Alberta Emergency Plan

Purpose:
The plan serves as the provincial strategy to direct an integrated cross-government approach to emergency management. It establishes the agency as the co-coordinating body for the government’s emergency plans and as the entity that ensures all partners work within a common framework. The plan is designed to ensure the protection of people, property, communities, environment and economies from the effects of emergencies. A new, updated plan helps us achieve GoA Goal 7:  Alberta will be a safe place to live, work and raise families.

Key points:

• A description of the Alberta emergency management system.
• Reference to the government Business Continuity Plan and hazard-specific plans developed by the government.
• The roles and responsibilities of departments and emergency management: partners in the emergency management system; and
• in the preparation, implementation and maintenance of plans required by departments and local authorities.
• Direction on the procedures for the co-ordination of emergencies.

Why was the plan updated?
Given government restructuring, the amendments to the Emergency Management Act and the Government Emergency Management Regulation, and the formation of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency, the plan had to be re-written. It is a living document that will be amended, as necessary, through a planning process managed by the agency in consultation with emergency management system partners.