City Of Owen Sound Emergency Response Plan (ERP)

In our daily lives, we may consider a disaster as an event with very little probability of occurring in our community or our lives. Yet natural disasters (such as blizzards); technological; environmental accidents, or service disruptions (like the massive power blackout in August 2003), can strike any community, at anytime.

The City of Owen Sound is proactive in preparing, reviewing and updating the official Emergency Response Plan (ERP). The ERP provides guidance to key officials, agencies and departments within the city regarding their expected response to a serious, large-scale emergency as well as an overview of what their individual responses should be.

The Owen Sound Fire & Emergency Services Department maintains the City of Owen Sound ’s Emergency Response Plan (ERP). For additional information regarding the ERP, please contact:

Ed Nowak, Fire Chief
Owen Sound Fire & Emergency Services Department

1209 3^rd Avenue East
Owen Sound , ON
N4K 2L6
(519) 376-2512
(519) 372-0757 Fax

enowak@city.owen-sound.on.ca

For additional information on how to “Be Prepared”, please explore the links below to find out how you can be prepare you and your family in the eventuality that a disaster does occour.

The City of Owen Sound Emergency Response Plan (ERP) (482 kb)
By-Law Adopting Revised Emergency Response Plan (52 kb)

Additional Emergency Information
- Emergency Kits
- Preparing Your Home
- Emergency Preparedness Guides (Ontario Government)
- Emergency Preparedness Guide (local) - from the Grey Bruce Health Unit (opens in new window)
- After an Emergency
- Emergency Management Ontario
- Public Education
- Emergency Survival Kit
- For Business
- Grey County Emergency Plan
- Current Provincial Emergencies
- Emergency Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities/ Special Needs (EMO) (opens new browser window)
- Emergency Evacuation Planning for People with Disabilities (NFPA) (opens new browser window)