Municipal Public Safety Agencies
Description
Includes law enforcement and first responders for municipal/regional public safety in Canada; including Police, Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance services.
Associated Inventory
Operational Concepts
| Area | Role and Responsibility |
|---|
| Commercial Vehicle Operations | Local public safety agencies communicate with commercial vehicle carriers to determine the exact chemicals involved in a hazardous materials spill. |
| Local public safety agencies respond to calls from commercial vehicle drivers about hazardous materials spills. |
| Emergency Management | Coordinate resource sharing with emergency management agencies during disaster response, recovery and evacuation situations. |
| Dispatch Police, Fire, and EMS to incidents within the municipalities. |
| Receive emergency calls for incidents (for those municipalities with 9-1-1 centres). |
| Implement disaster response and emergency evacuation plans. |
| Work with Emergency Management Agencies to develop disaster response and emergency evacuation plans for large scale emergencies. |
| Coordinate with Emergency Management agencies on emergency alerts to be distributed to the public. |
| Coordinate response to incidents near the border with Customs and Border Protection. |
| Incident Management | Responsible for providing incident information to the traffic management (including bridge/tunnel operators, state and provincial traffic agencies, and regional traffic authorities) detected by patrol vehicles or motorist call-ins. |
| Coordinate response with other public safety agencies. |