Vancouver Disaster Resources

We are compiling disaster and emergency preparedness information here that relates to people who live in the City of Vancouver. You can find urban preparedness resources here as well,

The are seven sections in our Vancouver Disaster Resource Center.

Emergency Preparedness Blog

Late breaking emergency preparedness information for Vancouver and the Pacific Northwest will be posted here. We will post related news articles and Governement developments here and invite you to send in news items that your fellow urban dwellers should know. If you have a RSS reader you can subscribe to our Emergency Preparedness RSS Feed.

Emergency Sites in Vancouver

In the event of a major disaster, the Park Board through its volunteer-based Emergency Social Services Program will coordinate food, shelter, first aid and other services to victims through its 23 Community Centres. The neighborhood Community Centers have been provisionally identified as shelter or muster locations for this purpose, with schools augmenting them if necessary. See the location and map out your journey to the Emergency Sites with our Google Maps Mashup.

Emergency Social Service in Vancouver

Vancouver Emergency Social Services is made up of trained volunteers and staff.
After a disaster has struck they are mobilized to provide emotional and physical well being to those effected by the disaster.

Emergency Preparedness in Vancouver

Learn about what preparations the City of Vancouver is taking to strengthen its infrastructure in the event of a major disaster.

Vancouver Preparedness Workshops

Discover all the Emergency Workshops and Clinic we could find being offered in the City of Vancouver. We consolidate course listing offered by St. John's Ambulance, PEP, Neighborhood Preparedness, VECTOR and Fire Rescue. Hosting a clinic we do not have listed? Let us know and we can help get the word out.

Disaster Guides

Adobe Acrobat versions of popular guides offer by various Government Agences on Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness.

Disaster Resource and Emergency Preparedness Links

A collection of Canadian Municipal, Provincial and Federal Government emergency preparedness sites we came across while building CondoArk.com. We have also begun to list vendors with emergency supplies and preparedness services like seismic upgrading. Please let us know of any links we should add.