Emergency Preparedness

How to Prepare your Family for Emergencies

• Personal Emergency Preparedness Guide
• Emergency Response Plan

The personal emergency preparedness guide is available to help prepare you and your family for a variety of community emergencies.In the event the Mayor declares a natural or man-made Town emergency, the emergency response plan, will ensure a coordinated response for the Milton Community.

Alerts and Advisories

Wireless Alert Systems

A new Emergency Alert System (Alert Ready) came into effect April 6, 2018 for sending life-threatening emergency alerts to cell phones and wireless devices that are compatible with Wireless Public Alerting (WPA). Check your phone compatibility:

www.ontario.ca/alertready

Health Alerts

• Health Canada
• Flu Watch

Transportation Alerts

Transportation

Weather / Flood Alerts

• Ministry of Natural Resources
• Environment Canada
• The Weather Network
• Conservation Halton
• Grand River Conservation Authority

Spills Action Centre

Government of Ontario, Ministry of the Environment, Emergency Planning

Power Outages

Milton Hydro

Emergency Preparedness Resources

• Emergency Management Ontario
• Halton Emergency Services
• Halton Regional Police Services
• Public Safety Canada
• Red Cross