IPREM Business Planning Idea Jam by Caroline Merner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry en-us 2025-04-23 16:54:12 UTC 2025-06-03 21:43:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461807340 Regional Readiness - collaboration and cooperation - EDMA Changes

]]> 2025-05-21 20:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461807340 https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461808507 How to be a liaison officer - what does this look like?


Sharing information from partners - province, what are key things we should know, how do we have tools in place when someone isnt available.


Exercise being a liaison officer.

]]> 2025-05-21 20:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461808507 Regional Priorities carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461808859 Updating emergency management plans. Templating plans, standardizing, and updating.

]]> 2025-05-21 20:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461808859 carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809117 Learning best practices for collaboration across regions, standardization.

]]> 2025-05-21 20:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809117 Strengthening relationships with neighbouring communities with ESSDs https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809233 Facilitation, contacts, introduction


Regional ESSD committee, support for taking on administrative scheudling/minutes

  • unique for Metro Van, so having a specific focus on the region would be helpful; more focused discussions

]]> 2025-05-21 20:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809233 Plan Development https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809418 2025-05-21 20:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809418 TFN https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809680 Identifying gaps within our emergency management

developing public notification and evacuation route planning

Fuel management for the upcoming season

]]> 2025-05-21 20:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809680 Plan development & best practices https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809913 2025-05-21 20:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461809913 https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461810067 Leveraging the decision making model.


CAOs and EM planning staff - what would activate the use of the model. Wasnt used in the pandemic.

]]> 2025-05-21 20:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461810067 https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461810865 evacuation planning x2

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Conduct for the top 20 and then can be adpated.

]]> 2025-05-21 20:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461811061 I would like to see https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461811110 collaborative emergency management training

Regional workshops

Cultural sensitivity training

]]> 2025-05-21 20:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461811110 carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461811783 Priority is to develop a business continuity plan and developing an emergency response plan.

]]> 2025-05-21 20:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461811783 Supporting exercises/workshops that bring teams together https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461812569 ESSD exercises/ comms exercise

Group lodging exercises

Giving volunteers exposure to other volunteers/different contexts/cities

Shift changing leadership roles/ giving opportunities to see how others lead/observing exercises

CAO exercises, activating that model/exercising the model more frequently

]]> 2025-05-21 20:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461812569 Organization of in person JIBC training opportunities. ex. Running EMRG-1330 EOC Operations. Sometimes local gov't won't have enough people to fill a course but if we have a regional option each community could send 1 - 2 people. https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461812749 2025-05-21 20:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461812749 carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461813052 Opportunity to bring cultural sensitivity training.

]]> 2025-05-21 20:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461813052 EDMA Overview and update https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461813186 Where are we with EDMA. What regulations already exist and what are coming. Then from that what gaps/opportunities can IPREM help with (or REPC as appropriate)

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  • one of the outcomes from previous training was this is a gap in Metro Van/ not a lot of experience/capacity

  • Regional coordination around alternates to group lodging

  • Looking at group lodging for different scenarios/training staff/networking in advance of events

  • Training on group lodging

    • ]]>     2025-05-21 20:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461813293     https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461813673 sub-regional collaboration instead of regional.


    Region is so diverse

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461813673     carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461814124 Table top exercises have been very helpful. Meeting in person is great for networking. In-person event.

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461814124     https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461814506 How do we leverage past IPREM work - like the diaster debris.


    MoTi - disaster routes

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461814506     carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461814545 Walk through of e-divisions: pacing of what they do. FIFA will affect whole region. FIFA table top?

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461814545     12 month rolling calendar https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461814791 It would be really useful to have a 12 month rolling calendar of dates for IPREM plus REPC and any other relevant meetings/orgs as needed (sorry, new!). That aids with planning and understanding how things fit together. Plus maximise attendance and learning.

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461814791     https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461815025 separate climate action groups - does not align with EM

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461815025     Planning for FIFA World Cup https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461815415 ESS contingency planning

    Joint Information Centre coordination

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461815415     Heat preparedness / response / mitigation https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461816023 2025-05-21 20:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461816023 https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461816182 EMCR downloads the info. How do we instill it down to the regional level?

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461816182     EDMA coordination https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461816779 Facilitation of inter-municipal/IGB coordination required by EDMA in development of ERPs

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461816779     carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461817280 Table top exercise: topic involving different cities. Information sharing, filling in information gaps. Large-scale table top.

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461817280     https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461817380 seismic microz - lots of info. How do we better digest all of this data down into the region.


    Include GIS.

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461817380     https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461817704 AI - what does AI look like and what can it be done for EM

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461817704     https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461818062 Public alerting - best practices, coordinated messaging, common platform?

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461818062     HVRA carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461819724 Appreciates the idea of doing a regional HRVA. Still refers to IPREM's 2010 document. Bridges and supply lines cross jurisdictions. Financially, it'd make sense to do together.

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461819724     https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461820211 Other areas need more of a EM training? Official community plan.

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461820211     https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461820366 vulnerable populations. People, places and a thing.



    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461820366     Crisis Communications https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461820558 2025-05-21 20:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461820558 HRVAs https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461820932 Understanding what Metro and the Province are doing around HRVAs


    Explore on a regional level/see if there is opportunity to share

    • hazard specific toolkits for local governments

    • one-pagers on where to start on specific hazards

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461820932     Supporting information sharing on ongoing provincial and regional projects https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461821280 would like to see shared platform for information sharing

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461821280     BCPs https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461824965 2025-05-21 20:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461824965 https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461825037 Recovery workshop.


    BCP.

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461825037     Progressive Exercise Program https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461832280 Starting with individual municipalities, run a common exercise in parallel over a given period to compare learnings, outcomes, and differing approaches. Then move to joint exercises between partnering municipalities, then finally one focused on leveraging policy groups and exercising EDMA regulations and powers. Outcome being sharing processes, procedures, identifying common friction points and collaborating on how to address these issues.

    ]]>     2025-05-21 20:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461832280     ESS programs and volunteer management vs contracting vs internal city staff. Who uses what, what works well/what doesn't, what can we learn from each other? https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461833012 2025-05-21 20:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461833012 EOC Operations https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461833949 EOC Activation and operational processes, templates, reference sheets, etc. How to manage EOC staffing, training, and readiness

    ]]>     2025-05-21 21:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3461833949     EDMA in practice carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469717523 Collaborative work process for integrating EDMA into plans (beyond engagement) - Streamlined guidance from EMCR.

    ]]>     2025-05-27 20:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469717523     Funding & grants carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469724582 Idea sharing

    ]]>     2025-05-27 20:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469724582     MJEMOs & Non-profits carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469725994 Sharing of organizations and non-profits to support emergencies (translation, dietary needs, fundraising, etc). Within the region and beyond.

    ]]>     2025-05-27 20:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469725994     Integrating non-profits in response carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469727765 Idea sharing around structuring EOC branch working with organizations. Skillsets that exist in local government. Training beyond ops to form relationships beyond response.

    ]]>     2025-05-27 20:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469727765     Public alerting carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469729375 Touchpoints on alerting, previously a subcommittee (REPC)

    ]]>     2025-05-27 20:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469729375     Realistic approach to convening carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469732859 ESSD vs. REPC

    ]]>     2025-05-27 20:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3469732859     Drinking Water Provision - Tabled? carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831136 Drinking Water Provision was tabled. Raising with the new Minister. Questions posed again to the Province. The work has been table. Is this what the CAOs ask? Unpreparedness for delivering drinking water. A problem across the province (compounding consequence). Suggest to have all water supplier contact. (Won't be enough to provide)

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831136     carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831366 HRVA, worth not duplicating work. Regional risk assessment in a coordinated way.

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831366     EDMA Regulations carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831525 Opportunity to answer questions.

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831525     Engagement of First Nations carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831742 Challenges in capacity.

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831742     Exercise Program carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831951 Building EPCs. Multijurisdictional response to an emergency event. Evacuation or transportation related. Resource allocation. Regional mutual aid.

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477831951     carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477835984 Public evacuation planning, capacity strategic planning to train folks. Working with ESS FN (15 Nations on emergency management).

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477835984     carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477837474 Regional evacuation planning. Recognizing % of those living in Burnaby travel for work. Possibility folks are evacuating elsewhere. Hwy 1 in liquefaction zone. EVs. Strategic transportation frameworks. Assets considering hardening. MOTI working on critical roads. Pilot did all planning in isolation. Guide effective evacuation decision-making

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477837474     Exercise with EPCs & CAOs carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477838850 EPCs exercise needs to be with CAOs guiding decision-making. Opportunity to collaborate, seeing the work of EPCs. Front of mind: full scale exercise in 2027 an incident at Burnaby Mountain. Top of mind: simulated plume.

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477838850     Telecomms carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477839356 What happens when cell towers go down?

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477839356     Radio exercise carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477839720 Provincial guideline. Metro Vancouver has a radio protocol. Upgrading in 2026. Monthly tests. Simulated it being used. MVRD would be open for its use during a live exercise.

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477839720     Communications between EOCs carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477839953 Testing EComms and contingency if 911 goes down.

    ]]>     2025-06-03 21:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477839953     Indigenous Relations / IER carolinemerner https://padlet.com/carolinemerner/4oqkpmhdgzvxu3ry/wish/3477844248 Indigenous Relations and IER implementations. Burnaby chairs that group. Mixed conversation with that group and the nations feeling the capacity crunch. What are we doing? Where have we been successful/gaps? Forums for getting Nations in Metro Vancouver. Inviting to attend. MVRD engagement. Opportunity for collaboration. Important for each community to have relationship with Nations. Need for 1:1 time and introducing yourselves in person relationship building. IPREM table at disaster resilience fairs (e.g. Leqamel).

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