Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) is a federal-provincial-territorial initiative to promote emergency preparedness across Canada and happens this year between May 5 to 11, 2024.
EP Week encourages Canadians to take three simple steps to become better prepared to face a range of emergencies:
- Know the Risks
- Make a Plan
- Get an Emergency Kit
Take the Emergency Preparedness Week Quiz!
Are you prepared in times of emergency? Canadian families should have supplies and resources to take care of themselves in disasters until help arrives.
Take this short quiz between May 8 - 15 to determine how prepared you are in case disaster strikes, and be entered to win an Emergency Preparedness Kit courtesy of Lanark County.
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Every Canadian household needs an emergency plan. It will help you and your family know what to do in in case of an emergency. In an emergency, your household may not be together, or you may be asked to evacuate your home. Thinking about what you would do in different situations and making a plan with every member of your household is the first step to being prepared.
Your emergency survival kit should have everything you and your household would need to be safe and take care of yourselves for at least three days immediately following an emergency.
During an emergency, you should stay tuned to local news channels. Be sure to have a portable battery-operated or crank radio in your survival kit in case of power outages. Look for official information from the County's Facebook and Twitter Account.
More information on these steps in available on the Emergency Preparedness Page.
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