HRM city staff to work on emergency management strategic plan – Halifax [Video]

Findings of a report determining the state of HRM’s emergency management program was presented to Halifax’s Executive Standing Committee on Monday.

The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) framework was used to make the assessment, hoping to build the best possible emergency management program.

“We have a lot of experience responding to emergencies,” said HRM Community Safety Executive Director Bill Moore. “We have a lot of very, very good staff doing a lot of really, really good work. This is not a reflection of that. This is about building the program around it.”

HRM CAO Cathie O’Toole told the executive standing committee that assessing the maturity of emergency management for the city was her priority when she entered her role.

The report shows the HRM’s emergency management program lacks documentation and structure and needs a multi-year strategic plan.

“Right now, we are strong in terms of the fact that we have good people and we …