Surrey Emergency Program
History of the Surrey Emergency Program
The Surrey Fire Service has been responsible for the Emergency Program since January 1994. Surrey's Emergency Bylaw provides for the establishment, administration and operation of an Emergency Plan and Program for the City. Our Emergency Program Coordinator and staff support and regularly meet with the Surrey Emergency Program Volunteers and GVRD jurisdictions to discuss and plan emergency preparedness.
Is your Family Ready! Make up Your Grab and Go Kit Today!
Disasters take many forms: floods, winter storms, chemical spills, forest fires, earthquakes etc. When disaster strikes, the best protection is knowing what to do. A great resource is the All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness Workbook
Be prepared to be on your own without help for 72 hours or more, at home, in your car or at work.
Securing your home and putting together an emergency kit is vital; it will give you peace of mind to know that your family is prepared.
Step 1 Know the Risks
Step 2 Make a Plan
Step 3 Get a Kit
Visit the Get Prepared website
Other useful links
- Schools - Are you Ready to Get Ready
- Disaster Response Routes
- Mobile Command Centre
- Earthquake Preparedness
- Flood Preparedness
- Care Of Your Pets During Disasters
- Disaster Homepack
Have these basics items ready:
- Drinking Water (min. 4 litres of water per person per day)
- Food ( min. 3 day supply)
- Clothing/Shelter
- First Aid Supplies
- Blankets
- Hazards: Secure items in your home
- Out of town family emergency phone contact
- Personal items, Medicine, Baby Supplies
- Pet Food / Supplies
- Fire Extinguisher (5lb Dry Chemical - ABC)
- spare keys
- For a more extensive list, check our disaster homepack.
The Surrey Emergency Program offers presentations on personal emergency preparedness and Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness to neighbourhoods, private groups, schools, and organizations upon request. Call 604-543-6795. Click here for more information.
Practice
a) Table-Top Exercises - by using a model we walk through a pre-planned disaster scenario to test our resources.
b) Mock Disaster Exercise - utilizes our field and emergency response personnel to respond to a full-scale scenario as if it were actually the real event.
Support and literature on Emergency Preparedness.
To liaise with Surrey School Board.
To attend emergency preparedness conferences to keep up to date on new information.
To have six established reception/evacuation centres throughout Surrey.
Reception Centres
In the event of an emergency or disaster, reception centres will be set up for registration and inquiry. The number of reception centres that may be opened and set up would be dependant on the nature of the situation and the evacuation measures. Listen to your battery powered radio for further information.
Surrey Emergency Program Volunteers
Surrey Search & Rescue members actively train to provide search assistance to Surrey R.C.M.P., Surrey Emergency Program and other teams in the Lower Mainland.
Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio - SEPAR volunteers are trained radio operators willing to take direction and help out when needed in an event. The organization falls under the direction and guidance of the Surrey Fire Service and is an integral part of the Surrey Emergency Plan for the City.
Emergency Social Services plans for the provision of care at reception centres for evacuees, victims and emergency response workers.
Provincial Emergency Social Services
Other Emergency Preparedness Agencies
- Emergency Management BC - British Columbia's Provincial Emergency Program
- FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency (US)
- PSC - Public Safety Canada
- Canadian Red Cross
- Salvation Army