• Communicate critical information to YOUR community  members at the touch of a button
• Provide instant COVID updates
• Send information via text message, cell phone call, house phone  call and email all at once
• Record your own voice in your own language
• Create your own alert system allowing you to send alerts  without having to involve other agencies

• Wildfire and flood events of recent years stretched and tested British Columbia’s emergency management and Emergency Support Services (ESS) systems. These events changed the landscape of emergency management in BC and led to a deepening of partnerships and a reimagining of what culturally safe, relevant, and holistic evacuee care might look like
• The goal of this session is to share wise practices and inspire emergency management leaders to reflect on opportunities for partnerships and how they might contribute to systems of care that honour Indigenous culture, knowledge and community-based practices
• The presentation will be grounded in the results of an action-oriented project where 22 Indigenous emergency management and support organization representatives shared practical and systemic suggestions for integrating cultural safety into Emergency Support Services

• Talk about my 35year Fire Service History and my current role as Executive Director of FNESS and talk about our organization and how we support Indigenous communities
• Examples of largescale Emergencies that have impacted Indigenous communities in B.C Flooding and Fires and currently the Covid 19 Pandemic
• First Nations Emergency Services Society and other Provincial and Federal government agencies on how they were involved in assisting communities and the gaps that were encountered by Indigenous communities impacted by floods and fires in 2017 and 2018
• Review the B.C Flood and Wildfire review examining the 2017 flood and wildfire season titled  Addressing the new normal:21st Century Disaster Management in British Columbia that was Co-chaired by George Abbott and Chief Maureen Chapman that was released April 30th 2018 as we headed into another devastating wildfire season
• Review recommendations of the report that impact Indigenous communities
• Where we are today on those recommendations and how FNESS is involved in finding solutions moving forward

• Mitigation – How can we implement mitigation measures in the community?
• Preparedness – We’ve identified our risks, now what?
• Response – What is my Fast 5*?
• Protection – What type of protection methods can we incorporate during an emergency?
• Recovery – Your First 5 steps of recovery.

• Review of Emergency Management in BC
• Review of BC Regional Health Authorities
• First Nations Health Authority – First of its kind in Canada
• Supporting Communities using the Emergency Management Cycle
• Our Covid-19 experience

This presentation will define Indigenous disaster resilience, with an emphasis on justice and equity. From an ally’s perspective, it will outline how emergency management’s four overlapping and interconnected steps – mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery – can be oriented towards addressing the systemic racism and structural barriers that limit effective disaster resilience in Indigenous communities. Potential best practices that work towards enhancing justice-oriented Indigenous disaster resilience will be outlined.