2025 Emergency Preparedness Week
Emergency Preparedness Week is happening on May 4-10, 2025. Emergency Preparedness Week is a national awareness initiative that has taken place annually since 1996. It is a collaborative event undertaken by provincial and local emergency management organizations to help raise awareness of the importance of emergency preparedness for all Canadians. Emergency Preparedness Week is an opportunity for individuals to learn how they can become prepared to protect themselves, family members, and communities during an emergency. This year, the theme is “Plan for Every Season”.
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.
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!
Be Prepared for and Emergency
Fact Sheets:
For more information:
Dave Clarke
Community Emergency Management Coordinator
Phone: 519-845-3939
Email: dclarke@plympton-wyoming.ca
Town of Plympton-Wyoming Emergency Response Plan
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.
Public Safety Canada
Helps Canadians and their communities protect themselves from emergencies and disasters related to all kinds of hazards - natural, human-induced and technological - through national leadership in the development and implementation of policies, plans and a range of programs.
Ontario 211
211 Ontario is a telephone and web service that provides information to the public about community and social services in Ontario. The service is available in 175 languages to Lambton residents 24 hours a day, everyday of the year.
Sarnia-Lambton Alerts
Sarnia-Lambton Alerts (formerly named MyCNN) is a local alerting system that can be used to notify residents with publicly listed land-line telephones during an emergency. Subscribers can also receive alerts via cell phones, smart phones, email and more.
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.
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