1. Joint Emergency
Preparedness Program (JEPP) PROGRAMME
CONJOINT DE PROTECTION CIVILE (PCPC) |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve the
contribution of $38,459 from the Emergency Management Program (EMP) capital
project 901037 to leverage $115,377 in funding from the Joint Emergency
Preparedness Program (JEPP) to support the purchase of Urban Search and Rescue
equipment.
RECOMMANDATION DU
COMITÉ
Que le Conseil approuve le versement
d’une contribution de 38,459$ provenant du projet d’immobilisation 901037
du Programme de gestion des situations d’urgence, dans le but d’obtenir des
crédits de 115,377$ du Programme
conjoint de protection civile (PCPC) pour l’achat d’équipement de recherche et
de sauvetage en milieu urbain.
Documentation
1.
Deputy
City Manager's report, City Operations dated 18 June 2009
(ACS2009-COS-EPS-0045).
Report to/Rapport au:
Community and Protective Services Committee
Comité des services communautaires et de protection
and Council / et au Conseil
June 18 2009/le 18 juin 2009
Submitted
by/Soumis par: Steve Kanellakos, Deputy City Manager/
Directeur
municipal adjoint,
City Operations/Opérations municipales
(613) 580-2424 x, 28627,
john.ash@ottawa.ca
City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville |
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Ref N°: ACS2009-COS-EPS-0045 |
SUBJECT: Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP)
OBJET: PROGRAMME
CONJOINT DE PROTECTION CIVILE (PCPC)
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Community and
Protective Services Committee recommend Council approve the contribution of
$38,459 from the Emergency Management Program (EMP) capital project 901037 to
leverage $115,377 in funding from the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program
(JEPP) to support the purchase of Urban Search and Rescue equipment.
Que le Comité des
services communautaires et de protection recommande au Conseil d’approuver le
versement d’une contribution de 38,459$ provenant du projet
d’immobilisation 901037 du Programme de gestion des situations d’urgence, dans
le but d’obtenir des crédits de 115,377$
du Programme conjoint de protection civile (PCPC) pour l’achat d’équipement de
recherche et de sauvetage en milieu urbain.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Ottawa has received confirmation of $115,377 in funding from the federal government pursuant to the Joint Emergency
Preparedness Program (JEPP) subject to confirmation of 25% funding from the
City of Ottawa.
Receipt of the 2009 JEPP funding
will allow the City to enhance its emergency capability, with a reduced cost to
the City of Ottawa. The project
approved for 2009/2010 will allow the City greater capacity to enhance Urban
Search and Rescue operations at the medium level. This equipment will also
further increase the preparedness of the City of Ottawa to respond to and
safely mitigate incidents following earthquakes, tornados or acts of terrorism
that result in collapsed buildings or other structures.
RÉSUMÉ
La Ville d’Ottawa a obtenu confirmation du fait
qu’elle recevra des crédits de 115,377$ du gouvernement fédéral dans la
cadre du Programme conjoint de protection civile (PCPC), à la condition qu’elle
puisse établir qu’elle fournira 25 % du financement.
Le fait d’obtenir des crédits pour 2009 dans le
cadre du PCPC permettra à la Ville d’accroître sa capacité d’intervention en
cas d’urgence à moindre coût. Grâce au projet approuvé pour 2009/2010, la Ville
sera davantage en mesure d’améliorer les opérations de recherche et de
sauvetage en milieu urbain à l’aide d’équipement moyen. Le nouvel équipement
permettra aussi d’accroître la capacité de la Ville d’Ottawa d’intervenir et
d’atténuer les dommages en cas d’effondrement de bâtiments ou d’autres
structures à la suite de tremblements de terre, de tornades ou d’actes de
terrorisme.
BACKGROUND
The JEPP is a national
program initiated by the Federal government in 1980 and designed to enhance
national emergency response capability.
The aim of the program is to establish a reasonably uniform level of
emergency services across the country.
It is a joint undertaking with the provinces/municipalities, and is
administered by the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency
Preparedness (OCIPEP), formerly Emergency Preparedness Canada.
JEPP is structured to
accommodate project proposals that can be completed within a fiscal year, April
1st to March 31st.
Application for funding takes place in the year prior to project
implementation and it is also in that year that the project is planned,
structured, and organized. In the year
following the completion of the project the claim for reimbursement of funds is
finalized and processed.
In order to be considered in
the JEPP program, project proposals must be sponsored by a municipality,
community or ministry and must be supported by Emergency Management Ontario
(EMO).
Administration of the program
is conducted by EMO and this function includes the preparation of guidelines,
the annual province-wide call for project proposals for the next fiscal year,
the receipt and review proposals, the prioritization of projects, and the
day-to-day administration of the project.
Normally the funding formula
for JEPP grants is a 55% community / 45% Federal government split. The federal
government has confirmed that they will fund 75% of the USAR Project. The City submitted one application to be
implemented during the 2009/2010 fiscal year.
Confirmation of funding for the project was received from EMO in April
2009.
A summary of the project is
set out below:
Urban
Search and Rescue (USAR) Project
The EMP Steering Committee
formally approved the USAR Project (511-27) in November 2005 with a mandate to
formalize the development and coordination of a locally deployable,
multi-disciplined, 68-member Medium Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team.
USAR is
the general term for a group of specialized rescue skills supplemented by
search, medical and structural assessment resources combined in a mobile,
highly integrated team to rescue victims from major structural collapse or other
entrapments.
Key deliverables identified in the
project plan include:
· Identification
of Team Members
· Reviewing Best Practices
· Development of a Multi-Agency Urban Search
& Rescue Response Plan
· Developing Interagency Policy, Procedures
and Protocols
· Identification and Procurement of USAR
Equipment Maximizing Matching Fund Opportunities
· Planning Common Exercises and Training
Activities
This
project is tracking well with both provincial and federal support for the
development of the team.
Public
Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) provides national leadership
for USAR development to ensure that USAR program development is coordinated,
and appropriately shared, among the federal government, provinces, major urban
centres, and other national, and international stakeholders. They have
recognized USAR as a funding priority for the past 4 years and have provided
75% funding for approved projects. The
team has been successful at securing JEPP approvals for 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08,
and 2008/09 projects for over $1,184,233 worth of equipment.
The acquisition of this equipment will provide the City of Ottawa with tools to further develop the Urban Search and Rescue operations at the Medium level. This will enable the City to sustain a response until a Heavy USAR Team arrives. The acquisition of this equipment will enable the City of Ottawa to better mitigate rescues that fall under the Medium Urban Search and Rescue classification. This equipment will increase the ability of our Technical Rescue team to locate and extricate victims from all manner of entanglement and entrapment.
This equipment will also further
increase the preparedness of the City of Ottawa to respond to and safely
mitigate incidents following earthquakes, tornados or acts of terrorism that
result in collapsed buildings or other structures.
Specific examples of types of
equipment to be purchased through the grant program include: specialized detection equipment and personal
protective equipment that includes rescue coats, helmets, pants, protective eye
gear and footwear.
LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
There are no legal/risk management impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
The approved JEPP project totaled $153,836 with the federal government providing $115,377 (75%) of the funding with the balance of funding $38,459 (25%) provided by the City of Ottawa. Funding for the City's share is available in capital project 901037 Emergency Management Program and, upon Council's approval of the recommendation, will be transferred to the JEPP 2009/2010 capital project.
CITY STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
By leveraging City funding to access federal grant funds,
Ottawa will be able to deliver agreed-to level of service at the lowest
possible cost per the City’s strategic Directions.
DISPOSITION
The City Operations Department
will coordinate implementation of any direction approved by Council with
respect to this report.