Community Evacuations

Explore how fires, floods or other emergencies may require evacuating areas of your community. Learn how to organize and evacuation, map and sector your community, prepare public information messages, consider transportation issues and determine re-entry procedures. Course Goal: The purpose of this course is to familiarize participants with planning and implementation considerations for community-based emergency evacuations. (Formerly EM730) COURSE FORMAT: This 7-hour course is available online or in a classroom-based format, and includes an exam. ONLINE: Our guided online format offers you the flexibility of a part-time course, while providing you with the opportunity to interact with and learn from your peers. You will be able to work at your own pace in order to meet the weekly course requirements. NOTE: An email address is required for students taking online courses. Students will receive their login instructions by email shortly after completing the registration process. If an email is not received, please contact the registration office at register@jibc.ca, 604-528-5590 or 1-877-528-5591. Students must complete the course -- including the discussion boards, exercises, and exam - prior to the class end date. CLASSROOM-BASED: This interactive one-day course features applied scenarios and activities, and includes an exam. In addition to scheduled public offerings, this course is available to organizations on a contract basis. For more information, contact the program manager at 604-528-5702. OTHER INFO: All course materials will be provided and no special equipment is required. Please note that all Emergency Management Division courses require 100% attendance. CEUs: This course provides CEUs for the Environmental Operators Certification Program (EOCP) - 0.6 CEU.