Civil security

Havelock

The logo

The civil security logo is recognized all over the world. It is therefore easy to recognize the people who help people during emergencies or disasters. The orange circle, visible from a distance, means alert. The triangle represents stability, balance and harmony, blue is the color of peace.

Emergency Preparedness - Emergency Response Plan

The Municipality of the Township of Havelock has adopted an emergency response plan for civil security

The purpose of this action plan is to anticipate the unforeseeable, that is to say to prepare the municipal interveners to manage possible disasters that could affect the safety of the population of the Township of Havelock in the short and medium terms.

The ultimate goal is to maximize the actions of the municipal authority during unconventional emergency situations. By structuring the actions in advance, it acts on the reaction time of the interveners, whether it is at the level of coordination, human and material resources, communications and the interveners affected.

As such a plan requires continuous updates and refreshing of actions, the Municipality of the Township of Havelock proceeds with an annual training as it would do for first aid courses, for example.

 

Preparing for disasters

You are the first person responsible for your safety!

In an emergency or disaster situation, it is up to you to take the first steps to ensure your own safety, that of your family and the safeguard of your property.

What can you do?

  • Find out about disaster risks in your area by contacting your municipality or by looking it up on the Internet. Get to know what steps you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones.
  • Prepare your Family Safety Plan.
  • Always have an emergency kit in your home. Your kit should contain enough material, food and water to provide for your basic needs during the first 3 days of an emergency situation. You can bring it with you if you must evacuate your home.
  • Make sure your belongings are properly insured.  

Did you know ?

Did you know that over 2500 homes, located in 40 municipalities on the banks of Rivière Richelieu and Lac Champlain, were flooded in the spring of 2011, during the spring floods in the Montérégie region? The disaster, which lasted 69 days, required the evacuation of over 1500 citizens.

Preparations for various disasters

Sheltering and evacuation - Protective measures

There are two categories of sheltering: Preventive sheltering: Preventive sheltering consists of protecting the population in an area before an apprehended event occurs and the danger appears serious enough to affect the safety of people. Emergency sheltering: Emergency sheltering of the population is the protection of the population in an area during or immediately following the occurrence of an event whose danger threatens the safety of the people there.  

There are two categories of evacuation:

Anticipatory Evacuation:

Anticipatory or preventive evacuation is the evacuation of an area before an apprehended event occurs whose danger appears serious enough to potentially affect the safety of persons.

Unannounced Evacuation:

An unannounced or emergency evacuation of a location is conducted during or immediately following the occurrence of an event whose danger immediately threatens the safety of persons in the location.