Events

Engage Mainland North – Joint Emergency Management (JEM) Meeting

April 19, 2017 | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Canada Games Centre
26 Thomas Raddall Drive


Engage Mainland North in association with Halifax Regional Municipality’s Emergency Management Operations is looking to partner with community organizations, associations and residents in Clayton Park, Fairview and surrounding areas to form a new Joint Emergency Management (JEM) district.

What is JEM?

Joint Emergency Management (JEM) is a concept developed by the Halifax Regional Municipality’s Emergency Management Office (EMO), to allow community organizations to prepare for, and respond quickly to, a wide range of emergencies. JEM teams are the community volunteers of EMO. In times of crisis, EMO may activate JEM Support Centres (JSC) to coordinate response with humanitarian agencies already engaged in the JEM coverage area. These centres are a facility where trained individuals can meet to provide local input to the Emergency Operations Centre, located in Dartmouth.

Why?

Neighbours helping neighbours

In the critical hours following a crisis situation, while local and provincial response agencies are dealing with the immediate and urgent needs of the municipality, residents in affected communities need to be prepared to help themselves and to assist their neighbours, who may have been seriously impacted by the event. We need volunteers from our communities to join together and form a JEM so we are proactively prepared to deal with an emergency.

When?

The second planning meeting is scheduled for:

Wednesday, April 19th, 2017
6:30pm-8pm
CGC Boardroom

How?

Pre-registration is preferred but not necessary. Send an email with your name and contact information to engagemainlandnorth@gmail.com. You will receive a confirmation email. Or, feel free to join us the night of the event.

For more information visit the Halifax website.

Kate Sullivan, Chair
Engage Mainland North

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