PERIOD REPORT
DATE: September 11, 2019 Report No. CSS-19-011
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Blair McDonald, Director of Community Safety Services
SUBJECT:TITLE Community Safety Services Department - 2019 Second Period Report
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The following is a report on the activities pertaining to the Community Safety Services Department from May 1st, 2019 to August 31st, 2019.
I. DIVISION ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Emergency Management
? Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program (NEPP)
The NEPP and staff facilitated one scheduled monthly presentation and one workshop to residents during this period. Staff also provided emergency preparedness presentations to 2 strata complexes.
The NEPP continues to provide information to residents and answer questions at community events including the Esquimalt Block Party, a resident block party, Music in the Park, and the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum Open House Event.
The NEPP distributed 180 starter emergency preparedness kits during this period to grade 3 and 4 students at Macauley and Victor Brodeur elementary schools, along with emergency preparedness information sessions. Staff were also invited to speak to a grade 8 class at Rockheights Middle school on tsunami and earthquake risk in the Township.
? Emergency Support Services (ESS)
One new ESS volunteer was recruited in the period, and volunteers attended various courses and workshops including an ESS mini-camp in Oak Bay, a Psychological First Aid workshop, and Group Lodging.
Staff attended ESS Directors' meetings and is working on regional ESS coordination following the apartment fire event last period.
The ESS team was called out by the Saanich ESS team on June 21 to assist residents of a significant apartment fire that resulted in 65 evacuees. Five ESS volunteers and staff responded to the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre and provided valuable leadership due to the recent experience gained in Esquimalt. The Township i...
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