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  • Getting Started
  • Introduction
  • Modules
    • Module 1: Reception Centre Services
    • Module 2: Reception Centre Structure
    • Module 3: Working in a Reception Centre
  • Summary
  • Resources

ESS Call Out

It is very important that ESS responders each have a personal preparedness plan. When the ESS plan and team have been activated, you will need to activate your own personal preparedness plan to ensure your needs – family, pets, home, work, etc. – are addressed. Once your plan has been activated and your needs have been taken care of, you can feel confident that you can report to the RC and focus on the disaster response and the tasks at hand.

 

During a call out, ESS responders may be contacted by any of the following means:

  • Telephone call
  • Email
  • Text message
  • Community Alert Network message
  • Commercial radio

 

ESS responders may also be alerted for a standby situation, e.g., a severe weather event where there may be a potential for RC or GL response. In case there is a major disaster and the ESSD and/or Reception Centre Manager is unable to communicate with ESS responders, some local authorities may have pre-identified a location for ESS responders to report to.

Module 3 Menu

  • Module 3: Working in a Reception Centre
    • ESS Call Out
    • Reporting to Work
      • First-In
    • Reception Centre Set-Up
      • Reception Centre Kit
      • Function/Service Areas
      • Registration & Referrals Area Set-Up
      • Sample Floor Plan – Minimal Services
      • Sample Floor Plan – Full Services
    • Guidelines for Working in a Reception Centre
    • Directing Arrivals at the Reception Centre
    • Demobilizing
    • Module 3 Summary

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  • Emergency Management BC
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