Are You Ready?Community Network, Community Partners helping residents develop their own personal emergency preparedness plan2009 Train-the-Trainer Schedule Community NetworkAre you, your friends and neighbours in the community prepared in the event of an emergency or disaster – such as floods, severe weather, and blackouts? The better-prepared people are for an emergency, the better the City can respond to that emergency. That’s why the City of Ottawa has the Are You Ready Program – which is tailor-made for Ottawa’s diverse needs of a multicultural community. The program utilizes a grass-root network of community leaders, agencies and individuals that help deliver emergency preparedness workshops – raising awareness with resident on how they can prepare themselves for an emergency. City of Ottawa emergency preparedness experts train the volunteers for the workshops. The program’s objectives are:
If you want to get information materials on emergency preparedness or inquire about booking a workshop for your community group, contact Nathalie Rochefort, the City’s Office of Emergency Management at 613-580-2424, extension 28078, or by e-mail at Nathalie.rochefort@ottawa.ca. Train-the-Trainer NetworkBecome a volunteer trainer for emergency preparedness workshops, and help raise awareness and bring about action in your community. Volunteers for the Train-the-Trainer Network will receive for free:
To sign up for volunteer training, contact Nathalie Rochefort of the City’s Office of Emergency Management at 613-580-2424, extension 28078, or by e-mail at Nathalie.rochefort@ottawa.ca. Once trained, volunteers can determine how much time to devote to delivering their own workshops to the community. 2009 Train-the-Trainer Schedule
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