Emergency Preparedness

Ensuring communities are safer & better prepared in an emergency

Welcome to the Strathcona Emergency Program (SEP) home page. The SRD’s Emergency Services Department works to support fire safety and emergency management which are critical functions of a local government.

Fire Services

The SRD administers fire protection services for portions of Electoral Area A (Sayward Valley), Electoral Area B (Cortes Island), and Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay/Buttle Lake).

Emergency Management

The service exists to provide coordination, leadership and support for emergency preparedness programs and activities throughout the region including response to emergencies and disaster situations on an as needed basis.

The program recognizes that disasters are not constrained by municipal boundaries and that individual communities may lack sufficient resources to adequately prepare for or manage emergency situations without assistance. Much of the focus of the program is to increase capacity at the local level through the recruitment and retention of volunteer resources to provide quick response when the safety of the public or its property is at risk.

Our Strength is Our Volunteers

The success of the Strathcona Emergency Program is in part due to the many volunteers who donate their skills and time toward emergency preparedness and response activities. The Strathcona Regional District acknowledges those volunteers and agencies, including Emergency Radio Communications, Emergency Support Services, Search and Rescue, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Canadian Animal Disaster Response Team and St. John Ambulance (to name a few). We appreciate their ongoing support and commitment to the emergency program.