A By-law to amend of By-law No. 2004-325
establishing an Emergency Management Program for the protection of
public safety, health, the environment, the
critical infrastructure and property,
and to promote economic stability and a
disaster-resilient community
WHEREAS the Province of Ontario has passed the Emergency
Management Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E9, which requires the development and
implementation of an emergency management program and the adoption of the program by by-law of the Council of
a municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Act requires that the Emergency Management Program
adopted by the Council include an emergency plan governing the provision of
necessary services, training programs and exercises for employees and others
who could be called upon to provide necessary services, a public education
program on risks to public safety and public preparedness for emergencies and any
other element required under applicable legislation involving municipal
responses during the emergency;
AND
WHEREAS the Solicitor General
may make regulations setting standards for the development and implementation
of emergency management programs pursuant to
AND
WHEREAS O.Reg. 380/04, s. 10
(1) requires that
every municipality shall designate an employee of the municipality or a member
of the Council as its emergency management program co-ordinator.
AND WHEREAS O.Reg. 380/04,
s. 14 (1) requires that every
municipality shall designate an employee of the municipality as its emergency
information officer.
AND WHEREAS this Act provides for a declaration that an
emergency exists in the community by the Head of Council and authorizes the
Head of Council or their designate to take such action or make such orders as
are necessary and lawful, to implement the emergency response plan and respond
to an emergency;
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved:
1.
That the Emergency Management Program as amended
and attached hereto
as Schedule “A” to this by-law, be and is hereby
adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Emergency Management Act, R.S.O.
1990, c. E.9.
2.
That Schedule “A” to By-law 2004-325 is hereby
deleted and replaced
with Schedule “A” attached hereto.
3.
The Deputy
Fire Chief, Support Services, is hereby appointed the
Emergency
Management Program Coordinator.
4. The Director of Corporate Communications,
is hereby appointed the Emergency Information Officer.
5.
All other
provisions of By-law 2004-325, except as herein amended, are
hereby
ratified and confirmed.
READ A FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD TIME AND PASSED
this
day of JUNE, 2006.
___________________________________ ___________________________
SHEILA BIRRELL, TOWN CLERK DON
COUSENS, MAYOR
Schedule
A
Town
of
Emergency Management Program
1.0 Background
Pursuant to subsection 2.1(1) of the Emergency
Management Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.9 (the
“Act”), each community in the
a) an emergency plan (the “Plan”);
b) training
programs and exercises for employees of the municipality and other persons with
respect to the provision of necessary services and the procedures to be
followed in emergency response and recovery activities;
c) public
education on risks to public safety and on public preparedness for emergencies;
and
d) any
other element required by the standards for emergency management programs
established under Section 14 of the Act.
The Town of
(a)
Emergency
Management Program Coordinator
(i) The Emergency Management Program Coordinator (the “Program Coordinator”) is appointed by by-law in accordance
with provincial Regulation 380/04 (the
“Regulation”).
(ii) The Program Coordinator shall undertake
and complete the training that is required by the Chief, Emergency Management
Ontario.
(iii) The Program Coordinator shall
co-ordinate the development and implementation of the Town’s Program and shall
co-ordinate the municipality’s Program in so far as possible with the emergency
management programs of other municipalities, ministries of the
(iv) The Program Coordinator shall report
to the municipality’s Emergency Management Program Committee on his or her work
under paragraph (iii) above.
(b)
Emergency Management Program Committee
(i) The Emergency Management Program Committee
(the “Committee”) is hereby
established.
(ii) The Committee shall be comprised of:
A. the Town’s Program Coordinator;
B. a senior municipal official appointed
by the Council;
C. such members of the Council as may be
appointed by the Council;
D. such municipal employees who are
responsible for emergency management functions, as may be appointed by the Council;
E. such other persons as may be appointed
by the Council in accordance with the requirements of the Regulation;
(iii) The Council shall appoint one of the
members of the Committee to be the chair of the Committee.
(iv) The Committee shall advise the Council
on the development and implementation of the municipality’s Program.
(v) The Committee shall conduct an
annual review of the municipality’s Program and shall make recommendations to Council
for its revision if necessary.
(c) Municipal
Emergency Control Group
(i) The Emergency Control Group (the “Group”) is hereby established.
(ii) The Group shall be comprised of:
A. such officials or employees of the Town as
may be appointed by the Council; and
B. such members of the Council as may be
appointed by the Council.
(iii) The members of the Group shall
complete the annual training that is required by the Chief, Emergency
Management Ontario.
(iv) The Group shall direct the Town’s response in an emergency,
including the implementation of the Town’s Emergency Response Plan.
(v) The Group shall develop procedures to govern its
responsibilities in an emergency.
(vi) The Group shall conduct
an annual practice exercise for a simulated emergency incident in order to
evaluate the municipality’s Emergency Response Plan and its own procedures.
(vii) If determined necessary
as a result of the evaluation under (vi) above, the Group shall revise its
procedures and shall make recommendations to the Council for the revision of
the Town’s Emergency Response Plan.
(d)
A
Community Emergency Operations Centre
(i) A
Community Emergency Operations Centre shall
be established by the Town to be used by the Group in an emergency.
(ii) The
Emergency Operations Centre shall have appropriate technological and
telecommunications systems to ensure effective communication in an emergency.
(e)
Identification
of Community Emergency Information Officer
(i) The Emergency Information Officer shall be appointed by
by-law.
(ii) The Emergency Information Officer shall act as the primary
media and public contact for the municipality in an emergency
(f) Community Hazard and Risk Analysis and
Critical Infrastructure Identification
(i) The Town shall undertake a Community
Hazards and Critical Infrastructure analysis of risk.
(ii) The analysis shall include the
associated likelihood and consequence of those hazards occurring.
(g) An Emergency Response
Plan and Emergency
Procedures Manual
(i) The Town shall prepare and establish an
Emergency Response Plan (the “Plan”)
which outlines the actions to be taken in the event of an emergency and who is
responsible for those actions;
(ii) The Plan shall assign
responsibilities to muncicipal employees, by position, respecting
implementation of the emergency response plan and set out the procedures for
notifying the members of the municipal emergency control group of the
emergency.
(iii) The Plan may be modified from time to time
without amendment to this by-law.
(iv) The Town shall also establish an Emergency Procedures
Manual (the “Manual”), which shall identify what services will be provided during an emergency and the procedures and
manner in which employees and other persons will respond to and recover from the emergency.
(v) The Plan shall be made available to the public for
inspection and shall be available on
the Town’s Web Site www.markham.ca and
during ordinary business hours at the municipal offices located at:
101 Town Centre
Boulevard
Markham, Ontario
L3R 9W3
(vi) The Manual, excluding the Plan, by
virtue of the information contained therein, is a confidential document that shall
be developed, maintained, amended and managed by the Program Coordinator.
(h) Training
Programs and Exercises for Employees
Training programs and
exercises to ensure the readiness of Town employees and other persons to act in
an emergency shall be developed under the supervision of the Committee and
shall be conducted regularly in a manner and with those persons designated by
the Committee.
(i) Public Education on risks to Public
Safety and on Public Preparedness for Emergencies;
Public Education
and Awareness programs that notify the public of the various hazards and risks
to public safety that could give rise to emergencies shall be developed by the Program
Coordinator and shall be implemented regularly in a manner and with those
persons designated by the Committee.
(j) Annual review
of Emergency Management Program
The Program, including but not limited to
the Plan and the Manual will be
reviewed annually by the Committee and where necessary, the Program will be
amended to ensure that identified risks have not changed and that listed resources and services
are available, training programs are current, the public education program is
adequate and the risk to public safety is managed.