Emergency Management and Assistance Program (EMAP) - Emergency Management and Non-Structural Mitigation and Preparedness

The goal of the Non-Structural Mitigation and Preparedness funding stream is to assist First Nations communities on reserve to increase their preparedness and mitigation capacity through initiatives such as:

• all-hazard risk assessments and mitigation plans
• rapid damage assessments
• development and updating of emergency management and evacuation plans
• drills and table top exercises for emergency and evacuation plans
• emergency management training
• emergency operations center training
• search and rescue training
• mental health training
• emergency support service training
• 911 mapping
• flood mapping
• natural hazard specific studies
• research or studies pertaining to non-structural mitigation and preparedness
• early tsunami warning systems
• community alert systems
• community and youth engagement
• emergency management forums or workshops

To be eligible for funding, the proposed project must directly support First Nations located on:

• a reserve, as defined in s.2(1) of the Indian Act, R.S.C (Revised Statues of Canada 1985, c. (chapter) 1-5
• lands set aside in Yukon as per Cabinet Directive (Circular No. 27) entitled Procedure for Reserving Land in the Yukon and Northwest Territories (1955)or
• lands formerly defined as a reserve of lands set aside which now form part of modern treaty settlement lands