Emergency Planning

North Glengarry maintains and tests its Community Emergency Management Plan to both meet the terms of provincial legislation and to ensure it is ready in case of a community-wide emergency.

Each year, the plan is tested and discussions and training is ongoing with Emergency Management Ontario (EMO) and various departments within the township, emergency services and our community stakeholders.

More specifically, the Township's plan consists of the items listed below:

Community Emergency Management Plan Components

• Designation of a Community Emergency Management Co-ordinator (CEMC)
• Formation of a community emergency management program committee.
• Publication of an approved community emergency plan.
• Development of an appropriate community emergency operations centre.
• Development of an appropriate community emergency response capability.
• Conduct annual training and exercises for the emergency operations control group, employees of the municipality and other persons with respect to the provision of necessary services and the procedures to be followed in emergency response and recovery activities.
• Development and implementation of a public awareness program and education on risks to public safety and on public preparedness for emergencies.
• Identification of individuals to act as community emergency information staff.
• Conduct an annual review of the community emergency management program.

Open a new window to download a copy of the Township of North Glengarry Emergency Response Plan. 

Personal Emergency Planning & Preparedness

The municipality will rally its forces in the face of a community-wide disaster or emergency; however, residents need to be prepared as well.

Do you have a 72-hour emergency kit in case you have to leave abruptly or hunker down in your home during a wide scale emergency?  You should always have an emergency preparedness kit ready to go.

Emergency Alerts

In times of crisis it is important that residents have access to trusted, timely and accurate information to ensure their own safety and that of their family and loved ones. In response to this need, the Township of North Glengarry has chosen Voyent Alert! as the communication service provider for these kinds of events.

Voyent Alert! is a multi-purpose communication service used to send alerts to residents, businesses, and visitors during critical events like fires or floods as well as for relevant day-to-day communications such as snow removal advisories, planned maintenance, water advisories, etc. Learn more about Voyent Alert! here