Emergency Management Ontario is the Office of Emergency Management for the province of Ontario responsible for planning for and responding to and recovering from all man-made or natural disasters within the province.[1] The agency is under the responsibility of the minister responsible for the treasury board. Since Jan. 2024, an associate minister of emergency preparedness and response has also been designated as part of the cabinet. The agency's mandate is governed by the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act of 1990.[2] EMO works with City of Toronto Emergency Management Office (OEM), other similar provincial agencies across Canada as well as Public Safety Canada.
Geographical Divisions
editWith the vastness of the province, EMO is divided into geographical regions or Emergency Management Sector Areas that have 40 to 50 municipalities in their area of coverage:[3]
- Amethyst - covering Northwestern Ontario
- Albany - covering most of Northeastern Ontario
- Bruce - covering the Bruce Peninsula and regions within the Bruce Escarpment outside of the Golden Horseshoe
- Capital - covering areas near Ottawa region
- Golden Horseshoe - covering areas around the Greater Toronto Area and beyond
- Killarney - covering the southern end of Northeastern Ontario
- Lakes - covering areas east of Georgian Bay
- Loyalist - covering most of Eastern Ontario outside of Ottawa region
- Severn - covering the areas east of Golden Horseshoe
- St. Clair - covering the areas of Southwestern Ontario
Agency Heads
edit- Dr James Young 2004[4]
- Julian Fantino 2005-2006
- Jay C. Hope 2006-2018
- Mario Di Tommaso 2018–2022
As of 2024, the head of Ontario EMO is Bernie Derible, who is designated Deputy Minister and Commissioner of Emergency Management[5]
References
edit- ^ "Emergency Management in Ontario | Emergency Management Ontario". www.emergencymanagementontario.ca.
- ^ "Law Document English View". Ontario.ca. July 24, 2014.
- ^ "Emergency Management Sector Areas | Emergency Management Ontario". www.emergencymanagementontario.ca.
- ^ "Newsroom : Dr. James Young named Commissioner of Emergency Management". news.ontario.ca.
- ^ https://www.infogo.gov.on.ca/emp?id=375724&_b=c2VhcmNodHlwZT0xJnNvcnRkaXI9YXNjJnNvcnRjb2w9UmFuayZ0b3Bvcmc9MCZwYWdlPTEma2V5d29yZHM9RW1lcmdlbmN5JnNvcnRsYWJlbD1zb3J0LW9wdGlvbjAmbG9jYWxlPWVuJmpvYj0w
Canadian links
edit- Public Safety Canada Emergency preparedness
- Alberta Emergency Management Agency
- Saskatchewan Emergency Management Organization
- Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization
- Emergency Management Ontario
- Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec (MSP) (Department of Public Security, Québec)
- New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization[permanent dead link]
- Nova Scotia Emergency Measures Organization
- Prince Edward Island Emergency Measures Organization
- Fire and Emergency Services – Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories Ministry of Municipal and Community Affairs
- Nunavut Emergency Management
- Yukon Emergency Measures Organization