Emergency Management Ontario Explained

Emergency Management Ontario is the Office of Emergency Management for the province of Ontario responsible for planning for and responding to and recovering from all man-made or natural disasters within the province.^[1] The agency is under the responsibility of the Ministry of the Solicitor General. The agency's mandate is governed by the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act of 1990.^[2] EMO works with City of Toronto Emergency Management Office (OEM), other similar provincial agencies across Canada as well as Public Safety Canada.

Geographical Divisions

With the vastness of the province, EMO is divided into geographical regions or Emergency Management Sector Areas that have 40 to 50 municipalities in their area of coverage:^[3]

• Amethyst - covering Northwestern Ontario
• Albany - covering most of Northeastern Ontario
• Bruce - covering the Bruce Peninsula and regions within the Bruce Escarpment outside of the Golden Horseshoe
• Capital - covering areas near Ottawa region
• Golden Horseshoe - covering areas around the Greater Toronto Area and beyond
• Killarney - covering the southern end of Northeastern Ontario
• Lakes - covering areas east of Georgian Bay
• Loyalist - covering most of Eastern Ontario outside of Ottawa region
• Severn - covering the areas east of Golden Horseshoe
• St. Clair - covering the areas of Southwestern Ontario

Agency Heads

• Dr James Young 2004^[4]
• Julian Fantino 2005-2006
• Jay C. Hope 2006-2018
• Mario Di Tommaso 2018–present

References

Canadian links

• Public Safety Canada Emergency preparedness
• Alberta Emergency Management Agency
• Saskatchewan Emergency Management Organization
• Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization
• Emergency Management Ontario
• Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec (MSP) (Department of Public Security, Québec)
• New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization
• Nova Scotia Emergency Measures Organization
• Prince Edward Island Emergency Measures Organization
• Fire and Emergency Services – Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories Ministry of Municipal and Community Affairs
• Nunavut Emergency Management
• Yukon Emergency Measures Organization

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emergency Management in Ontario | Emergency Management Ontario. www.emergencymanagementontario.ca.
2. Web site: Law Document English View. July 24, 2014. Ontario.ca.
3. Web site: Emergency Management Sector Areas | Emergency Management Ontario. www.emergencymanagementontario.ca.
4. Web site: Newsroom : Dr. James Young named Commissioner of Emergency Management. news.ontario.ca.