Local Emergency Instructions

• We will not ask you to leave your house unless there is reason to believe you are in danger.
• If you are ordered to evacuate, please do so.
• Take your emergency kit, essential medications, copies of prescriptions, personal identification of each family member, and a cellular phone with you. 
• Take pets with you, lock your home, and use travel routes specified.
• If an evacuation order is given, a reception centre will be set up.
• Even if you have a safe place to stay, please go to the reception centre and register with the staff there so that they know that you are safe and where to find you if needed.

An accident may cause a hazardous material to enter the air. Unless the hazardous material is flammable, emergency response professionals recommend that you stay indoors until you receive instructions to leave. Once you are inside, there are several things you can do to help your building protect you:

• Go indoors and stay there
• Close all outside doors and every door inside the building
• Close all windows
• Do not use kitchen vents or bathrooms vents
• Set thermostats so air conditioners, furnaces and hot water heaters will not come on
• Do not use fireplaces. Close all dampers
• Do not operate the clothes dryer
• Stay in an inside room away from windows and doors if possible
• Reduce or avoid smoking as it contaminates the air
• Do not leave the building until told to
• Stay tuned to local television or radio for information
• Do not use the telephone, leave the phone lines open for emergency personnel

Our well weather-stripped buildings slow the movement of air into the buildings and any hazardous material that does enter is weakened when it mixes with the indoor air. It is imperative that you stay indoors, especially if you see a cloud, vapour, or smoke from the hazardous material outdoors or you can smell it indoors. You will be safer inside.

• If an evacuation order is given, a reception centre will be set up.
• Listen to local radio, follow the Town's official social media and watch for other notices explaining where the reception centre is located. 
• Even if you have a safe place to stay, please go to the reception centre and register with the staff there so that they know that you are safe and where to find you if needed.

For information and updates, please find sources of local information, including: 

• Local or regional radio or TV
• Strathmore Alerts, 
• Alberta Emergency Alerts,
• Official Town of Strathmore social media
• The Town of Strathmore website

• Alberta Emergency Alerts are issued to provide you with critical information about a potentially life-threatening situation in your area, including wildfires, floods, and tornadoes.
• Emergency alerts include information about the location of an emergency and what action you need to take to protect yourself.
• Alerts are sent out on TV, radio, websites, social media, the Alberta Emergency Alert mobile app and compatible smart phones.

Alberta Emergency alerts are sent to mobile devices, TV and radio without a subscription and at no cost. 

• It is not possible to opt out of receiving emergency alerts.
• Emergency alert issuers do not collect, have access to, or retain any contact or personal information when issuing an emergency alert.
• Alerts are geographically targeted to a specific area and all compatible wireless devices and tv/radio broadcasts in the area will receive the alert.
• Download the Alberta Emergency Alert mobile application to ensure you receive the alerts you need.

Various organizations in Alberta issue alerts based on the emergency:

• Local authorities handle fires, floods, and hazardous materials.
• Police manage criminal events including AMBER Alerts.
• Alberta 511 handle hazardous road conditions.
• Environment Canada oversees weather-related alerts.

Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) supports all alert issuers and communities.

Visit the Government of Alberta website for more information.