Home and Family

 

IF YOU ARE EVACUATED

	Pack essential items including : extra clothing, blankets, toiletries, eyeglasses, dentures, prescription drugs, or other important medication, chequebook, credit cards, cash, other important papers, drivers license, and identification.
	Turn off all appliances (except freezers and refrigerators
	Lock windows and doors
	Leave pets indoors, with food and water for 2-3 days. No pets are allowed at Reception Centers.

 Your Home Emergency Kit

	List of prescribed medication for family members
	First Aid Kit
	Battery powered radio with extra batteries or wind-up radio
	Flashlights with extra batteries
	Toiletries

Your Emergency Plan

1. Post emergency telephone numbers where your family can easily find them, such as on the refrigerator.

2. When calling for help, specify:  WHAT happened, WHAT help is needed, WHERE you are, WHO you are

3. Teach the children HOW and WHO to call for help

4. Keep a home emergency kit handy

5. Keep fresh water in a container, and change it every 2 weeks

6. Keep a one week supply of food on hand at all times in your home

7. Teach family members how to turn off the gas, power, and water

8. Pick a family meeting place. Tell friends to call this location for information about you or your family

9. Keep a survival kit in your car

10. Always keep your gas tank half full. This way, if you are evacuated, you can use your car.

REMEMBER:

Tune in to local radio or TV stations for details and stay tuned for updates.

Avoid using the telephone unless your call is urgent. Telephone equipment can become overloaded during an emergency. Please leave the lines free for emergency workers.

Click here for a printable version of these Home Emergency Preparedness guidelines, and use the print feature in your browser. Remember, every situation and home may be different, these are general guidelines only.

 

Preparing for Weather Emergencies 

Some people don’t think they’re vulnerable to extreme weather. 

Know what?  They’re wrong . . . 

Extreme weather events can affect virtually every Canadian, whether it’s an ice storm that brings down your power lines or heavy rains that flood your basement.  Minimizing the negative impact of these events is a priority for Environment Canada, from detecting and predicting their occurrence to ensuring that people know how to react appropriately. 

A wide range of technologies is used to detect significant weather, from sophisticated weather radar to a network of volunteer weather watchers who phone reports to Environment Canada’s forecast team.  Canada’s national weather service is well-known for the weather warnings that are issued for hazardous weather events such as severe thunderstorms or freezing rain.  However, Environment Canada also plays an important part in dealing with other weather-related issues—for example, producing fire weather forecasts when extremely dry weather has turned the forest into a tinderbox; issuing high water level warnings when the combination of winds and waves is expected to endanger shoreline property or residents; and issuing smog alerts when high levels of air pollution are expected in urban areas.

 To ensure that weather warnings and other bulletins can be heard and acted on by the intended audience, Environment Canada has developed a network of weatheradio transmitters across the country, including 6 in Northwestern Ontario.  Warnings are broadcast with a tone signal embedded, to activate specially-equipped VHF receivers.  These weatheradio receivers are available locally at electronic stores.  Most weatheradios can be set to begin broadcasting as soon as the tone signal is detected, alerting listeners to the impending severe weather. 

Surveys have shown that many Canadians know how to prepare for and react to extreme weather events.  Are you among them?  If not, you may be interested in the many fact sheets and brochures that are available in print or on the Internet, explaining how best to prepare for winter storms or what to do in the event of a tornado.  Environment Canada has also launched educational initiatives at both the elementary and the secondary school level, to promote weather awareness as a regular part of the school day.  

For copies of Environment Canada publications or for further information on products and services, visit http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca or call Client Services at (807) 346-5949. 

Weatheradio Location	Broadcast Frequency
Kenora	162.475
Fort Frances	162.400
Thunder Bay	162.475
Red Rock	162.550
Beardmore	162.475
Pukaskwa	162.550

 

 

 

Project Storm Watch 

Project Storm Watch is a program developed in partnership by Emergency Measures Ontario and the Meteorological Services of Canada - Ontario Region (formerly known as the Atmospheric Environment Service and Program of Environment Canada).  

The Project Storm Watch program offers information, presentations and other events, targeted primarily at community emergency response coordinators and CANWARN volunteer weather observers.

 The program is designed to raise the awareness within communities about severe summer weather phenomena

 It also provides information about precautions that should be taken in the event of severe weather conditions. 

 Where to Obtain Advice and Information:

 Who Before a severe weather event happens: When a severe weather event occurs:

Emergency Measures Ontario

25 Grosvenor Street

19th Floor

Toronto, Ontario

Telephone: (416) 314-3723

Facsimile: (416) 314-3758

Toll Free: 1-877-314-3723

E-mail: jus.g.psd.emo@jus.gov.on.ca

Web site: http://www.solicitorgeneral.msg.gov.on.ca/english/public/emo.html . Helps communities review emergency plans and assess preparedness arrangements related to severe weather.

Assists in training and exercises based on severe weather phenomena.

Assists in developing community emergency public education programs about severe weather.

 Responds to the actual emergency by providing advice and assistance to community officials on local emergency measures.

Coordinates provincial resources, and if necessary, implements the Provincial Emergency Plan.

Coordinates federal aid, when requested, or when an emergency clearly impacts on areas of federal jurisdiction.

 

Meteorological Services of Canada

4905 Dufferin Street

Downsview, Ontario

M3H 5T4

Telephone: (416) 739-4291

Facsimile: (416) 739-4721

E-mail: catherine.conrad@ec.gc.ca

Web site: http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/index_e.cfm

http://www.weatheroffice.com

 Monitors the weather in Ontario to enable forecasting and early identification of severe weather conditions.

Issues severe weather watches and warnings to the media and to the public through media.

Assists in communicating knowledge and experience related to severe weather to various audiences.

 Monitors the progress and evolution of severe weather conditions.

Issues updates and/or cancellations of severe weather watches and warnings.

Communicates as required with broadcast media and/or officials within the affected area.