Emergency Preparedness

Emergency planning helps create awareness, reduce response times and reduce risk. Learn how to prepare and be alerted for an emergency, and find out how your municipal and regional governments respond to crises. 

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada and other government and municipal organizations offer resources and guides for emergency planning. You should be prepared to look after your family's basic needs for a 72-hour period in case of an unexpected emergency.

Alert Waterloo Region

Alert Waterloo Region is a service that allows residents to receive important public safety messages in the event of a large-scale emergency such as a flood, severe weather, or other emergency situations. To be in the know and stay informed in emergencies be sure to subscribe to get alerts through your choice of phone, text or email.

Emergency Response Plan

The Township of Wilmot Emergency Response Plan establishes the framework for a systematic, coordinated and effective emergency response.

The plan details the methods in which the Township mobilizes its resources during a crisis and ensures all Township organizations, emergency response services and key agencies are fully aware of their respective roles and responsibilities during an emergency.

The goal is to respond and reduce the impact of a public emergency and restore the municipality to a normal state as soon as possible.

Regional Emergency Management

There are seven local municipalities in Waterloo Region, each with their own Emergency Response Plans. The local municipalities have the responsibility to supply the initial response to an emergency.

The Region of Waterloo will activate its Emergency Response Plan when:

• The Mayor or Acting Mayor of an affected municipality requests that the Regional Emergency Response Plan be implemented; or
• The emergency affects a large portion of inhabitants of more than one local municipality; or
• The emergency requires extraordinary actions or expenditure of monies by one or more regional services for the protection of property, health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the community.

When deemed necessary, the mayor of a local municipality will contact the Region of Waterloo to request the Regional Emergency Alerting System be activated. This Alerting System calls together members of the Regional Emergency Control Group.