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APPENDIX B ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN OF CURRENT PRACTICES
ONTARIO
Formal Scope and Monitoring Information and Id and target Warning/ Alert Outreach Cooling Evaluation
Plan partners and education of at-risk System Centres,
surveillance Other
Toronto Yes $40,000 Research on Information line Phone in Routine Water 10,000 * cooling center
allocated, "influence of manned by the information monitoring, distribution, people attendance
Red Cross, weather and Red Cross, line, police id, Heat alert provide attend includes day
Emergency pollution on Surveillance by EMS id warnings, transportation, cooling care centre
Medical mortality" Police, EMS. Heat tokens centres in groups
System 2005 Web based emergency 2005*,
(Paramedics, information on warning increase
Police, Fire, individual hours for
TTC) prevention swimming
strategies pools
York No None None Communication None Encourage no cooling Did some
via media to people via centres research
warn of heat media to use because Peel
alert public places Region had web
that provide a/c access info
Durham No, but None None link to Ministry Not done Social service None no cooling Discussion
interest info on keeping reviewing the centres happening, if
and cool on web need for a actions proceed
demand system in it would be
as of place in through social
June partnership services
2005 with the
Church etc.
Hamilton No formal Agreement Use Toronto information avail at-risk id and no public alert, Fan out list to no cooling cooling centres
Plan- with Jackson PH - effects of heat alert but agencies community centres, assessed as
Had a Square mall and measures notification notified agencies called offer 'cool poorly attended
formal to tolerate to keep cool targeting at the Heat places to and costly to
plan in loitering on risk Response Plan go' operate -
2003, hot days, information Currently
now new Libraries researching the
MOH and need for a formal
directions plan, looking at
changed forming
stakeholder list
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Formal Scope and Monitoring Information and Id and Warning/ Outreach Cooling Evaluation
Plan partners and education target of at- Alert System Centres,
surveillance risk Other
Halton No Internal public Information information avail outreach to fax to agencies hand no cooling
formal health staff, from on web, seniors, agencies out water centres,
plan, media releases environment messaging to daycares, Fax to the some
Public 2) Environment Canada - 5 'neighbours' to and media and agencies
awarene Canada day forecast, check on others residential child care extend
ss email of day facilities centres hours
program/ humidex by RCF, informal
advisory advisory sent VON and municipal
to several CCAC sites in
key staff Georgetown
Simcoe No None No Public No No requested
Muskoka This region has awareness via information
several web information, from Peel
municipalities press releases on cooling
and no regional (media) centres
gov't to Innisfil
coordinate (main
efforts. One library as
municipality cooling
(Innisfil) has centre in
designated its' 2005)
main library as
a cooling
centre, 2005 is
the first year of
operation
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Formal Scope and Monitoring and Information and Id and target of Warning/ Outreach Cooling Evaluation
Plan partners surveillance education at-risk Alert Centres,
System Other
Kingston, Yes, 3- Heat Weather pattern web General public yes At Level II & III: cooling
F,L,A threshold Advisories, 3 through information to at level I Municipal lounges
plan levels, **Level Environment support the Level II: target control group at
I: Public Canada different levels seniors, people level III
awareness of their extreme with chronic
**Level II: heat response medical
Involving plan: Including problems,
Community providing infants & pre-
Agencies, locations for school children
providing libraries,
services swimming
**Level III: All pools, shopping
level 2 plus malls
Municipal
control group
called to action
INTERNATIONAL
Formal Plan Scope and Monitoring and Information and Id and Warning/ Outreach Other Evaluation
partners surveillance education target of at- Alert
risk System
Chicago Yes The Fire Yes 1) Members of same as scope Most Yes seven When temp The City's
(Emergency Commissioner, the public can sign up and partners, vulnerable cooling reach 90 emergency
Response Mayors office of for well-being checks as well as, are, centres degrees F, response plan
Plan) injury and (seniors) 2)web elderly, Public city workers was
information, Anyone who has information isolated cooling start calling developed
Departments of: contact with the 3)Public and poor areas and visiting after 700
Human Services, elderly are trained to awareness to residents such as: frail and people died in
Aging, Public report those at risk to the general Libraries, elderly, July 1995
Health, Buildings, the city, people such public malls etc When temp from a severe
Water as: Police, garbage encouraging 105 or heat wave.
Department, collectors, cable them to check higher, the
Police company employee up on city buildings
Department, vulnerable are turned
Housing family into 24 hour
Authority, Public
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Schools, Public centres
Libraries
Formal Scope and partners Monitoring and Information and Id and Warnin Outreach Other Evaluation
Plan surveillance education target g/ Alert
of at- System
risk
Philadelphia Yes 1)National Weather Block captains 2) news *Buddy Yes Cool
Heat Service home visits from field organization, system Homes
Health 2)News organizations teams 3) web information , Program -
Watch- 3)Block captains Philadelphia *Block provides
Warning (6300 area resident, corporation for aging captain non
System appointed by the city heatline (phone base s mechanic
to assist the service with nurses) If *Field al cooling
vulnerable residents clients deemed at risk teams measures
in their mobile units from that save
neighbourhood) dispatched public energy
4)Energy 4)Buddy system- health and low
coordinating agency public to visit older cost
runs a cool homes friends, relatives and
program neighbours
France Yes The Ministry for New bio- Web Yes Not In 2003 - Currently,
Social Affairs 2) meteorological information defined 15,000 Europe is
Health, Social and advisory procedure: people died involved in
Civil Security *First announcement in France reseach to
Response 3) (4-7 days before from a heat respond to
Media event to disaster climate
professionals) change -
**Warnings I, 2, countries
(1-3 days notice for mentioned
professionals, media are France,
and the general Germany,
public) **Warning 2 Portugal, Italy
becomes an advisory
(colour system -
green, yellow,
orange, red)
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