WHEN, not IF. Is your community prepared for a disaster? Alberta - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 WHEN, not IF. Is your community prepared for a disaster? Alberta Development Officers Association 2019 Conference Leann Hackman-Carty

2 Overview Part 1: Background on Disasters Part 2: Case study- Fort McMurray Wildfires Part 3: Have a Plan Questions

3 3 My Story

4 About Disasters: TYPES Natural Man-made Technological Crises & disasters damage your economy and scare business away. It can take YEARS to recover.

5 About Disasters Phases

6 About Disasters: Insurable Cost Location Type Date Insurable Loss Fort McMurray Wildfires May-2016 3,580,000,000 Southern Alberta Floods Jun-2013 1,720,000,000 Eastern Canada Ice Storms Jan-1998 1,490,000,000 Toronto Floods Jul-2013 943,000,000 Slave Lake Fire May-2011 700,000,000 Toronto Flood Aug-2005 590,000,000 Red Deer/Calgary Hailstorm Aug-2014 537,000,000 Calgary Region Storm Aug-2012 530,000,000 Calgary Storm Jul-2010 500,000,000 Calgary Hailstorm Sep-1991 343,000,000 *Source: Insurance Bureau of Canada

7 Types of Canadian Disasters

8 8 Challenges Who’s on first?

9 Challenges Navigating government Federal Provincial Local programs

10 10 Challenges Communication

11 11 Challenges Mental Health

12 12 Challenges Vulnerabilities you didn’t know you had

13 13 Challenges Supporting and retaining businesses BEFORE they fail

14 14 Challenges Recovery is tough

15 15 Challenges INDIVIDUALS BUSINESSES INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITIES Disruptive Evacuation No one looking after Vulnerabilities you Navigating their needs never knew you had Government Housing Issues Financing/Cash Flow Transportation/ Impact Assessment Insurance Issues Inventory Highway disruption/ Perceptions School Closings Shut Down Plant, Property & Health Concerns Mental Health issues Equipment Energy/Electricity Grid Homelessness Job loss Payroll Communication Vacancy/Blight/ Employee Health & Public Services Redevelopment Safety Overwhelmed Damaged Environment Cyber/Online Security Volunteer Loss of Customers/ Management Suppliers Insurance

16 Part 2: Fort McMurray 2016

17 The Incident • Wildfire displaces almost 90,000 residents, and destroys 1595 structures • Most costly disaster in Canadian history • Businesses devastated • What do they need?

18 18 The Response • Business and Economic Recovery Plan • Wood Buffalo Business Recovery Hotline • Business Resource Center • Additional Small Business Grants

19 19 The Response • Technical Team  Third party perspective  Week of stakeholder meetings  200+ interviews  50+ business and economic recovery recommendations  www.edaalberta.ca

20 20 Part 3: Have a Plan!

21 21 A ssess & Mitigate Risk Identify Risk Type • Natural disasters • Man-made • Technological

22 22 A ssess & Mitigate Risk Rank Your Risks • Probability/Likelihood • Impact/Consequences • Critical business functions

23 23 A ssess & Mitigate Risk Mitigate Your Risks • Insurance coverage • Risk Action Plan (fire, flood, wind, rain, hail, earthquakes, cyber, manmade etc.)

24 24 A ssess & Mitigate Risk Potential Development Considerations • Balance built, natural & social environment • Where developments are approved? (e.g. land use planning, zoning, access to public infrastructure/utilities, hazard mapping)

25 25 A ssess & Mitigate Risk Potential Development Considerations • Integrate Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into planning: • Risk assessments for critical infrastructure • Guidelines to redesign/retrofit/modify

26 26 A ssess & Mitigate Risk Potential Development Considerations • Ongoing changes to building codes/ordinances • Enhanced protection and resilience • Save money • Build back better (e.g. elevate/acquire/ relocate)

27 27 P lan & Practice Your Response • Mock Exercises • ICS Training • Who’s on first • Recovery plans

28 28 A ctivate Your Plan • Determine when to activate • Who activates?

29 29 R ecover Successfully Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) www.masteryourdisaster.ca

30 30 R ecover Successfully Recovery Support Functions (RSFs) www.masteryourdisaster.ca

31 31 R ecover Successfully • Operations resume • Critical business functions recovered • Property fixed, site cleaned, inventory disposed • IT restored, insurance claims filed

32 32 T emplate Your Activity • Current contacts • Updated procedures/priorities • Roles/responsibilities • Practice • Next update

33 Resources www.MasterYourDisaster.ca www.edaalberta.ca MYD Global www.isdus.org www.ibhs.org

34 Resilience

35 35 Questions?

36 36 Leann Hackman-Carty 403-214-0224 leann@hackmancarty.com www.hackmancarty.com MYD Global