EmergencyPreparednessWeek.ca
Title
Emergency Preparedness Week 2006
Description
Emergency Preparedness (EP) Week is an annual, national event that takes place during the first full week of May. The main objective is to increase awareness about individual preparedness. All EP Week activities reinforce the idea that we can reduce the risks and lessen the consequences of a disaster by being better prepared.
All provinces and territories participate. Governments, first responders (police officers, firefighters, paramedics, etc), emergency management officers, private industry, universities and non-governmental organizations all plan activities for EP Week.
The federal, provincial and territorial governments adopted the concept of EP Week in 1995 as a means of promoting activities that would increase the capacity of individuals and groups to resist the effects of major disasters. The first Emergency Preparedness Week took place in 1996.
