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Up Next for Ally: Exercise Door Crasher
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With Covid restrictions lifting around the world, travel is once again on the minds of Canadians for the first time in almost three years - and not just those who’ll be doing the traveling. For YVR International Airport’s Emergency Planning Team, the return of passengers means a return to the complex art of preparing for the worst. As Canadians take to the skies once more, YVR and Ally Emergency Management are hard at work, planning a full-scale, multi-agency exercise to ensure that if disaster strikes, their team will be ready to strike back.

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EOC Bootcamp #16: The Exercise
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-Written by David Whittier You managed to get the budget to get your EOC built.  It’s all installed, the communications work, you’ve just finished putting the finishing touches on your emergency response plan, and you’ve trained a team of smart, hard working folks to work in it when necessary.  You’re all set, right? Not quite.…

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EOC Bootcamp #15: The Sendai Framework
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Written by David Whittier In the world of risk reduction and emergency management, there is value in consistency.  Having a commonly understood set of objectives, standards and best practices make us more effective and able to work together.  Disasters don’t respect international borders, so having a common framework is important. The Sendai Framework is just…

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EOC Bootcamp #13: Training and Exercising
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-Written by David Whittier Operating an EOC can be a complicated task, and it is made even more complicated because most agencies cannot afford to have an EOC fully staffed and operating 24/7, just in case.  Many of the members are volunteers (or ‘voluntolds’) who carry on with their normal duties most of the time…

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Meet the Team: Emma Point
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Simply put, our Administrator Emma Point is the glue that holds Ally Emergency Management together. Working both behind the scenes and up-front with clients, she has a hand in just about every facet of our daily operations. Between keeping Ally organized, and raising two small children, Point is a woman who never shies away from a challenge.…

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EOC Bootcamp #10: RTFM!
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-Written by David Whittier I don’t know if I should be proud of this or not, but the first time I saw the acronym “RTFM” I had to Google it.  I’m pretty good with acronyms as a rule, but this one was completely new to me, and I had no idea what it meant. RTFM:…

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