Sand Pond National Wildlife Area Management Plan: chapter 7

7 Health and Safety

In the case of environmental emergencies, contact will be made with the Canadian Environmental Emergencies Notification System at the following address:

Maritimes Regional Office
Canadian Coast Guard
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Tel.: 902-426-6030 or 1-800-565-1633

Non-emergency issues related to security or health and safety issues for Sand Pond National Wildlife Area (NWA) should be reported to:

National Wildlife Area Program
Environment Canada
Canadian Wildlife Service
17 Waterfowl Lane, P.O. Box 6227
Sackville NB  E4L 1G6
Tel.: 506-364-50448Fax: 506-364-5062

All reasonable efforts will be made to protect the health and safety of the public, including adequately informing visitors of any known or anticipated hazards or risks. In addition, Environment Canada staff will take all reasonable and necessary precautions to ensure their own health and safety and that of their co-workers. However, visitors (including researchers and contractors) must make all reasonable efforts to inform themselves of risks and hazards and must be prepared and self-sufficient. Natural areas are inherently dangerous, and proper precautions must be taken by visitors, recognizing that Environment Canada staff neither regularly patrol nor offer services for visitor safety in NWAs.

In the case of health and safety emergencies in Sand Pond NWA, refer to Table 8 for contact numbers.