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Emergency Preparedness

All residential care facilities need an emergency plan

The Residential Care Regulation requires your facility to have an emergency plan that addresses each of the four pillars of emergency management.

Mitigation
Preparedness
Response
Recovery

Guides to help you create the plan

The Prepare to Care guides below will provide you with the tools you need to create a comprehensive emergency plan that includes the four pillars of emergency management.

Residential Care - Prepare to Care
An emergency preparedness guide for residential care

Specialized Residential Care - Prepare to Care

Templates to get you started

Below are MS Word templates you can use to draft your residential facility emergency plan. If you have an existing emergency plan, elements of the template can be used to supplement that document.