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Mutual Aid Forum strengthens network across the province
Throughout Alberta, there are highly valuable mutual aid partnerships that take a comprehensive approach to emergency preparedness and response planning to manage risks in their area. In March, over 100 emergency management professionals representing municipalities, industry, government and regulatory agencies attended Synergy Alberta’s Together We Succeed mutual aid forum in Strathcona County.
"By bringing mutual aid groups across the province together, we can leverage individual successes to benefit all groups whether they are just developing or are well established," said Shell Clarke, Chair of the Mutual Aid Advisory Committee. "In the emergency preparedness world, sharing best practices in advance can mean all the difference between a response that is swift and effective and one that isn’t. Training, planning and working together before an emergency happens, results in better prepared and more resilient communities."
A highlight during the day of general and breakout sessions was the keynote address from Karina Pillay-Kinnee, Mayor of the Town of Slave Lake, whose community drew on mutual aid resources around the province during the devastating wildfires of May 2011. The forum was sponsored by the Alberta Emergency Management Agency and the Energy Resources Conservation Board.