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REPORT TO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: OES 28-07
Date: June 11, 2007
From:
Everett Buntsma
Director, Operations & Emergency Services
Subject:
Appointment of Community Emergency Management Coordinator
- (CEMC)
File: A-2130
Recommendation:
1. That Heport OES 28-07 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services
regarding the Appointment of Community E.mergency Management Coordinator
(CEMC) be received;
2. That Council appoint Deputy Fire Chief, Simon Almond 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
emergency and to provide contact with Emergency Management Ontario and Durham
Emergency Management Office.
As Deputy Chief Almond has prior experience as the CEMC for the Township of
Uxbridge it is recommended that he 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 Almond brings with him four years of experience and knowledge as the
CEMC for the Township of Uxbridge. His knowledge of the requirements of the
positions combined with his knowledge of the Region and other CEMCs 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 Almond make 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.
Upon appointment the CEMC will call a meeting of the Emergency Management
Committee to complete a Pandemic Plan for the City.
Also the Committee or sub-groups thereof will prepare a list of other Emergency
Management initiatives that should be undertaken having close regard for the City's
residents and business needs.
Attachments:
1. None
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Recommended for the consideration of
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