Emergency Social Services Government of British Columbia home Go to Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General
ESS Home > Group Lodging Operational Guidelines
reception centres
ESS Group Lodging
Group Lodging Operational Guidelines
 
ESS publications
ESS Brochures and Publications
ESS Field Guide
Reception Centre Operational Guidelines
Public Relations Tool Kit
Worker Care Materials and Tools
 

  GROUP LODGING OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES

The Group Lodging Operational Guidelines are to assist ESS teams working at a Group Lodging facility. It includes guiding principles, organizational structure, function checklists, and function aids (e.g. forms, instructions, etc.) for a fully expanded Group Lodging facility response.

The Director of the ESS Office gives permission for any individual to modify and adapt the guidelines in any way that is required to meet their specific emergency planning needs for their respective community.

Table of Contents

Title Page and Table of Contents
Adobe acrobat logo PDF - 69KB

Section 1 - Introduction and Overview
Adobe acrobat logo PDF - 118KB

Section 2 - Group Lodging Function Checklists
Adobe acrobat logo PDF - 489KB

Section 3 - Group Lodging Function Aids
Adobe acrobat logo PDF - 1.47MB

Section 4 - Acronyms and Glossary
Adobe acrobat logo PDF - 102KB

Acknowledgments

GL OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES.ZIP - Download the Complete Group Lodging Operational Guidelines in MS Word in ZIP format (4.95MB)

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF documents. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here or on the image below.

get acrobat reader

NOTE: ZIP software and common file viewers are available for downloading on BC Government Download page at http://www.gov.bc.ca/com/down/.


top

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Emergency Social Services (ESS) Office would like to recognize the following people and/or groups for their contribution and support with the creation of these operational guidelines:

  • City of Victoria / Township of Esquimalt
  • Emergency Management Division of the the Justice Institute of British Columbia

Volunteer reviewers :

  • Wayne Hartley
  • Clare Fletcher

During the development of this document, many other ESS volunteers and staff have also provided their feeback so, to all who have had a hand in establishing these guidelines we say Thank you.

These Operational Guidelines are a living document and may be amended from time to time to reflect changing operational needs.

ESS Office Staff
ESS Office
Provincial Emergency Program

top


National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Group lodging operational guidelines

ISBN 0-7726-5380-1

1. Public shelters - British Columbia. 2. Rest centers (Disaster relief) - British Columbia. 3. Disaster relief - British Columbia. 4. Emergency management - British Columbia. I. British Columbia. Emergency Social Services .

HV555.C36G76 2004 363.34'83'09711 C2005-960135-3

     

Footer bar with navigation links Feedback Privacy Disclaimer Copyright Go to top of page

Page Updated: 2007 January 26