The Community Emergency Response sub-committee of the FCA has been set up to provide resources, best practices and discussion on how Community Associations can help their communities and be "the last mile" in working with the City and local Agencies to provide in-community support.
- Resources and best practices will be on a series of pages and topics organized under the "KBCA Community Emergency Response - Home" page.
- Initially these pages will be hosted on the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association web site for speed of updates
- This will include contacts to those in Community Associations, the City and local support agencies and organizations
- Discussion will be by a googlegroup (e.g. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
- Email subscription will be via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - to which Community Association members can subscribe
Background
In the last 5 years the Ottawa and surrounding area has seen a dramatic increase in major emergencies that impact one or more (or all communities). This includes major Spring floods on the Ottawa river, in 2017 and 2019, the Tornados in Sept 2018 and now COVID-19.
While first responders; Fire, Police, Paramedics, Search & Rescue and then front line professionals - (e.g. the Medical profession) are the primary providers, there is a significant role for communities (and Community Associations) to play in providing essential services within our community, particularly over the long recovery period we are about to experience. For COVID-19 this includes:
- Identifying families and individuals who need need help
- Food and medical supply delivery
- Running errands
- Phone support to isolated individuals
- Coordinating "the last mile" within the community with local agencies (e.g. Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre, Food banks)
- Putting the call out and coordinating in-community volunteers
- Support for those who need to self-isolate
- Poster/road sign/door to door notices for those who are not tech-savvy
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