Mountains beside a serene waterway.

Tabletop Exercise: Strengthening Readiness with Surerus Murphy Joint Venture

This month, Ally supported Surerus Murphy Joint Venture to deliver a tabletop exercise for the Eagle Mountain – Woodfibre Gas Pipeline Project. Surerus Murphy is constructing a 42 km section of natural gas pipeline near Squamish, BC, expanding FortisBC’s existing system to supply resources to the proposed Woodfibre LNG facility. Exercise Objectives The exercise, hosted…

Tabletop Exercise: Wildfire Preparedness at FortisBC’s Warfield Facility

When hazardous materials and wildfire risk intersect, preparedness becomes non-negotiable. As part of operating and maintaining electrical infrastructure across Interior British Columbia, FortisBC generates materials classified as hazardous under environmental regulations. The Warfield facility provides centralized storage and management to ensure these materials are handled safely and in compliance with provincial requirements. Ally recently facilitated…

Team monitoring multiple data screens.

EOC Bootcamp: Why Situational Awareness Matters in Emergency Operations – and How to Build It

In emergency operations, decisions often have to be made before all the facts are in. That’s where situational awareness comes in — the ability to recognize what’s happening, understand its implications, and anticipate what might happen next. It’s a phrase you’ll hear often in Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs), but also one that’s often misunderstood. At…

City of Delta Emergency Exercise simulating a fire scenario.

Teamwork in Action – Lessons from City of Delta’s Fire Scenario Emergency Exercise

Earlier this year, Ally worked with the City of Delta Emergency Management Department to conduct a multi-agency emergency exercise focused on a fire scenario at the Delta Golf & Country Club. The table-top exercise brought together more than 30 individuals from the City of Delta and other stakeholders including police and fire, Tsawwassen First Nation,…

Senior Associate with Ally Emergency Management.

Introducing EOC Bootcamp: Practical Lessons from Inside the Emergency Operations Centre

Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) are the nerve centres of crisis coordination — places where clarity, communication, and composure are essential. Yet for many organizations, the EOC remains an unfamiliar and underdeveloped resource, and given consideration only once an emergency is underway. We at Ally are proud to introduce our EOC Bootcamp Series, a collection of…