Emergency Preparedness

Recent global events have clearly demonstrated that individual emergency preparedness is of the utmost importance in surviving a catastrophe. Will you and your family be prepared if there's an emergency on Gabriola? Although Gabriola is eligible for assistance under the Provincial Emergency Program (PEP), it needs to be remembered that in a large-scale emergency, such as a major earthquake, resources will be scarce and a small island like Gabriola will be low on the priority list.

Therefore Gabriola's emergency plan group strongly recommends individual and neighbourhood preparedness. For more information on what you can do to prepare, review the information found in Family, Neighbourhood and Gabriola emergency preparedness.

Emergency
Assistance

GESS is part of the ESS provincial program which provides short-term assistance to British Columbians who are forced to leave their homes because of fire, floods, earthquakes or other emergencies. This assistance includes food, lodging, clothing, emotional support and family reunification.

Although the province assists GESS with training and planning, communities are expected to be self sufficient in providing manpower and pre-emergency supplies