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Emergency Preparedness

Power outages, loss of water, heat waves, ice storms, and disease outbreaks are examples of emergencies that may impact your life. Follow the links below for ideas and resources that will help you prepare for and stay safe during emergencies.

• General Emergencies
• Pandemic influenza
• Food
• Water
• Weather
• Power outages
• Fire

General resources 

• Preparing your family for an emergency - Know the risks. Make a plan. Prepare a kit. (Government of Canada) 
• Individual preparedness (Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness) 
• Personal emergency preparedness - resources and information (Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care) 
• Emergency Management Ontario (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services) Information for residents, people with disabilities or special needs, emergency professionals, educators, media, First Nations, and governments.

Pandemic influenza

• Local Response Plans
• Checklists to help you prepare:
  • You and your family
  • Health professionals
  • Travellers
  • Businesses
  • Media
• H1N1 Influenza Virus

Food

• Food Safety: Keeping Food Safe During A Power Failure (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)

Water

Drinking water advisory 

• What to do while it's in effect
• What to do after it's lifted 

Boil water advisory 

• How to use water safely during a “Boil Water Advisory”

Flood

• After the Flood - A Homeowner's Checklist
• After the Flood - A Homeowner's Checklist (PDF version)
• Avoiding Basement Flooding

Weather 

• Hot weather safety 
• After the flood
• City of Greater Sudbury Hot Weather Response Plan 2007 

Power Outages

• Back Up Power for your Home
• When you must leave your house due to a prolonged winter power outage
• Wood heat safety in emergencies

Fire

• What to do after a fire
• Wildfire Smoke: Protect Yourself From the Health Effects

News & Alerts

Documents

Frostbite and Hypothermia

After the Flood - A Homeowner's Checklist (PDF version)

Interagency Pandemic Influenza Plan for the Health Sector, Across the Manitoulin and Sudbury Districts

Sudbury & District Health Unit Pandemic Plan (Reviewed and updated as required)

Wildfire Smoke: Protect Yourself From the Health Effects

Publications

City of Greater Sudbury Hot Weather Response Plan