Emergency Preparedness

What is an emergency?

An emergency is any dangerous or potentially dangerous situation that could hurt people, cause death, or severely damage homes and property. Emergencies can result from natural, technological, or human causes. Although an emergency event might be caused by a natural event (e.g. a tornado), it’s likely to produce a secondary effect (e.g., a power outage).

Emergencies can occur anywhere, at any time.  Whether it’s a medical or weather emergency, it can be scary for both adults and children.  Its important to know the risks in your community and take steps to be prepared.  Remember, in a major emergency it can take much longer for Emergency Services to get to everyone.  Preparedness starts with each of us taking steps to keep ourselves and our families safe before, during and after a disaster strikes.

Be Prepared for and Emergency

Fact Sheets:

Build a 72 hour kit

Severe Weather

Farm Emergencies

Winter Weather

Town of Plympton-Wyoming Emergency Response Plan

                  
What we do:

-       Maintain a high-quality Emergency Management Program including an Emergency Plan.

-       Conduct annual mock emergency exercises

-       Training and Education

-       Support disaster recovery for Plympton-Wyoming

-       Coordinate with the County of Lambton and municipal partners to strengthen Emergency Preparedness across the region.

-       And More!

Important Links:

Ontario.ca
Learn how you can be prepared for emergencies by making an emergency plan and kit.

Alert Ready
Alert Ready is Canada’s emergency alerting system. Alert Ready delivers critical and potentially life-saving alerts to Canadians through television, radio and LTE-connected and compatible wireless devices. The Alert Ready system was developed with many partners, including federal, provincial and territorial emergency management officials, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Pelmorex, the broadcasting industry and wireless service providers. Together, these partners work to ensure Canadians receive alerts immediately and know when to take action to stay safe.

Public Safety Canada
Emergencies can happen at any time and without warning. Be ready. With a little preparation, you can respond quickly to help yourself and others. Understand the risks in your area, create a household emergency plan and build an emergency kit.

Hydro One Outage Map

Sarnia-Lambton Alerts
A public alerting system used to notify subscribers and those with publicly-listed landlines of emergencies. Residents will typically receive alerts for tornado warnings, drinking water emergencies, shelter-in-place advisories, evacuation advisories, and missing children.

Ontario 211
A telephone and web service that provides information to the public about community and social services in Ontario. The service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Service is available in 175 languages . Callers with a hearing impairment can use the TTY line: 1-866-488-9311. In addition to assisting callers looking for information about community and social services, 211 call centres also serve as public information centres during emergencies.

MMAH - Apply for Disaster Assistance
Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians (DRAO) is a program that can help you recover costs after a natural disaster. We may activate DRAO for damage to private property if there’s a sudden, unexpected natural event, such as a flood or tornado that causes costly and widespread damage in your area.

For more information:

Dave Clarke
Community Emergency Management Coordinator
Phone: 519-845-3939
Email: dclarke@plympton-wyoming.ca