The Emergency Plan provides an outline for developing and implementing an effective, efficient and timely response to any emergency or crisis which may affect the Town of Whitby and its residents. This plan has been prepared to provide critical information to key officials, agencies and departments within the Town about their responsibilities and responses during an emergency.

This plan will provide us with the framework to work through any crisis that may confront us now or in the future. For it to be effective, however, it is imperative for you to become familiar with the contents of the plan in order to be prepared should an emergency arise.

Sincerely,
Mayor Pat Perkins

• Whitby Emergency Plan Introduction
• Whitby Emergency Plan, Executive Summary
• Whitby Emergency Plan, Glossary of Terms

By-Law 5050-20

By-Law 5050-20 BEING A BY-LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE FORMULATION OF AN EMERGENCY PLAN AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A MUNICIPAL CONTROL GROUP

WHEREAS, Section 3 of the Emergency Plans Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9, provides that the council of a municipality may pass a by-law formulating or providing for the formulation of an emergency plan governing the provision of necessary services during an emergency and the procedures under and the manner in which employees of the municipality and other persons will respond to the emergency;

AND WHEREAS, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby considers it desirable to provide for the formulation of an emergency plan and the appointment of a municipal control group;

NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby enacts as follows:

GENERAL

1. The Town of Whitby Emergency Plan attached hereto and marked Schedule to this by-law is hereby adopted.
2. The appointment of a municipal control group as set out in the Town of Whitby Emergency Plan is hereby confirmed and the said control group is hereby authorized to make revisions to the appendixes forming part of the Town of Whitby Emergency Plan as may be required from time to time.

REPEAL OF EXISTING BY-LAW

3. By-law No. 3326-93 is repealed.

BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 13TH DAY OF MAY, A.D., 2002.

Region of Durham Emergency Management

• Information on Personal Disaster Preparedness, Understanding Emergency Management, Emergency Management Program and Contacts