The Community Emergency Management Committee

All municipalities are subject to emergencies. In Elliot Lake, forest fires, electrical failure, human health emergencies, ice and sleet storms are examples of emergencies, which we may face.

In recognition of the leading role the municipality will play in the event of an emergency requiring the coordinated response of both municipal and non-municipal resources, the Council has adopted an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) for the City of Elliot Lake. The Emergency Response Plan has been developed in order to facilitate a timely and effective mobilization of resources in order to respond to an emergency. Every official, municipal department and agency are prepared to carry out assigned responsibilities in an emergency.

Elliot Lake is committed to emergency planning. Elliot Lake's Community Emergency Management Committee ensures that the municipal Emergency Response Plan and associated supporting plans and procedures are in place.

Elliot Lake's Emergency Plan has been prepared to provide key officials, agencies and departments of the City of Elliot Lake with important response information related to:

  • Arrangements, services and equipment, and
  • Roles and responsibilities during an emergency.
The aim of the plan is to make provision for the extraordinary arrangements and measures that may have to be taken to protect public safety, meaning the health, welfare, and property, as well as, environmental and economic health of the residents, businesses, and visitors of the City of Elliot Lake when faced with an emergency, beyond normal procedures.

The City of Elliot Lake Emergency Plan includes:
  • Procedure for declaring an emergency.
  • Strategic considerations.
  • Emergency Community Control Group (CCG) responsibilities. The CCG supports the emergency with human and material resources and ensures the continuity of municipal services outside the perimeter of the emergency. It addresses the potential ongoing or expanding threat and instills a level of confidence to the public.
  • Annexes which
    • Include an Emergency Public Information Plan, for coordinating the release of accurate information to the public, news media, etc.
    • Lists sites for its Emergency Operations Centre for the CCG to assemble and from which to direct the response to the emergency.
    • Catalogue Human, Technical, Material Resources and researched sources of information, which may need to be referenced in an emergency.
    • Provide a collection of various plans, operational guidelines of municipal departments and those members of the Community Control Group, which outline specific actions taken for emergencies, which may befall the community.
    • List possible reception and evacuation centers to receive evacuees or serve as information centres.
A Family or Individual Emergency Plan should include:
  • Knowing the risks that you are most likely to face to help better plan for them.
  • Prepare for keeping your family and yourself safe and secure for up to 72 hours.
  • Posting important telephone numbers near your telephone; creating emergency contact wallet cards.
  • Assemble an emergency kit.
  • Check into emergency plans at work, at your child’s school.
  • Practice or review once a year the plan.