Provincial and Territorial Nominator Form

Instructions to Nominator

Indicate which category is most relevant to the nominee's achievements. Choose only 1 category.

Nominator Information

Nominator’s Contact Information

To start the nomination process, please ask the nominee to download and submit a nominee form, which includes consent for use of personal information. This form must be signed and submitted with your nomination package. For group nominations, each group member must complete and sign a separate nominee form to be submitted with your nomination package. 

Please see Section 4 Nomination Checklist for additional details on the nomination package.

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Please indicate the name of the nominee(s):

Please complete the following criteria:

Background Information

Efforts to improve community safety and resilience are usually the work of many people over time. On occasion, it is possible to single out individuals and groups to be acknowledged by their peers and Canadian society for exemplary conduct, actions and leadership as emergency management professionals.

Nominees for the Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award have distinguished themselves through their actions and contributions to advancing emergency management in Canada— to save lives, preserve the environment and protect property and the economy.

Successful nominations will reflect a sustained commitment to excellence in emergency management programming that is recognized by their peers, or one or more highly significant contributions that are seen by emergency management leaders in Canada as worthy of national recognition. Criteria are defined further in Section 2 Eligibility — below the following definition of “emergency management” for Canada:

Emergency Management

The Emergency Management Framework for Canada defines “emergency management” as “the management of emergencies concerning all-hazards, including all activities and risk management measures related to prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.”

Prevention and Mitigation – to adapt to, eliminate, or reduce the risks of disasters in order to protect lives, property, the environment, and reduce economic disruption. Prevention/ mitigation includes structural mitigative measures (e.g. construction of floodways and dykes), and non-structural mitigative measures (e.g. building codes, land-use planning, and insurance incentives). Prevention and mitigation may be considered independently or one may include the other. 

Preparedness – to be ready to respond to a disaster and manage its consequences through measures taken prior to an event, for example emergency response plans, mutual assistance agreements, resource inventories and training, public awareness activities, equipment and exercise programs. 

Response – to act during, immediately before or after a disaster to manage its consequences through, for example, emergency public communication, search and rescue, emergency medical assistance and evacuation to minimize suffering and losses associated with disasters.

Recovery – to repair or restore conditions to an acceptable level through measures taken after a disaster, for example return of evacuees, trauma counseling, reconstruction, economic impact studies and financial assistance. There is a strong relationship between long-term sustainable recovery and prevention and mitigation of future disasters. Recovery programs provide a valuable opportunity to develop and implement measures to strengthen resilience, including by building back better. Recovery efforts should be conducted with a view towards disaster risk reduction.

Eligibility

Any person working/volunteering in the field of emergency management in Canada is eligible.

Nominees for the Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award may be emergency management professionals from any level of government (federal, provincial or territorial, municipal [upper/lower tier, county, city etc.]), Indigenous communities, a non-governmental organization, academia or an association, who have demonstrated exemplary service in the field of emergency management.

In order to complete the nomination package, the party putting forward the nomination will be required to provide 2 testimonials which support notable career achievements, including professional and volunteer activities and their significance.

The narrative should provide clear and concise examples of how the nominee has contributed to the advancement of emergency management in Canada. Please include clear examples of their contributions using some or all of the following attributes of an effective emergency management professional:

Please include any additional material in support of this nomination (i.e. awards or public citations, publications, media stories, tributes, etc.) that provide new information and insight into the nature of the accomplishments of the nominee.

For additional eligibility details for each category, please see the website for the Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award:

General Instructions

Nomination Checklist

All materials should be sent to:

Public Safety Canada
Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award
269 Laurier Avenue West, Room 17B-2500
Ottawa, ON K1A 0P8 Canada
emesa-psesc@ps-sp.gc.ca

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