Make Emergency Preparedness a New Year’s Resolution – Attend a Free Workshop - (many dates throughout 2019)

CITY OF VICTORIA PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT -

Are you and your family prepared for an emergency such as a power outage, winter storm, earthquake or tsunami? Your family needs to have enough food, water and supplies to cope for at least seven days without outside assistance, depending on the emergency.

Make emergency preparedness your family’s New Year’s Resolution and attend a free workshop offered by Emergency Management Victoria. Learn about the hazards that can affect Victoria, what to include in your emergency kits, what you can do to protect your home from an earthquake, and how to reunite with your loved ones after a disaster.

Register for a free workshop at emvic@victoria.ca or call 250.920.3373. The 2019 Emergency Preparedness

Workshop schedule is as follows: 

Wednesday, January 23 - 7 – 8:30 pm                                 

James Bay Community School Centre

140 Oswego Street 

Tuesday, February 5 - 1 – 2:30 pm         

Cook Street Village Activity Centre

380 Cook Street

Tuesday, February 19 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Fernwood Community Centre

1240 Gladstone Avenue 

Tuesday, March 5 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Silver Threads Senior Centre

2340 Richmond Road

Wednesday, March 27 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Burnside Gorge Community Centre

471 Cecelia Road

Wednesday, April 3 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Victoria City Hall, Antechamber

Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue

Tuesday, April 16 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Fernwood Community Centre

1240 Gladstone

Tuesday, May 7 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Cook Street Village Activity Centre

380 Cook Street

Wednesday, May 22 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Victoria City Hall, Antechamber

Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue

Thursday, June 6 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Burnside Gorge Community Centre

471 Cecelia Road

Tuesday, June 18 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

James Bay Community School Centre

140 Oswego Street

Tuesday, September 10 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Silver Threads Senior Centre

2340 Richmond Road

Wednesday, September 25 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Fernwood Community Centre

1240 Gladstone Avenue

Wednesday, October 9 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Burnside Gorge Community Centre

471 Cecelia Road

Tuesday, October 22 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Victoria City Hall, Antechamber

Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue

Thursday, November 7 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Silver Threads Senior Centre

2340 Richmond Road

Tuesday, November 19 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Cook Street Village Activity Centre

380 Cook Street

Free, customized emergency preparedness workshops for business, community groups, and housing complexes are available upon request. 

Emergency Management Victoria is the City of Victoria’s resource for helping our community prepare for an emergency. For more information and to sign up for Vic-Alert, the City’s emergency notification service, visit: VictoriaReady.ca.

For More Information:

Tanya Patterson

Emergency Program Coordinator

Emergency Management Victoria

Cellular: 250.888.3594