Emergency Management helps plan and coordinate multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional responses and the municipality’s response to emergencies. This includes providing leadership and support to municipal business units and outside agencies in their preparations and readiness for a disaster or large-scale emergency.
Emergency Preparedness Week
May 5 through 11 is Emergency Preparedness Week. Be prepared and know the risks by checking your emergency kits, updating contacts list, confirming what support services exist in your area and what sources of information to follow.
For more information and details on how to stay prepared visit out Emergency Preparedness page. When you’ve finished that review, test your emergency preparedness knowledge by clicking the button below for a chance to win one of 15 emergency kits or one of 15 flood kits courtesy of Halifax’s Emergency Management team.
About the Emergency Management Office
Everyone has a role to play in making sure we all stay safe in emergencies.
The Halifax Regional Municipality commits major resources to make our public buildings, roads, bridges, and communities safe.
The Emergency Management Division is responsible for supporting communities and critical municipal services during times of emergency and disaster by:
- leading the initial response
- preparing emergency plans
- coordinating and managing emergency planning with first responders
- facilitating emergency training and exercises with other first responders and municipal staff
- providing essential services to those impacted by a disaster
- engaging with multiple emergency management stakeholders from a holistic approach to support overall community safety and wellness before, during and after disasters
- maintaining specialized volunteer disaster response Joint Emergency Management teams to deliver comfort centre services during a disaster
Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
In collaboration with the municipality’s Environment & Climate Change team, Halifax Regional Municipality’s Emergency Management Division is implementing a holistic Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) to better understand community and critical infrastructure vulnerability and resilience.