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Fast Facts

Community Resiliency

• Only 8% of Canadians have all the Public Safety recommended items in their kits.

• At least 39% of Aboriginal populations surveyed would rely on their community in an emergency.

• 78% of Voluntary Sector organizations are eager to participate in a community response.

• 33% of Voluntary Sector organizations are involved in emergency management planning at the federal level.

Readiness

• Recent survey results show only 33% of emergency management organizations conduct training exercises with high-risk populations.

• Recent survey results revealed only 41% of emergency management organizations have policy frameworks for high-risk populations.

• Recent survey results show the needs of transient populations, new immigrants and women are the least likely to be considered by emergency management organizations.

• Only 4 out of Canada's 161,000 voluntary sector organizations have a disaster response mandate.

Service Continuity

• 59% of voluntary sector organizations have disaster plans, but a significant portion of them could not maintain service to clients during a disaster.

• In a recent survey of 44 voluntary sector organizations serving high-risk populations, 24% of them reported that they had no emergency supplies.

• 70% of voluntary sector organizations say resource constraints limit their emergency planning efforts.

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