NWT EMERGENCY PLAN 2018 (Intentionally blank) i ii Record of Amendments List of all amendments made to the plan since inception. Amendment Number Effective Date Amended By Initials (Please print) iii Table of Contents 1.0 General .................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Scope ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Authority ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Plan Administration ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.5 Training and Exercises ................................................................................................................... 1 1.6 Emergency Financial Arrangements ............................................................................................. 2 1.6.1 Community Emergency Response Expenditures .................................................................. 2 1.6.2 Departmental Emergency Expenditures ............................................................................... 2 1.6.3 EMO Emergency Purchasing ................................................................................................. 2 1.7 Business Continuity ....................................................................................................................... 2 1.8 Glossary of Terms and Acronyms ................................................................................................. 2 2.0 Comprehensive Emergency Management........................................................................................ 2 2.1 Prevention / Mitigation ................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Preparedness ................................................................................................................................ 3 2.3 Response ....................................................................................................................................... 3 2.4 Recovery ....................................................................................................................................... 3 3.0 NWT Emergency Management System ............................................................................................ 3 3.1 Emergency Management Responsibilities .................................................................................... 4 3.1.1 Local Authorities ................................................................................................................... 4 3.1.2 Government of the Northwest Territories ........................................................................... 4 3.1.3 Departmental Emergency Responsibilities ........................................................................... 5 3.1.4 Head of the Emergency Management Organization (HEMO) .............................................. 5 3.1.5 NWT Emergency Management Organization (EMO) ............................................................ 5 3.1.6 Territorial Planning Committee ............................................................................................ 6 3.1.7 Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and the Private Sector ......................................... 7 3.1.8 First Nations on Reserve ....................................................................................................... 7 3.1.9 Self-Government Arrangements ........................................................................................... 7 3.2 Territorial Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment ................................................................. 8 3.3 Territorial Coordination of Plans .................................................................................................. 8 iv 3.4 Emergency Communications ........................................................................................................ 8 3.4.1 Public Communications ........................................................................................................ 9 3.4.2 Operational Communications ............................................................................................... 9 3.4.3 Public Alerting ....................................................................................................................... 9 3.5 Emergency Telecommunications .................................................................................................. 9 3.6 Federal and Other Province and Territory Assistance .................................................................. 9 3.6.1 Federal Assistance............................................................................................................... 10 3.6.2 Canadian Armed Forces Assistance .................................................................................... 10 3.6.3 Mutual Aid Agreement ....................................................................................................... 11 4.0 Prevention / Mitigation .................................................................................................................. 11 5.0 Emergency Preparedness ............................................................................................................... 12 6.0 Emergency Response ...................................................................................................................... 12 6.1 Concept of Operations ................................................................................................................ 12 6.2 Incident Command System ......................................................................................................... 13 6.3 GNWT Response Structure ......................................................................................................... 13 6.3.1 Territorial Emergency Operations Centre ........................................................................... 14 6.3.2 Regional Emergency Operations Centres ........................................................................... 14 6.3.3 Departmental Emergency Operations Centres ................................................................... 15 6.3.4 Federal Government Operations Center ............................................................................ 15 6.3.5 EOC Activation Levels .......................................................................................................... 15 6.3.6 Resourcing of EOCs ............................................................................................................. 16 6.4 Response Activation .................................................................................................................... 16 6.4.1 Emergency Response Priorities ........................................................................................... 16 6.4.2 Activation Authority ............................................................................................................ 17 6.4.3 Response Types ................................................................................................................... 17 6.5 Requests for Assistance .............................................................................................................. 18 6.5.1 Community Request for Assistance .................................................................................... 18 6.5.2 Federal Request for Assistance ........................................................................................... 18 6.6 States of Emergency ................................................................................................................... 18 6.6.1 State of Local Emergency .................................................................................................... 18 6.6.2 State of Territorial Emergency ............................................................................................ 18 6.7 National Emergencies ................................................................................................................. 19 v 7.0 Recovery ......................................................................................................................................... 19 7.1 Disaster Assistance ..................................................................................................................... 19 Appendix 1 – Glossary of Terms and Acronyms ......................................................................................... 21 Appendix 2 – Department and Agency Specific Roles and Responsibilities ............................................... 24 Education, Culture and Employment ........................................................................................................ 25 Environment and Natural Resources ........................................................................................................ 26 Executive and Indigenous Affairs .............................................................................................................. 27