Publications

Emergency Preparedness Guides – Is your family ready?

The Emergency Preparedness Guidebook outlines what you can do to prepare for almost any type of disaster and emergency that we could face in York Region.

Hard copies of this guide may be obtained by emailing emergency.management@york.ca or by calling

1-877-464-9675, ext. 1219. 

Both Emergency Management Ontario and Public Safety Canada have released publications entitled: Emergency Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities / Special Needs. 

Fact Sheets

These fact sheets provide quick-reference information:

Emergency Kit Fact Sheet

Evacuating During an Emergency Fact Sheet

Power Outage Fact Sheet

9-1-1 Information Brochure

This brochure is available in several languages:

English

Chinese

Farsi

Italian

Punjabi

Russian

Tamil

Home Escape Plan

Use these templates to create a home escape plan for your family in case of an emergency.

Home Escape Plan - legal size

Home Escape Plan - letter size

Family Communications Plan

Use this template to create a family communications plan that will assist you and your family in the event of an emergency.

Family Communications Plan - Word document