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3.0 Emergency Response Organization
3.1. Executive Lead
The Ministers of Community and Social Services, Children and Youth Services and the Office of Francophone Affairs have designated the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Business Planning and Corporate Services Division (ADM/BPCSD) as the senior official responsible for leading the emergency management program. The ADM/BPCSD is the Executive Lead for Emergency Management and serves as Chair of the Ministry Action Group (MAG) and the Emergency Management Program Committee (EMPC) as well as Incident Commander in the event of a major emergency.
The Emergency Management Executive Lead is responsible for briefing Deputy Ministers and Ministers as required, regarding emerging issues of significance to the ministries. In an emergency, the Executive Lead will keep the Deputy Ministers and Ministers apprised of progress, issues or concerns regarding the ministries’ involvement and/or response capacity.
3.2. Ministry Action Group (MAG) and the Emergency Management Program Committee (EMPC)
The MAG is the senior management group responsible for directing the MCSS/MCYS/OFA response in the event of an emergency.
The EMPC is the senior management group responsible to provide direction to the development of the ministries’ Emergency Management Program.
Membership of the MAG and EMPC includes:
- ADM, Business Planning and Corporate Services Division, MCSS/MCYS/OFA, Executive Lead for Emergency Management (Chair of EMPC and MAG)
- ADM, Program Management Division, MCSS/MCYS (Back-up to Chair)
- ADM, Youth Justice Services, MCYS (2nd Back-up to Chair)
- Chief Information Officer, Children, Youth and Social Services I & IT Cluster, MCSS/OFA
- Senior Manager, Emergency Management Program, MCSS/MCYS/OFA
- Director, Legal Services Branch, MCSS/MCYS
- Director, Communications and Marketing Branch, MCSS
- Director, Human Resources Branch, MCSS/MCYS
- Other ADMs as required
- Other Corporate Directors as required
- Regional Directors/Facility Administrators/Facility Superintendents as required
The Deputy Ministers and Ministers are also members of MAG and EMPC and attend meetings at their discretion. Each MAG/EMPC member has identified an alternate as a back-up. MAG members have been issued contact wallet cards, which list the MAG members/alternates numbers, the EMU pager number and the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) contact numbers.
3.3. Emergency Management Unit
The Emergency Management Unit (EMU) leads the development and implementation of the Emergency Management Program. The corporate branches, regional offices, facilities and the CYSS and Justice Clusters receive support in their emergency management functions through the Emergency Management Program. The EMU includes the Senior Manager, the Ministry Emergency Management Coordinator (MEMC), the Alternate Emergency Management Coordinator, Emergency Management Advisors and an administrative assistant. The MEMC is the Coordinator for the Ministry Emergency Response Program. The Alternate MEMC is the Coordinator for the Continuity of Operations Program.
3.4. Regional Emergency Managers, Facility and Corporate Branch Emergency Management Leads
MCSS/MCYS/OFA corporate branches, regions and facilities have identified Emergency Management Leads that are responsible for development of their site specific COOP plans.
PMD Regional Emergency Managers have been identified and are responsible to support the Ministry’s emergency response across the province. Both PMD and YJS Regional Emergency Managers are responsible for ensuring all site specific COOP plans in their region come together into a cohesive regional strategy.
The key roles and responsibilities of MAG, EMPC and other members of the emergency response organization are listed in Appendix 3.