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Civil Emergency Planning Regulations

made under

Section 25 of the

Emergency Management Act

S.N.S. 1990, c. 8

O.I.C. 71-764 (effective August 10, 1971), N.S. Reg. 82/1971

amended to O.I.C. 2003-145 (effective April 4, 2003), N.S. Reg. 82/2003

1 The Government of Nova Scotia recognizes the need for planning to meet both major

peacetime disaster and war emergency. To meet this need, the departments listed below

shall have designated planning responsibilities:

the Emergency Measures Organization (NS)

the Department of Attorney General

the Department of Public Health

the Department of Public Welfare

the Department of Finance and Economics

the Department of Trade and Industry

the Department of Highways

the Department of Public Works

the Department of Municipal Affairs

the Department of Labour

the Department of Agriculture

the Department of Lands and Forests

the Nova Scotia Power Commission

the Nova Scotia Civil Service Commission

the Nova Scotia Purchasing Agency

the Department of Mines

the Nova Scotia Water Resources Commission.

2 The Deputy Ministers or permanent heads of all departments and agencies shall ensure

that necessary planning is carried out within their departments to enable their department

or agency to continue its proper functions under any emergency conditions or major

peacetime disaster, and coordinated as necessary with the planning of the federal and

municipal levels of government.

3 All departments and agencies that have been assigned specific planning responsibilities

(para 4) shall

(

a) assess their potential disaster problems and related disaster functions, and

determine the capability of their department or agency to meet peacetime

disaster or war emergency;

(

b) develop staff call-out and mobilization procedures;

(

c) prepare staff instructions, emergency orders and regulations, and essential

records that may be required for peacetime disaster or war emergency;

(

d) develop and conduct in-service training programs as required;

(

e) prepare a departmental disaster plan for inclusion in the overall Provincial

Disaster Plan.

4 In addition to the above general duties,

A the Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia shall

(

a) develop in conjunction with Provincial departments and agencies, and federal

and municipal authorities, a program to ensure the continuity of government

in a war emergency, to include

(b)(

i) plans for the emergency relocation of government,

(ii) the designation of officials for specific duties in an emergency,

(iii) plans for the manning of emergency government headquarters and

relocation units,

(iv) plans for storage of essential records;

(

c) prepare a radiological defence (RADEF) plan and organize a RADEF

capability for the Province, and assist the municipalities in the preparation of

complementary plans;

(

d) coordinate civil emergency planning and training by departments, agencies

and crown corporations of the Government of Nova Scotia;

(

e) coordinate and assist the civil emergency planning, organization and training

by the municipalities;

(

f) plan civil emergency measures with regard to those matters not the specific

responsibility of any department, agency or crown corporation of the

Government of Nova Scotia;

(

g) within guidelines agreed upon with federal authorities make liaison with and

plan for joint operations with adjacent provinces where necessary for civil

emergencies;

(

h) establish guidelines for training and exercises to be carried out by Provincial

departments, agencies and crown corporations;

(

i) be responsible for the overall control and budgeting of all monies to be

expended on civil emergency planning commensurate with federal policy, by

Provincial departments and agencies, and on behalf of municipalities, under

the Federal-Provincial Financial Assistance Program;

(

j) coordinate Provincial emergency operations during proclaimed peacetime

disasters;

B the Department of Attorney General shall

(

a) be responsible for the administration of law and order during any type of an

emergency through the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and municipal police

forces;

(

b) be responsible for the coordination of emergency legislation and regulations

required by the Provincial departments and agencies both for peacetime

disasters and war emergencies;

(

c) through the RCM Police, develop a Provincial Emergency Police Services

Plan to provide effective police protection in the reception and non-stricken

areas of the Province. Without in any way limiting the scope, such a plan

shall include and provide for the

(

i) effective use of all police resources in the Province,

(ii) preservation of law and order and the prevention of panic,

(iii) control and direction of traffic on highways, roads and streets,

(iv) patrol of restricted areas and the safeguarding of vital resources and

services;

(

d) prepare an Emergency Police Services Planning Guide outlining the principles

and procedures which are to be followed by all the police of the Province and

issue a copy to all concerned;

(

e) provide the services of the Chief Medical Examiner to the Department of

Public Health for the development and operation of an Emergency Mortuary

Plan;

(

f) provide for the evacuation of jails where found necessary and in such

instances provide for the reception of inmates in some other secure

accommodation;

C the Department of Public Health shall

(

a) in conjunction with the federal Department of National Health and Welfare,

plan for the establishment and operation of a Provincial Emergency Health

Service including the planning, organization and operation of emergency

hospitals, advance treatment centres and casualty collecting units;

(

b) assist hospitals, geriatric centres, and nursing homes in developing disaster

plans;

(

c) assist the Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia in the

development of a program for instruction and training of all Provincial and

municipal employees who will be concerned in the control and detection of

radioactive contamination and fallout;

(

d) effect a close liaison with the Nova Scotia Water Resources Commission of in

matters affecting emergency sanitation procedures within the Emergency

Health Services plan;

D the Department of Public Welfare shall

(

a) in conjunction with the federal Department of National Health and Welfare,

plan for the establishment and operation of a Provincial Emergency Welfare

Service including emergency lodging, feeding, clothing, registration and

inquiry and personal services;

(

b) be responsible for organization, planning and operation of sheltered

congregate lodging of dependents of those personnel who are required to be at

a place of duty immediately prior to, during and after the enemy attack on

North America until such time as it is deemed safe for them to return to their

homes;

(

c) be responsible for the feed and dormitory arrangements for personnel in

relocation units and Zone Emergency Government Headquarters;

(

d) plan for the continuity of peacetime welfare services during a major

proclaimed disaster or a war emergency;

E the Department of Finance and Economics shall

(

a) plan procedures and facilities to enable the department to continue its

functions under emergency conditions in a war emergency;

(

b) plan for the disbursement of monies to cover the needs of all departments

under major, proclaimed peacetime disaster or war emergency;

(

c) plan for the establishment of a

schedule of priority to be given to the various

competing demands likely to be made of the government at a time when there

are limited financial and economic resources as a result of a war emergency;

(

d) ensure the preservation of departmental essential records, such records to

include the payroll of all public servants to obviate the necessity of

duplication at each departmental level, and superannuation records;

(

e) effect a close liaison with the federal Department of Finance on matters of

mutual concern to ensure

(

i) that federal government emergency monetary policy decisions are fully

known, particularly as they may affect the Government of Nova Scotia

and the citizens of the Province,

(ii) that the financial interests of the Nova Scotia Government are fully

protected,

(iii) that the facilities and staff of the department may be made available to

the federal Department of Finance, if required, for the administration of

emergency monetary policy in Nova Scotia;

F the Department of Trade and Industry shall

(

a) in conjunction with the Emergency Supply Planning Branch of the federal

Department of Services and Supply, assist in the planning for the

establishment of a War Supplies Agency;

(

b) be responsible through the departmental Information Service for the

development of an Emergency Public Information Service for use in a war

emergency;

G the Department of Highways shall

(

a) plan for the repair, maintenance and construction of all roads, bridges and

highways as may be required in a major peacetime disaster or war emergency;

(

b) in conjunction with the federal Department of Public Works and the

Provincial Department of Public Works plan for the wartime control of all

highway engineer resources;

(

c) in conjunction with the Canada Emergency Management Organization and

Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia plan for the allocation and

control of all vehicle transport in Nova Scotia through the formation of a road

transport control organization;

(

d) be responsible for the planning of the control, maintenance and repair of all

available heavy road building equipment in Nova Scotia, in a war emergency;

(

e) supply emergency radio communications by means of existing radio network;

H the Department of Public Works shall

(

a) in conjunction with the federal Department of Public Works, the Nova Scotia

Department of Public Works [ sic ] and the Canada and Nova Scotia

Emergency Measures Organization, assist in the planning for the wartime

control of engineering and construction resources;

(

b) in conjunction with other departments and agencies and the Department of

Municipal Affairs with regard to emergency wartime control of

accommodation, plan for the emergency use of all accommodation that may

be required in peacetime disaster or war emergency;

J The Department of Municipal Affairs shall

(

a) in conjunction with the federal Department of Public Works, plan for the

establishment of a Wartime Emergency Accommodation Control Agency;

(

b) in conjunction with other departments and agencies and the Department of

Public Works in particular, plan for the emergency use of all accommodation

that may be required in a major peacetime disaster or war emergency;

K the Department of Labour shall

(

a) in conjunction with the federal Department of Manpower and Immigration,

plan for the effective use of manpower in the Province in a war emergency;

(

b) plan for the continuing functions of the Department in a war emergency;

(

c) in conjunction with the Civil Service Commission and the federal Department

of Manpower and Immigration , plan to augment the staff of those Provincial

departments which have a role in national emergency from the resources of

those departments not so committed;

(

d) through the office of the Provincial Fire Marshal develop a Provincial Fire

Plan, including a comprehensive training program for auxiliary and volunteer

firemen and for the control and direction of the Nova Scotia Emergency Fire

Service;

L the Department of Agriculture and Marketing shall

(

a) in conjunction with the federal Department of Agriculture, plan for a joint

federal-Provincial organization to be responsible for

(

i) the provision of advice and guidance to farmers on the protection for

farms, crops and livestock against wartime hazards and radiation,

(ii) the inspections and regulatory functions relating to

(

A) the quality and wholesomeness of food, except fishery produce,

(

B) the freedom of such food from an unacceptable degree of

radioactive contamination,

(

C) plant, animal, insect and disease control;

(

b) train and direct departmental field staff and administrative staff to this end;

M the Department of Lands and Forests shall

(

a) plan for the protection, control and regulation of the forest[s] and wildlife of

Nova Scotia;

(

b) determine the extent of damage to the forests and wildlife of the Province;

(

c) control all forest fires;

(

d) assist local fire departments in extinguishing building fires in towns, village

and rural areas;

(

e) supply emergency radio communications by means of existing radio network;

N the Nova Scotia Power Commission shall

(

a) in conjunction with the Emergency Supply Planning Board, plan for the

continued distribution of electrical power during a war emergency;

(

b) plan for the maintenance and repair of all electrical utilities in a war

emergency;

(

c) review the electrical distributions system with regard to vulnerability to the

effects of nuclear weapons and sabotage and develop plans for the hardening

of the system during a period of strategic warning prior to attack;

O the Nova Scotia Civil Service Commission shall

(

a) in conjunction with the Department of Labour and the federal Department of

Manpower and Immigration, plan for and be responsible to provide or request

such specialist personnel as may be required by other departments in order to

continue to carry out their normal functions in a proclaimed major peacetime

disaster or war emergency;

(

b) in conjunction with the Department of Labour and the federal Department of

Manpower and Immigration, plan the procedures and the operation of an

emergency manpower service in a war emergency;

P the Nova Scotia Purchasing Agency shall

(

a) in cooperation with the Emergency Supply Planning Board, be responsible for

the development of plans and procedures for emergency operations supply of

the Government of Nova Scotia in a war emergency;

(

b) in conjunction with the Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia, be

responsible for the development of plans and procedures for emergency

operations supplies in a proclaimed major peacetime disaster;

Q the Department of Mines shall

(

a) in conjunction with the Department of Highways and in cooperation with the

federal Department of Manpower and Immigration, plan for the effective use

of the resources of equipment and manpower of the Department of Mines by

the Department of Highways, less all diamond drills and crew;

(

b) plan for the effective use of diamond drills and crews in search and

production of potable water, under direction from the Regional Emergency

Government Headquarters;

R the Nova Scotia Water Resources Commission shall

(

a) plan to ensure the maintenance and repair of municipal sewage systems, under

major peacetime emergency conditions or war emergency;

(

b) provide advice and assistance to municipal authorities in the development of

emergency plans to safeguard water and sewage systems, and in the testing of

water supplies, to ensure they are safe for human consumption;

(

c) provide advice and assistance regarding the location and use of emergency

ground and service water supplies suitable for firefighting, medical, human

consumption, decontamination and emergency industrial priority needs

according to the radiological count in each area;

(

d) interpret fallout radioactivity danger regarding the closing down of municipal

works dependent on supplies of surface water;

(

e) provide advice and assistance for the reactivation of municipal water and

sewage disposal systems after close-down and advice in the treatment of

concentrations of radiological activity in these systems; and

(

f) establish a close liaison with the Department of Public Health in matters

affecting emergency sanitation procedures within the Emergency Health

Services Plan.

5 Departments and agencies which have not been assigned definite planning responsibilities

shall

(

a) in conjunction with the Civil Service Commission, make selected members of

their staff available upon request to augment the staffs of departments,

agencies and emergency organizations engaged in peacetime disaster

operations or war emergency;

(

b) prepare staff instructions, emergency orders and regulations and essential

records, to enable their staff to disperse should the order be given.

6 The basis of all planning is simplicity and practicability. By using existing personnel and

resources, unnecessary organization will be avoided. If each department and agency

carries out their emergency planning responsibilities, their functions will be able to be

continued under any circumstances, and if ever required the benefits to Nova Scotia

would be invaluable.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Civil Emergency Planning Regulations

N.S. Reg.

82/1971

Emergency Management Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Civil Emergency Planning Regulations made

under the Emergency Management Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

82/1971

Aug 10, 1971

date made

unpublished 1

82/2003

Apr 4, 2003

date specified

Apr 18, 2003

The

following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current

consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

4.B.(e) ...............................................

am. 82/2003

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

Regulations in effect on the first of April 1977, and

filed with the Registrar before March 31, 1978, are exempt from publication

under subsection 24(2) of the Regulations

Act .

Other than for the Emergency Measures Organization

established by the original parent Act, substituted references legislated for

departments, offices and agencies in these regulations are not tracked in

these editorial notes.

The title of the Act is changed from the Emergency Measures Act to the Emergency Management Act by amendments

made by S.N.S. 2005, c. 48 to the Emergency

Measures Act , S.N.S. 1990, c. 8, and the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376. References to the Emergency Measures

Organization should be read as references to the Emergency Management Office established

by these amendments.

Dec 20, 2005

References to the Emergency Measures Organization

should be read as references to the Department of Justice in accordance with

Order in Council 2011-147 under the Public

Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376, which abolishes the Emergency

Management Office and transfers responsibility for emergency management.

Apr 19, 2011

References to the Emergency Measures Organization

should be read as a reference to the Department of Municipal Affairs in

accordance with O.I.C. 2014-71 under the Public

Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376, which transfers responsibility for

emergency management.

Apr 1, 2014

References to the Emergency Measures Organization

should be read as a reference to the Department of Municipal Affairs and

Housing in accordance with O.I.C. 2019-150 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Jun 3, 2019

References to the Department of Municipal Affairs should be read as references

to the Department of Municipal

Affairs and Housing in accordance with O.I.C. 2019-150 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c.

Jun 3, 2019

References to the Department of Municipal Affairs should be read as references

to the Department of Municipal

Affairs in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-58 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c.

Feb 23, 2021

References to the Department of Municipal Affairs should be read as references

to the Department of

Municipal Affairs and Housing in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-209 under the Public Service Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c.

Aug 31, 2021

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.