As an emergency manager, I found the report of the Emergencies Act Inquiry very interesting. Setting aside the political rhetoric, there is a need to modernize emergency management at the federal level. Communications, coordination and collaboration are core principles that need to be utilized in major incident management. Take a look at Volume 1 of the report for a good overview, and summary of the recommendations: https://lnkd.in/gPTAUMDt
There is no FEMA in Canada. If a global pandemic and all associated issues combined with greater impacts from climate change isn’t sufficient cause to set it up then you would wonder what would be?
Ryan Benson
1y
We've already made a huge modernization step by carving out an Emergency Preparedness ministry, though still have a long way to go in giving that a distinct identity from Public Safety (which should properly now be Public Security). As for the 3 C's, unfortunately those core principles are also the first casualties of government silos. A critical gap with our current model, and the best rationale for EM/EP being a shared service across Team Canada (AKA the FEMA model).
I agree, but In my opinion, I don't think we can set aside the political rhethoric with this very predictable outcome. As is often said, "he who pays the piper, calls the tune".
I agree, Security and Emergency incident management need to be modernized to reflect the current threats to the public and our infrastructure. The inquiry results demonstrate the need for collaboration between agencies
Not to mention Unified Command practiced properly or anything...just sayin....
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1yYou’ve made some of the great points. Dave Colvin, CEM, CMM III (EM Professional). I think would add in Cooperation - this appears to also be an issue with other events here in Canada. Collaborate and Cooperate are different I think. Thoughts on this?