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City Report To
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PI KERING Report Number: OES 08-11
Date: January 10, 2011
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From: Everett Buntsma
Director, Operations & Emergency Services
Subject: Appointment of Community Emergency Management Coordinator
- (CEMC)
- File: :A-2130
Recommendation:
1. That Report OES 08-11 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services
regarding the Appointment of a Community Emergency Management Coordinator
(CEMC) be received;
2. That Council appoint Deputy Fire Chief, John Hagg as the City's CEMC;
3. That Council appoint Deputy Fire Chief, Gordon Ferguson as the Alternate CEMC;
and
4. That the appropriate City of Pickering officials be authorized to take necessary
action to give effect thereto.
Executive Summary: Under existing Provincial Emergency Management Legislation,
every municipality in Ontario is required to appoint a CEMC to manage emergencies and to
provide contact with Emergency Management Ontario and the Durham Emergency
Management Office.
It is recommended that Deputy Chief Hagg, who is in charge of Fire Services, Operations, be
appointed as the CEMC for the City of Pickering.
Deputy Chief Ferguson was the previous Fire Service liaison with the City's former CEMC
and is considered the best candidate for the Alternate CEMC position.
Financial Implications: Not Applicable
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Sustainability Implications: Assigning existing staff as CEMC and Alternate CEMC is
an efficient and economical approach to meeting the requirements of Provincial Legislation.
In this way, we will also meet our social responsibility to proactively plan and manage for
emergency situations.
Background: As Council is aware, the recent appointment of two Deputy Fire Chiefs
has provided some net benefits to the City, both in Fire Service administration and oversight
and also to more effectively, and in a manner consistent with other Durham Municipalities,
manage emergency planning.
Deputy Chief Hagg brings with him twenty-three years of experience with Pickering Fire
Services. His knowledge of fire suppression will benefit the City greatly as the City CEMC.
Deputy Chief Ferguson was the Fire Services member on the City's Emergency
Management Committee.
This background combined with his knowledge, experience and inherent close administrative
relationship with Deputy Chief Hagg makes Deputy Chief Ferguson the prime candidate as
the Alternate CEMC.
In this regard and consistent with the Provincial Emergency Management Legislation, the
Operations & Emergency Services Department recommends that the aforementioned be
appointed as the CEMC and Alternate CEMC.
Attachments:
1. Not Applicable
Prepared By: Approved/Endorsed y:
William T. Douglas Everett Buntsm
Fire Chief Director, Operations & Emergency Services
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Recommended for the consideration
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Tony Prevedel, P.Eng.
Chief Administrative Officer
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