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Emergency Management Workshop for Agriculture
 
Introduction to Ontario’s Incident Management System - IMS-100
 
Why should you attend?
  • Government agencies follow a formal Incident Management System (IMS) when responding to emergencies. This same IMS structure would be used for emergencies involving agriculture, e.g. fires, floods or significant disease outbreaks.
  • The goal of this workshop is to increase producer and industry awareness and understanding of the basic concepts of emergency response protocols. This will help improve the ability and capacity of commodity sectors to prepare for and respond effectively to emergencies that may impact their sector or society at large.​​​
Over the next few months, on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, I will be offering some emergency management workshops for agriculture explaining the formal response structure that government agencies and first responders use in emergency situations.  The Incident Management System (IMS) was created as the result of a communications breakdown amongst the many services and levels of government that were called in to fight wildfires in California in the 1970s. The system expanded and spread into and across Canada and now all government agencies in Ontario follow the IMS when responding to emergencies. This same IMS structure would be used for emergencies involving agriculture, e.g. fires, floods or significant disease outbreaks.

There is no charge to attend these workshops as they are being financially supported by Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) funds provided through OMAFRA.  However, pre-registration is required.  Participants will receive an IMS 100 certificate issued by Emergency Management Ontario, Ministry of the Attorney General upon successful completion of the workshop. 
 
If you are interested in attending a workshop, contact our office.
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