On Sept. 29, 2014, Donna Gilchrist welcomed Brent Whalen to the Sussex Rotary Club as Regional Emergency Management Coordinator Regions 8 and 9, New Brunswick Emergency Management Organization/Public Safety. Brent spoke on the process of the Emergency Management Organization of the Province of New Brunswick.
- Province is structured around the 12 Regional Service Commissions in New Brunswick
- Each coordinator is responsible for one or two regions in the province with six (6) coordinators province-wide.
- The primary responsibility is to ensure the continuity of government.
- Assist in coordinating provincial emergency operations.
- Responsibilities in four (4) areas include planning, operations, training and recovery.
- The four pillars of any emergency include mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
- For everyone planning their response, it is recommended to prepare for the first 72 hours of any emergency.
Robert Driscoll thanked Brent for his interesting presentation and offered Brent a Rotary Charitable Trusts, Inc. luggage tag as a token of our appreciation for his talk.