May 8, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today announced that Canada provided funding for Saskatchewan First Nations and tribal council emergency planning teams to enhance skills in all-hazard emergency management planning.
The Government of Canada provided $330,000 for Saskatchewan First Nations to take part this spring in the following emergency preparedness activities:
- The sixth annual forum on all-hazard community planning in Saskatoon.
- Three all-hazard community planning sessions, including one session in North Battleford and two in Regina.
More than 205 emergency planning officials, representing over 95 per cent of Saskatchewan’s First Nations and Tribal Councils, attended the Saskatoon forum. Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, the Canadian Red Cross, and the provincial Ministries of Government Relations, Health, and Environment also took part.
Topics at the events included fire safety and prevention; hazard, risk and vulnerability assessments; environmental emergencies; evacuation planning; emergency operation centre essentials; exercise design; and after-action event analysis.
This investment is funded from the $19.1 million in annual funding Minister Valcourt announced in November 2013 as part of a new approach to emergency management on reserves. The funds aim to assist First Nation communities with projects such as emergency management planning and training.
Emily Hillstrom
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
819-997-0002
Media Relations
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
819-953-1160
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