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Emergency preparedness and daily communications insights and material

Use best practices in your emergency and daily communications with our FREE guides, templates, checklists, surveys and more

RECENT SURVEY

Alert Ready Emergency Alert Test

November 20, 2024

Alert Ready, Canada's national public alert system, was tested on November 20, 2024. 

The survey report is now available.

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RECENT TEMPLATE

Wildfire

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RECENT GUIDE

How to Send Effective Wildfire Alerts That Drive Action

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RECENT IMAGES

New Alertable images for employers

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RECENT CHECKLIST

For Effective Severe Weather Alerts

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GUIDES

Help yourself to best practices, processes and techniques

We're happy to share industry best practices and innovative processes and techniques that may help you in your job as an emergency and safety manager or communications official.

BEST PRACTICE

How to get the most from Alertable with SOPs

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BEST PRACTICE

How to write emergency messages that work

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PROCESS

How to run workplace drills with Microsoft Teams

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BEST PRACTICE

How to Send Effective Wildfire Alerts That Drive Action

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BEST PRACTICE

How to Prepare and Run Regular Emergency Alert System Tests

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BEST PRACTICE

How to Issue an Effective Evacuation Alert That Drives Immediate Action

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BEST PRACTICE

How to Send Severe Weather Alerts That Keep Your Community Safe

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BEST PRACTICE

How to Create an Effective Mutual Aid Agreement

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CHECKLIST

Empower Your Team with Key Resources & Actionable Steps

We've curated a collection of checklists based on proven industry best practices, designed to enhance your emergency preparedness and response capabilities. These resources provide actionable steps and critical considerations, ensuring your team adheres to the highest standards.

CHECKLIST

For Writing Effective Emergency Alert Messages

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CHECKLIST

For Emergency Alert System Testing & Maintenance

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CHECKLIST

For Effective Severe Weather Alerts

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CHECKLIST

For Impactful Mass Evacuation Alerts

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CHECKLIST

For High-Risk Facility & Workplace Alerting

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CHECKLIST

For Post-Incident Alerting

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TEMPLATES

Fast track your alerts and notifications using templates

Setup and adjust your templates in advance as part of your emergency preparedness and readiness plans.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALERTS

Templates for evacuations, EOC activation, state of local emergency and more

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FIRE ALERTS

Templates for wildfires, urban fires, recreational burns, fire bans, smoke and more

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HAZMAT ALERTS

Templates for leaks, spills, releases, flaring, burns, ruptures, explosions and more

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HEALTH ALERTS

Templates for disease outbreaks, health clinics, air quality, water quality and more

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LAW ENFORCEMENT ALERTS

Templates for dangerous person, civil unrest, active shooter, missing person and more

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MUNICIPAL SERVICES ALERTS

Templates for closures, restrictions, waste collection, bulk water stations, schools and more

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NATURAL DISASTER ALERTS

Templates for floods, earthquakes, tornados, landslides, tsunamis, ice jams and more

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PUBLIC EVENT ALERTS

Templates for demonstrations, gatherings, hearings, townhalls, council meetings, and more

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SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

Templates for extreme heat, extreme cold, winter storm, storm surge, wind storm and more

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TRANSPORTATION ALERTS

Templates for road closures, detours, transit services, airports, derailments and more

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UTILITY ALERTS

Templates for electrical supply, natural gas, propane, telephone, water mains, sewage and more

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OTHER ALERTS

Templates for safety tests, drills and exercises, volunteer requests, surveys, media release and more

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VISUAL MEDIA

For your emergency preparedness and awareness campaigns

Make use of our visual media in your community and workplace preparedness and awareness campaigns

POSTERS

General purpose for communities

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POSTERS

General purpose for workplaces

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BROCHURES

General purpose for communities

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BROCHURES

General purpose for workplaces

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BANNERS

General purpose for communities

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BANNERS

General purpose for workplaces

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SOCIAL MEDIA

General purpose for communities

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SOCIAL MEDIA

General purpose for workplaces

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MEDIA

Emergency Preparedness Week

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MEDIA

More Images For Employers and Industries

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LOGOS

General purpose

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SURVEYS

Emergency preparedness surveys and more

We run surveys regularly to gain insights so that we can serve you better.

SURVEY

Alert Ready Test

November 20, 2024

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Alert Ready Test

May 8 & 15, 2024

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Alert Ready Test

November 15, 2023

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Alert Ready Test

May 10, 2023

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Alert Ready Test

November 16, 2022

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Alert Ready Test

May 4, 2022

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Alert Ready Test

November 17, 2021

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Alert Ready Test

May 5, 2021

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Alert Ready Test

November 25, 2020

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Alert Ready Test

November 27, 2019

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Alert Ready Test

May 8, 2019

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Alert Ready Test

November 28, 2018

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