EMERGENCY SOCIAL SERVICES WEB SITE LINKS

The following related links are offered for your convenience only. The contents of linked pages do not necessarily represent the position of the Emergency Social Services Office, Provincial Emergency Program, or the Government of British Columbia.

1. Regional and Municipal Government Organizations
2. BC Provincial Government Ministries
3. ESS Support Organizations
4. Volunteer Resources
5. Interprovincial Emergency Organizations
6. Federal Emergency Management Organizations
7. Hazard Information
8. Other Related Sites

1. Regional and Municipal Government Organizations

CivicNet Links (BC Municipality Links)
www.civicnet.gov.bc.ca/members/municipalities/index.shtml

ECOMM
www.ecomm.bc.ca/

Greater Victoria Municipal Amateur Coordinators Committee
www.ve7ed.com/documents/104.html

Oak Bay Emergency Program
www.oakbayemergency.com/

Vancouver Emergency Social Services
http://vancouver.ca/emerg/ess/

Victoria Emergency Management Agency
www.victoria.ca/cityhall/departments_vep.shtml

2. BC Provincial Government Ministries

HealthLink BC and Health Guide
www.healthlinkbc.ca

Ministry of Forests, Wildfire Protection Program
bcwildfire.ca

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Provincial Emergency Program
www.pep.bc.ca/

Ministry of Transportation
www.gov.bc.ca/tran/default.htm

Ministry of Environment, Wildfire Management
www.gov.bc.ca/env/

Office of the Fire Commissioner
www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/firecom/

3. ESS Support Organizations

BC Housing
www.bchousing.org/aboutus/ess

Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation Canada
www.tzuchi.ca/

Canadian Red Cross
www.redcross.ca/

Canadian Disaster Child Care
http://members.shaw.ca/disasterchildcare/

Emergency Social Services Association
www.essa.ca/

Justice Institute - Emergency Management Division
www.jibc.ca/emergency/index.htm

The Salvation Army BC Division
http://www.salvationarmy.ca/bcd/

St. John Ambulance
www.sja.ca/

4. Volunteer Resources

Energize's Volunteerism Resources for Directors of Volunteers
www.energizeinc.com/

United Nations Volunteers
www.unv.org/

Volunteer BC
www.volunteerbc.bc.ca/

Volunteer Canada
www.volunteer.ca/index-eng.php

Volunteer Victoria
volunteer.ca/index-eng.php

Western Association of Directors of Volunteers
www.vcn.bc.ca/~wadv/

World Volunteer Web
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/

Volunteer Sector Knowledge Network
http://vskn.ca/index.htm

5. Interprovincial Emergency Organizations

Canadian Provincial and Territorial Emergency Management Organizations (EPIX)
epix.hazard.net/provincial.html

Emergency Management Alberta
municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/se_index.cfm

Emergency Management Ontario
www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/EmergencyManagement/emo.html

Manitoba Emergency Management Organization
www.gov.mb.ca/gs/memo/

New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization
www.gnb.ca/cnb/emo-omu/index-e.asp

Newfoundland and Labrador Emergency Measures Organization
www.gov.nf.ca/mpa/emo.html

Northwest Territories Emergency Services Division
www.maca.gov.nt.ca/safety/index.html

Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office
www.gov.ns.ca/emo/

Quebec Public Security, Emergency Preparedness
www.msp.gouv.qc.ca/secivile/index_en.asp

Saskatchewan Emergency Management Organization - Protection and Emergency Services
www.cpsp.gov.sk.ca/Public-Safety

Yukon Emergency Measures Organization
www.community.gov.yk.ca/emo/index.html

6. Federal Emergency Management Organizations

Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
www.ccep.ca/

Canadian National Committee for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR)
www.rsc.ca/index.php?page_id=172

Public Health Agency of Canada
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ep-mu/index.html

Industry Canada Pacific Region Emergency Telecommunications
http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/urgent/pacific/

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/index-eng.aspx

7. Hazard Information

Integrated Flood Hazard Management, Ministry of Environment
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wsd/public_safety/flood/index.html

Earthquakes Canada - Natural Resources Canada
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php

University of Washington Recent Earthquakes Map
spike.geophys.washington.edu/recenteqs/

8. Other Related Sites

Community Preparedness
(supporting special needs and vulnerable populations in disaster)
www.preparenow.org/

Disaster and Emergency Resources
www.vaonline.org/disaster.html

Disaster Recovery Information Exchange
www.drie.org/

Emergency Preparedness Conference
www.epconference.ca

Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commercial Council
www.epicc.org/

Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange
http://epix.hazard.net/index.html

Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA)
www.fema.gov/

First Nations' Emergency Services Society of British Columbia
www.fness.bc.ca/#

Fire Chief's Association of British Columbia
www.fcabc.bc.ca/

Noah's Wish
www.noahswish.org/

Provincial Emergency Radio Communications Service
www.percs.bc.ca/

ReliefWeb Natural Disasters around the World
www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND

Westcoast Amateur Radio Association (WARA)
www.ve7vic.ca

Page Updated: 2009 February 02