The purpose of emergency management is to save lives, preserve the environment and protect property and the economy. Under the authority of the Emergency Measures Act, the Prince Edward Island Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) is responsible to coordinate and manage emergency...
Islanders experienced minimal impacts due to post-tropical storm Teddy. As of this morning, PEI EMO returned their operations to routine monitoring. “I am very proud of how seriously Islanders took EMO’s advice. Today, we’re all breathing a sigh of relief that Teddy was not as...
Government, public utilities, road crews and municipal partners continue to work together to shift from preparedness to potential recovery efforts across Island communities. Post-tropical storm Teddy continues to impact communities across the province. Islanders are encouraged to...
The PEI Emergency Measures Organization offers emergency management training for individuals and groups who may be called upon to respond to an emergency in their community. One-day and multi-day courses scheduled throughout the year cover topics such as basic emergency...
The All Hazards Emergency Plan is the basic coordination plan for response to all types of non-routine emergency within the Province.
This is an unpaid leave of absence from work, which continues as long as an employee cannot perform their work-duties because of a public emergency. This leave only applies when a government agency declares an emergency because of a weather emergency, natural disaster, public...
Emergency alerts delivered to mobile devices will be another tool to advise Islanders of unexpected situations when lives may be at immediate risk The Alert Ready system already enhances public safety communications across Canada by delivering alerts through radio and TV, and –...
To further enhance and support existing efforts to protect the health, safety and welfare of Islanders, the province has today declared a state of emergency and renewed the state of public health emergency. Premier Dennis King extended the state of public health emergency...