City of Toronto Emergency Management Office (OEM)
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City of Toronto Emergency Management Office (OEM) is the emergency co-ordination office for the city of Toronto
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OEM was created in 1998 and succeeded a number of other emergency operations teams prior to amalgamation:
OEM's Emergency Operations Centre is based in an undisclosed location in the Don Mills, Ontario area. It was used during the SARS crisis, the blackout in 2003
and on September 11, 2001.
OEM works with other emergency services units in the City:
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
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OEM was created in 1998 and succeeded a number of other emergency operations teams prior to amalgamation:
- Metropolitan Toronto Civil Defence Organization 1955
- Metropolitan Toronto Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) 1961
- EMO and City of Toronto Public Health Department staff redeployed to new Department of Emergency Services; later as Metropolitan Toronto Emergency Services 1966
- MTES disbanded 1974-1975
- Metro Toronto Police forms Emergency Planning Unit 1976
- EPU and Public Order Unit merged to form Toronto Police Service Public Safety Unit, Emergency Management Section 1996-1997
- Works and Emergency Services Department established Emergency Planning Office 1998-1999
- PSU-EMS transferred to EPO 2000
OEM's Emergency Operations Centre is based in an undisclosed location in the Don Mills, Ontario area. It was used during the SARS crisis, the blackout in 2003
Northeast Blackout of 2003
The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003, just before 4:10 p.m....
and on September 11, 2001.
OEM works with other emergency services units in the City:
- Toronto Police ServiceToronto Police ServiceThe Toronto Police Service , formerly the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is the police service for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest municipal police service in Canada and second largest police force in Canada after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
- Toronto EMSToronto EMSToronto Emergency Medical Services is the statutory Emergency medical services provider for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The service is operated directly as a branch of the municipal government as an independent, third-service option provider, which means that the service is funded by...
- Toronto Fire ServicesToronto Fire ServicesThe Toronto Fire Services is part of the Emergency Services that respond to 911 calls in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Overview:The Toronto Fire Services is responsible for responding to fires, rescue and assisting with medical situations within the City of Toronto...
- Toronto (CAN-TF3) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue
See also
- Public Safety Canada
- CANALERTCANALERTCANALERT was one of the names for the Government of Canada's series of initiatives between 2003–2009 to develop an all-channel national public alerting system. Work began on CANALERT in 2003 with the First Canadian Public Alerting Forum and Workshop and continued with another forum in 2005...
- Emergency Management OntarioMinistry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (Ontario)The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is responsible for law enforcement services in the Canadian province of Ontario, including the Ontario Provincial Police, correctional centres, detention centres/jails The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (French:...