IPREM’s role during and emergency
We provide a regional planning role through leading coordination and collaboration to conduct regional emergency management planning on priority initiatives on behalf of our membership. This means that
IPREM staff and IPREM as an entity do not have a formal emergency response or recovery role.
During the response and recovery phase, however,
if there is capacity and it is deemed a priority over current project work, IPREM staff can pivot to support the region in various ways as necessary. For example, IPREM has a staff deployment policy that allows staff to be deployed to Provincial Regional Emergency Operations Centers (PREOC) or local Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) to support an emergency response. Previously, IPREM staff have also convened the Metro Vancouver region in ad hoc, focused planning and coordination discussions for Southwest (SWE) regional events.
In addition, IPREM staff work plans have adapted following events in the region to allow space to debrief and conduct after action reviews, which can lead to new regional initiatives and support in identifying planning needs.
For more information, please see the
IPREM Staff Deployment Policy.