PERIOD REPORT
DATE: May 17th, 2018 Report No. CSS-18-009
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Blair McDonald, Director of Community Safety Services
SUBJECT:TITLE Community Safety Services - 2018 First Period Report
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The following is a report on the activities pertaining to the Community Safety Services Department from January 1st, 2018 to April 30th, 2018.
I. DIVISION ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Emergency Management
* Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program (NEPP)
The NEPP and staff facilitated eight scheduled presentations and four workshops to residents during this period, along with information sessions for two stratas. The NEPP and staff met with the Esquimalt United Church to assist with their emergency preparedness planning as an organization. Staff and the NEPP met with VicPD Block Watch to explore potential collaborations regarding dissemination of emergency preparedness information in neighbourhoods.
Two new NEPP volunteers were recruited during the period with a focus on developing and delivering information to increase neighbourhood preparedness.
Staff, along with the NEPP coordinator, put on a special tsunami information session on January 28 in response to the tsunami warning event of January 23. This session was attended by approximately 80 residents, with concerns regarding the event being addressed was well as the tsunami risk in Esquimalt, modelling that has been done to support our planning, and tsunami preparedness. The NEPP coordinator was exceptional in monitoring social media during and after the event in order to correct misinformation and guide residents to accurate sources.
Staff and volunteers assembled 200 starter emergency kits in anticipation of delivery of emergency preparedness education to Grade 4 students in the Township during Emergency Preparedness Week in May.
* Emergency Social Services (ESS)
Three ESS volunteers were recruited in the period, and the team engaged in a planning sess...
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