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Emergency Management Ontario is the
Office of Emergency Management for the province of
Ontario responsible for planning for and responding to and recovering from all man-made or natural disasters within the province.
[1] The agency is under the responsibility of the
Ministry of the Solicitor General . The agency's mandate is governed by the
Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act of 1990.
[2] EMO works with
City of Toronto Emergency Management Office (OEM) , other similar provincial agencies across Canada as well as
Public Safety Canada .
Geographical Divisions
With the vastness of the province, EMO is divided into geographical regions or Emergency Management Sector Areas that have 40 to 50 municipalities in their area of coverage:
[3]
Amethyst - covering Northwestern Ontario
Albany - covering most of Northeastern Ontario
Bruce - covering the Bruce Peninsula and regions within the Bruce Escarpment outside of the Golden Horseshoe
Capital - covering areas near Ottawa region
Golden Horseshoe - covering areas around the
Greater Toronto Area and beyond
Killarney - covering the southern end of Northeastern Ontario
Lakes - covering areas east of Georgian Bay
Loyalist - covering most of Eastern Ontario outside of Ottawa region
Severn - covering the areas east of Golden Horseshoe
St. Clair - covering the areas of Southwestern Ontario
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