process is designed to be self-guided, please contact a regional office if you have any questions about emergency planning.