PERIOD REPORT
DATE: May 2, 2017 Report No. CSS-17-007
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Blair McDonald, Director, Community Safety Services
SUBJECT:TITLE Community Safety Services Department - 2017 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, 2017 to April 30th, 2017.
I. DIVISION ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Emergency Management
* Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program (NEPP)
The NEPP program recruited two new volunteers this period and had a planning session to map out goals and objectives for the year. A NEPP Facebook page was created to advertise upcoming events and to provide additional emergency preparedness information to residents.
The NEPP facilitated several presentations and workshops including a presentation from Maria Chan, who was in the Taiwanese Earthquake, which was attended by 36 people, a presentation on what to expect the First 72 Hours after an earthquake with 12 people attending, an EP talk at the Grafton Lodge to 21 residents, a NEPP presentation for Block Watch group to 9 people, and a Tsunami Preparedness session that had attendance of 14 people.
* Emergency Social Services (ESS)
Two ESS volunteers were recruited in the period, and the team engaged in a planning session for 2017. The team helped to update the regional ESS supplier list, as well as updated and reviewed contents of level one kits and response protocols.
The ESS team attended a regional exercise in Saanich March 20 on how to plan for and activate reception centres.
Staff attended several ESS Directors' meetings and helped to create a work plan for regional ESS activities and exercises in 2017. The ESS Directors are coordinating a regional ESS social and training weekend in June.
The Esquimalt ESS team hosted an ESS Group Lodging Course in Council Chambers March 11.
There were no ESS callouts during this period.
* Emergency Rad...
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