Emergency Preparedness
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The General Electoral Area Household Evacuation Guide [PDF/787KB] provides an overview of key information you will need to help keep you and your family, safe in an emergency.
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PreparedBC offers downloadable guides and fill-in-the-blank plans to help you prepare for emergencies.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-management/preparedbc/guides-and-resources
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Electoral Area Residents
Sign up for the Capital Regional District (CRD) Public Alert Notification System (PANS) to receive alerts with emergency information for residents living in the CRD Electoral Areas, which include:
Salt Spring Island
Juan de Fuca (East Sooke, Otter Point, Shirley, Jordan River, Port Renfrew, Malahat, and Willis Point)
Southern Gulf Islands (Pender Island, Galiano Island, Mayne Island, Saturna Island, Piers Island, Sidney Island, and smaller islands).
For alerts by text message, email or phone call, click the button below.
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Link to CRD Emergency Dashboard: https://emergency.crd.ca/?_gl=1*189gcvk*_gcl_au*NDI2OTgyNjE4LjE3NjQ4NzI2ODc.
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This website is a collaboration of the Emergency Programs from all 13 municipalities and three electoral areas in the region, proudly supported by the Capital Regional District.
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The capital region is an at risk area to tsunami hazards from a number of potential sources including the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone and local shallow crustal faults. With this in mind, the capital region and its project partners recognized the need for detailed inundation mapping from a tsunami event in the capital region. This recognition created support from all partners in creating the Capital Region Coastal Flood Inundation Mapping Project.
The Tsunami Information Portal hosts information and maps that will help residents and visitors explore and identify the capital region's hazards and risks of a tsunami. The interactive Regional Tsunami Map highlights areas at risk of a tsunami. Explore the map, and investigate how the people and places in your community may be affected by a tsunami event.
Find more information on how to prepare for a tsunami at PrepareYourself.ca
https://capital-region-tsunami-information-portal-bcgov03.hub.arcgis.com/
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The Extreme Heat Information Portal hosts information and maps that will help residents and municipal planners explore and understand the capital region's vulnerability and exposure to extreme heat.
The interactive Regional Heat Map highlights areas vulnerable to extreme heat. Explore temperature maps from the 2021 extreme heat event and investigate how the people and buildings in your community may be affected by extreme heat.
Learn more about extreme heat and the maps through the story map and find more information on how to prepare at PrepareYourself.ca
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Emergency management in British Columbia consists of four phases: Mitigation, Preparation, Response and Recovery. Learn how the province is involved in emergencies and find resources for your household, neighbourhood and community.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-management
Juan de Fuca experiences damaging winter storms, wildfires, earthquakes, tsunamis and other hazards. Your risk depends on the location you live and the places you frequent. Understanding hazards near you and preparing for them can keep you and your loved ones safe.