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Emergencies: Be Prepared
Disasters and emergencies are unpredictable. They
can strike anytime and anywhere. Often they occur with
very little warning. Although the likelihood that one will
occur in our area may seem like a remote possibility, our
region of Ontario is susceptible to severe storms, flooding,
winter blizzards, and tornadoes.
Hazardous materials incidents, major transportation acci-
dents, power disruptions and disease outbreaks can also
have an impact on our area. Every year communities such
as ours experience events that pose a significant risk to the
lives, health and property of the people in them.
Emergencies have the potential to affect large numbers of
people and produce substantial damage to property. They
can be caused by accidents, forces of nature, technology
failures, disease outbreaks, or even be the result of
intentional acts.
If an emergency were to occur in our region, it
could pose a significant risk to the people, property,
environment and economic well-being of our
community.
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