2024 Surrey Fire Service Annual Report

2025 Initiatives

J Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) tabletop training exercise.

J Collaborate with critical infrastructure operators to increase interoperability during disasters. J Support the modernization of the Surrey Emergency Social Services program designed to assist those displaced by an emergency. J Promote the emergency notification system (Alertable) in order to increase reach into the community to provide information regarding potential threats to public safety. J Increase public awareness regarding hazards that exist within Surrey.

J Update Surrey’s Emergency Program to maintain compliance with new Emergency and Disaster Management Act regulations.

J Indigenous engagement and consultation in the four phases of emergency management.

J Creation of a collaborative

interdepartmental emergency management committee to inform emergency planning to support community resilience.

J Explore innovative advances in emergency management to ensure an effective allocation of city resources in a disaster

B.C. Emergency Management Response Goals

5. Protect infrastructure.

1. Ensure the health and safety of responders.

6. Protect property.

2. Save lives.

7. Protect the environment.

3. Reduce suffering.

8. Minimize economic and social losses.

4. Protect public health.

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