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The Regional Emergency Management Organization (
REMO Annapolis) is responsible for providing a prompt and coordinated response to emergencies that occur within its jurisdiction. “Emergency” is ‘an abnormal situation which, in order to limit danger to people, or damage to property or the environment, requires prompt action beyond normal procedures’.Peacetime emergencies are defined as situations or the threat of impending situations abnormally affecting the lives and property of our society, which by their nature or magnitude, require a coordinated response by a number of agencies, both governmental or private, under the direction of the appropriate elected officials as distinct from routine operations carried out by agencies as normal day-to-day procedures; i.e. – fire fighting, police activities, normal hospital routines.
Peacetime emergencies include floods, hurricanes, windstorms, blizzards, landslides, explosions, aircraft crashes, pandemics, traffic accidents, toxic or flammable gas/chemicals escapes, building or structure collapses, uncontrollable fires, implications of radiation fall-out or the threat of any of the foregoing, in which immediate remedial action will be required by Regional Emergency Management Organization of Annapolis. The REMO Annapolis Peacetime Emergency Planoutlines the method by which such remedial action will be provided.
Annapolis County has a population of approximately 23,000 people (including towns). It is a rural area (3200 km2) encompassing the western portion of the Annapolis Valley adjacent to a relatively large and unpopulated section of mid-western Nova Scotia. The Bay of Fundy delineates the northern boundary, a line from East Margaretsville through Wilmot to a point a few miles east of Springfield is the eastern boundary; from Springfield the southern boundary runs down the centre of Nova Scotia to Kejimkujik National Park from where the eastern confines runs in a northerly direction to Deep Brook.
Who are we?
REMO Advisory Committee – consists of the Mayor/Warden and a Councillor from each of the four municipalities (Town of Annapolis Royal, Town of Bridgetown, Town of Middleton and County of Annapolis)REMO Planning Committee – CAO’s of the municipalities, Red Cross, Community Services, Annapolis Valley District Health Authority, Emergency Health Services, RCMP and Police Services, Greenwood Amateur Radio Club, Emergency Measures Organization (NS), Transportation & Infrastructure Renewal, Natural Resources, Ground Search & Rescue, Annapolis County Fire Services, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated, Public Works, Municipal Planning Departments, Regional Emergency Management Coordinator.
Regional Emergency Management Coordinator
David McCoubrey
P: (902) 532-0258
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Important links:
Preparedness Canada – http://www.getprepared.gc.ca
Public Safety Canada - http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/prprdnss-eng.aspx
Environment Canada – www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings
511 Road Conditions - http://511.gov.ns.ca/map
Nova Scotia Power Live Outage Map - http://www.nspower.ca/en/home/residential/outageinformation/liveoutagemap.aspx
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