OVERVIEW FOR BC CONSTRUCTION ROUNDTABLE

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1 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BC OVERVIEW FOR BC CONSTRUCTION ROUNDTABLE Samples of Hazards in BC Natural Earthquake Flood Forest Fire Landslide Severe Weather Wind Storm Tsunami Industrial Urban Fire Hazardous Materials Explosion Structural Collapse Transportation Accident Social / Political Bomb Threat / Sabotage Riot Terrorism 2 1

2 Emergency Management Cycle Level of Effort Event Business as Usual Business Interruption Response Assess Risks Preparedness Mitigation Local Authority Recovery Time Community Recovery Principles of Emergency Management in B.C. Federal Government Local Government Provincial Government First Nations Communities Other Stakeholders Individuals 2

3 Levels of Response PECC PREOC(s) Major event coordinated by Victoria Coordination of provincial resources EOC(s) Support or coordination required Incident Site(s) ESS RC(s) The Front Lines Overview 3

4 BC Emergency Management Response Structure BCERMS Objectives......in priority as follows to: Provide for the safety and health of responders Save lives Reduce suffering Protect public health Protect infrastructure Protect property Protect the environment Reduce economic and social losses 4

5 Emergency Declaration Why? When? What Powers? Acquire land required to mitigate Authorize or require people to assist Control or prohibit travel Provide for restoration of services and supply Cause people to evacuate/re-locate livestock Authorize entry without warrant Cause demolition for mitigation purposes Construct works for mitigation purposes Procure, fix prices or ration What is CI? Critical Infrastructure The processes, systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets and services Essential to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians and the effective functioning of government Assets Any capability, facility, material, information, or activity that contributes to the accomplishment of an objective. Critical Services/Products The outputs of critical infrastructure services and products that if lost in availability or integrity would result in a high degree of injury to health, safety, security or economic well-being. 5

6 The 10 CI Sectors Info & Communications Technology Finance Manufacturing Energy & Utilities Food Water Health Transportation Safety Government Dependencies Dependency: Reliance of an asset, on input, interaction, or other requirement from another source(s) in order to function properly. Upstream Dependencies Downstream Dependencies Asset Cascading effects can potentially occur from any disruption in the chain. Important to consider alternate solutions. 6

7 Consequence of Loss The impact of losing the asset and the services it provides o Consider co-location Impacted CI 7

8 More than just roads... Multi-modal Concept Road Provincial highways Municipal streets Rail Heavy rail Light rail Marine Ocean Rivers Air Fixed wing Rotary wing Walk-On, Walk-Off Freight Roll-On, Roll-Off 8

9 Disaster Debris Disaster debris is debris produced by catastrophic events that generate excessive amounts of mixed materials exceeding the capacity of local government's day-to-day recycling and waste removal services. Regional Disaster Debris Management Plan A framework that can be used by Local Authorities, regional personnel and the province to guide the storage, sorting and disposal of disaster debris that exceeds the regular capacity of the regional waste disposal system Part of a regional recovery plan to be activated following a catastrophic event Defines the roles relationships and authorities for Defines the roles, relationships and authorities for local, regional and provincial governments regarding removal and disposal of disaster debris - for both the short (temporary) and long term recovery timeframes 9

10 Resource Allocation Priorities Mutual aid agreements between local authorities Use of private sector Agreements that the Province has beyond Metro Vancouver Reallocation of local and regional resources/authorities Working Group (Supporting Broader Stakeholders) SECTOR Municipal Engineers ORGANIZATION Regional Engineers Advisory Committee Municipal/Regional Emergency Planners Regional Emergency Planning Committee Non Government, Private Sector Post Secondary BC Pacific Chapter of SWANA BC Post Secondary Emergency Planners Regional Government Provincial Government (1) Federal Government (1) Public Health Metro Vancouver Ministry of Environment Emergency Management BC Environment Canada Public Safety Canada Regional Health Authority (MHO or Environment Assessment) 10

11 Activation of RDDM Plan The Regional Disaster Debris Management (RDDM) Plan could be activated one of two ways: 1)At the request of local authorities when they find themselves overwhelmed by the quantity of solid waste to manage post-disaster 2)By the Province in order to facilitate an efficient regional debris management strategy For more information Mike Andrews Regional Manager, Southwest Emergency Management BC