Emergency Planning

Fire trainingEmergencies such as floods, tornadoes, chemical spills and service disruptions, like the power blackout in 2003, can strike at any time.

The Town of Oakville 2013 Emergency Plan (accessible pdf, 891 kB) meets the requirements set out by Emergency Management Ontario. This document is available in an alternate format upon request. Visit the accessibility page for contact details.

Personal emergency preparedness

Plan to be prepared at home and at work. Halton Region provides a Personal Emergency Preparedness Guide to help you plan in the event of an emergency or disaster. The region provides this guide in an alternate format. The guide includes information about:

  • 911 versus 311
  • Non-emergency numbers
  • Knowing the risks
  • Home escape plans
  • Plans and evacuations
  • After an emergency
  • Getting a kit
  • Family emergency go-kit
  • Shelter-in-place/stay-at-home-kit
  • Personal record of important information

Influenza pandemics

Strains of influenza are circulating throughout the world all the time. Influenza and other (severe) respiratory infections are transmitted from person to person via the respiratory tract. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), influenza pandemics arise when all four of the following occur:

  • A novel influenza A virus emerges
  • The new virus can spread efficiently from human to human
  • The new virus causes serious illness and death
  • The population has little or no immunity to the new virus

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