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LAC STE. ANNE COUNTY
ABOUT PROTECTIVE
SERVICES
Safeguarding
the County through
education and
responsiveness.
WHAT IS EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT?
Through its various departments,
Lac Ste. Anne County provides a
spectrum of services to community
and industry stakeholders
including emergency and response
planning advice and support,
public awareness and prevention
program support, and emergency
preparedness planning guidance.
Alberta’s Emergency Management
Act mandates local authorities to
prepare for and respond to disasters
that occur within their boundaries,
establishing authority for a local
emergency management program.
A bylaw should describe the local
structure, authorize the municipal
emergency plan and outline any
mutual aid arrangements with
neighbouring local authorities. The
Emergency Management team will
then work with municipal partners to
develop regional response strategies
to regional events.
CREATE YOUR OWN
72-HOUR EMERGENCY KIT
No one knows for sure when
disaster will strike, but we can all
be prepared. Create your own
72-hour Emergency Kit so you will
have everything necessary to help
you and your family until emergency
responders can reach you. If you
have to evacuate, you must be able
to carry the plastic container full of
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supplies. Therefore, you may want
to consider two kits — one for
sheltering in-place (staying at home),
and one in case of evacuation.
Please be prepared — for the sake
of both yourself and your family. Visit
www.aema.alberta.ca/build-a-kit
for more information.
RURAL ADDRESSING
Rural addressing is a standardized
system of identifying and locating
rural properties. In 2002, Lac Ste.
Anne County began putting into
effect a municipal rural addressing
system for use by emergency
service providers — Fire, RCMP
and Ambulance services — and for
other purposes such as providing
directions for delivery services.
The Rural Addressing System is
a street address that works much
like street addresses in an urban
town or city. Our range roads, which
run north and south, correspond
to streets, and our township
roads, which run east and west,
correspond to avenues.
The rural address for a property is
based on the distance from the road
junction to the south or east of the
driveway (called the reference road,
whether built or not), to the point a
property’s driveway meets a public
road (called the access road). A
County rural address then consists
of the reference road number,
access interval number, and access
road. In Lac Ste. Anne County,
rural addresses are not mailing
addresses and do not replace your
legal land description.
It is critical that emergency
responders locate your home or