About this Workshop

Does your CMSM or DSSAB include social services in the planning, managing and responding to local emergencies?

This two-day interactive workshop hosted by the LOOMEX Group will help you understand and identify how social services should fit into your emergency operations. This workshop will cover the following: 

• An overview of emergency management in Ontario
• Roles and responsibilities in emergency management
• Planning for and managing emergencies

You will also have an opportunity to bring planning into action with a live simulation lab exercise and post-emergency debriefing. 

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the regulated emergency management system in Ontario, and the role of ESS in it
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the key players in planning for and managing an emergency
• Identify strategies for articulating and documenting preparedness plans
• Develop protocols for collaborating with stakeholders and key community partners for emergency preparedness and during emergencies
• Tips and checklists for managing an emergency
• Identifying and developing responses for unique challenges and situations such as serving vulnerable populations

Course Outline

Overview of Emergency Management in Ontario

• Legislation
• Components of an emergency plan

Roles and Responsibilities

• Roles of different levels of government
• Role of community partners
• Role of the Community Emergency Management Coordinator (CEMC) and Community Control Group

Planning for Emergencies

• Predetermine rates/levels for ESS involvement in emergencies.
• Available provincial resources to be kept in mind when developing plans
• Planning for vulnerable populations
• Resource allocation
• Inter-agency collaboration
• Continuity of operations

Managing the Emergency

• Understanding the incident management system
• Shelter/Site operation and management
• Emergency Operations Centre Role/staffing/operation of
• legislation (AODA etc)
• Registration and referrals - which tools to use, screening for vulnerabilities.
• Volunteer management
• Media and Councillor management their rights and limitations, working with the media during emergencies
• Donation management
• Documentation - understanding legal implications of documentation and note-taking

Post-Emergency Debriefing

• Reporting and debrief how to
• Learning from teachable moments and incorporating into emergency plan

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for both management and front-line staff that manage a municipality's social services.