Get Ready in the Park is a free family-oriented public safety event organized by the City of Edmonton Office of Emergency Management. The event brings together over 50 municipal, provincial, federal, and partner organizations to highlight the city’s overall level of emergency preparedness, demonstrate how emergency responders work together, and help citizens be better prepared and able to recover from all sorts of hazards, emergencies, and disasters.
The Get Ready in the Park event takes place in William Hawrelak Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Everyone is welcome. Activities include:
- Check out specialized emergency response equipment and speak one-on-one with staff.
- Go behind the scenes with EPS Air One, Tactical, Canine, and Disaster and Emergency Operations Units.
- Follow real-life search and rescue dogs in action.
- Find out how to keep your loved ones and pets safe.
- Learn food safety tips during power outages.
- Practice a fire escape plan with your kids.
- Prevent flooding at home.
- See Environment Canada set off a weather balloon.
- Go for a drive in the EPCOR bucket truck.
- Visit the new interactive Kids’ Zone and meet many huggable mascots too.
- Ride CN’s Little Obie scale model locomotive while learning about railroad safety.
- Collect stamps on the Kids’ Passport to Preparedness to win emergency-response themed prizes.
- Enjoy refreshments from a variety of vendors.
- And more!
Edmonton’s Get Ready in the Park event is held in conjunction with Public Safety Canada’s Emergency Preparedness Week, which runs from May 3 to 9, 2015. For more information on Get Ready in the Park, Edmonton’s Office of Emergency Management, or how to prepare for an emergency, please visit www.edmonton.ca/getreadyinthepark