Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness

Emergencies Lambton provides information on a variety of topics including emergency preparedness and hazards in Lambton County.

More information on emergency preparedness:

• Be prepared for an emergency
• Alert Ready Emergency Alert System
• Emergency Fact Sheets:
  • Build an emergency kit
  • Sever Summer weather
  • Farm emergency preparedness
  • Severe Winter weather
• Apply for Disaster Recovery Assistance
• Bluewater Power Outages
• Hydro One Outage Map
• Canadian Red Cross (for home and family)
• Public Safety Canada

Ontario 211

Lambton County residents seeking information during a major emergency can call 211. Ontario 211 operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and provides service in 175 languages. During an emergency, 211 will provide specific and authoritative information to help residents cope with and recover from an emergency.

Residents can also call 211 for information on a variety of community services such as childcare, employment services, financial assistance, government programs, and services for seniors. 

Visit Ontario 211or view the 211 key messages for more information.

MyCNN Community Notification Network

Your family can sign up to receive official alerts through, “My Community Notification Network” also known as “MyCNN”.

MyCNN subscribers receive notifications about incidents that affect their home, workplace, school, and more. MyCNN can notify subscribers by telephone, cellphone, text, and email.

If you are not a subscriber, but have a publicly listed telephone number, you may receive a telephone message, but public directories are not always complete or up-to-date so you could be missed. To ensure the best chance of being notified during an emergency, subscribe to MyCNN and choose how you want to be notified.

To learn more about MyCNN, and how you can subscribe to receive notifications, please visit the MyCNN website.

Shelter-in-Place

Sheltering is appropriate when conditions require that you seek protection in your home, place of employment, or other locations when there is a threat to personal safety (i.e., hazardous spills, dangers, predators, etc.).

Emergencies that require a shelter-in-place include:

• A hazardous substance in the air;
• A tornado;
• A severe winter storm;
• An earthquake; and
• An event that could harm the public.

If the emergency is related to an environmental hazard:

• Close all windows and doors;
• Tape around all windows, air ducts, and vents;
• Turn off all fans, heating, and air conditioning systems.
• Close any fireplace dampers; and
• Move to an interior room above ground level.

In all other cases:

• Listen to the radio for updates and do not go outside until authorities say it is safe to do so.
• The length of time you are required to shelter may be short such as during a tornado warning, or long such as during a winter storm. It is important that you shelter-in-place until local authorities say it is safe to leave.

Township of Warwick Emergency Response Plan

View the Township of Warwick's Emergency Response Plan By-Law.