FAQ
- Voyent Alert (RDN Emergency Alert System) - Register Here
- Door knocking
- Radio/TV broadcast
- Cellphone/mobile address
How do I know if I need to evacuate my home?
When your home is at risk, you may receive an Evacuation Alert from the following sources:
A written Evacuation Order is to be in a consistent form. There is no discretion allowed in the Order, which clearly indicates immediate evacuation and relocation. The RCMP will enforce this Evacuation Order.
What's the difference between an Evacuation Alert and an Evacuation Order?
Evacuation Alert
Be ready to leave on short notice. An evacuation alert advises the population at risk of the impending danger. At this point, the movement of handicapped persons, transient population, including vacationers, and in some cases, school population, and any voluntary evacuees, should become a priority.
Possible methods of warning the population at risk may include emergency notification systems, door knocking; media broadcasts; mobile public address (RCMP); telephone calls, and electronic media.
The Alert should identify hazard/emergency zone(s) and travel route(s); identify reception center locations; and advise the method of declaring an "All Clear" and procedure for issue of controlled re-entry passes.
Evacuation Order
Leave the area now! The Evacuation Order should include; the time the Order is in effect; a pass form which can be used in the event that the evacuee has a need for controlled re-entry to the area, with instructions for its use.
All persons in the affected area are to be told that, in the interest of their own safety and considering the risk, they are now ordered to leave the area. The written Evacuation Order is to be in a consistent form. There is no discretion allowed in the Order, which clearly indicates immediate evacuation and relocation. The RCMP will enforce this Evacuation Order.