The Role of Your Local Government in an Emergency Your local government is responsible for public safety, situational awareness, and providing resources to combat the emergency. Special privileges and duties may be given to specific people, such as peace officers, fire, medical, and your director of emergency management, so they can do their job effectively.

Emergency Preparedness Residents are encouraged to prepare themselves, their family and their property for any type of potential disaster.

Emergency Communications Yellowhead County will make use of the most appropriate methods to communicate warning and informational messages to the public, including:

• Public Radio
• Yellowhead County website
• Social Media
• Alberta Emergency Alert (AEA) Emergency Public Warning System   

Emergency Preparedness Guides

• Emergency Preparedness Guide – Public Safety Canada
• Get Prepared – Building an Emergency Kit – Public Safety Canada
• AEMA Emergency Preparedness Resources
• Wildfire Evacuations (AEMA)
• Get Flood Ready – Public Safety Canada
• AEMA Flood Guide
• GetPrepared.ca – FAQs
• Create an Escape Plan (Canadian Red Cross)

Alberta Emergency Management Agency (Government of Alberta)

www.alberta.ca/alberta-emergency-management-agency

The Government of Alberta’s agency for anything disaster and emergency-related. Get tips on how to create plans, make emergency preparedness kits, and more.

Get the Alberta Emergency Alert app for your phone! And get all informational and critical Alberta Emergency Alerts. Apple | Android

Emergency Management Act – click to view

This Government of Alberta Act provides the legislative framework for local and provincial management of emergencies and disasters. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services, the provincial government, and local authorities. The Act provides the authority for the granting of additional powers during a state of emergency or a state of local emergency and governs the coming into force, expiration, and termination of these states of emergency.
[Current as of June 11, 2025]

Local Authority Emergency Management – click to view

This Government of Alberta regulation provides increased direction to local authorities on their emergency management roles and responsibilities.
(Regulation current as of May 31, 2025)

Government of Alberta Incident Management System (AIMS) 2024 – click to view

The Alberta Incident Management System (AIMS) is introduced under the aegis of the Alberta Emergency Plan to improve integration and interoperability within the province’s emergency management system. AIMS is intended to provide all emergency management stakeholders in the province with a common understanding of the organization and structures that will be adopted in Alberta, as well as the processes, procedures, and terminology that will be employed to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disasters.
[Updated February 7, 2024]

In the event of any type of emergency, call 911 immediately.