Prepare for the Unexpected
EPIC is a web platform designed to simplify and enhance your organization’s emergency preparedness. Created in partnership with emergency management experts, it leverages cutting-edge technology with decades of real-world expertise. With EPIC, you can create a step-by-step web-based Emergency Management Plan (EMP) for your specific needs. EPIC also streamlines the process of updating your plans, ensuring they stay relevant and effective when emergencies occur.Â
EPIC Platform
- Create a customized EMP developed by emergency management experts that meet all provincial guidelines.
- Prepare your organization and staff to act decisively in any emergency, saving time and lives in critical situations.
- Minimize financial losses with a strong EMP that facilitates rapid recovery and quick return to normal operations after an emergency.
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Platform Features
- Personalize your EMP to your specific organizational requirements.
- Educate your staff on your organizational response to any emergency.
- Manage emergencies in real time with robust communication tools.
- Personalize your EMP to your specific organizational requirements.
- Assign roles and access for everyone in your organization.
- Create and access up-to-date records of all emergency incidents.
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EPIC Platform
ETHOS has partnered with emergency management professionals to build EPIC, a first-of-its-kind web-based training platform that helps organizations prepare and respond to any type of emergency.Â
Case Study
Consider this scenario to see the benefits of having a comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (EMP) in place. Â
Windstorm Scenario: A major windstorm causes citywide power outages. Restoration of power will take at least two days. Compare how two long-term care facilities respond to this emergency.Â
WITH AN EMP
WITHOUT AN EMP
Mitigation Â
- The EMP helped establish backup power sources, such as generators which maintain essential services and resident safety throughout the outage.
Mitigation Â
- Without mitigation planning, the facility lacks backup power and supplies, relying on costly alternatives and increasing risks to resident safety.
PreparednessÂ
- Staff regularly participate in emergency drills outlined in the EMP. Practicing procedures like shelter-in-place, enables them to respond swiftly and confidently during this emergency.
PreparednessÂ
- Without an EMP and regular drill practice, inadequate training results in staff confusion and delays, slowing response times and putting residents at risk.
ResponseÂ
- Using the EMP, management decides to shelter-in-place. Staff roles and responsibilities are clearly outlined and understood leading to seamless coordination of actions. The EMP’s structured mitigation and preparation ensured essential food, medication, and supplies were already stocked. This readiness helps effectively manage the emergency and maintains continuity of care throughout the incident.
ResponseÂ
- Without an EMP, management lacks structured options like a shelter-in-place protocol, leaving staff unclear about their roles. Coordination falters, and essential supplies such as food and medication are insufficient due to limited preparation and mitigation planning. This unpreparedness results in major disruptions and costly dependence on external resources, compromising safety and continuity of care during the emergency.
Recovery
- An effective response and clear recovery steps outlined in the EMP, ensure a rapid return to normal operations. This fosters trust among residents and families enhancing the facility’s reputation within the community. It also boosts staff confidence in managing emergencies effectively.
Recovery
- Without a structured response and recovery plan, there are delays in restoring normal operations which jeopardize resident care. This undermines the facility's reputation and erodes the confidence of residents, their families, and staff in the ability to effectively manage emergency situations.
Estimated Cost: $55,500Â
- This figure highlights the substantial cost savings and effectiveness of having a well-constructed EMP.
Estimated Cost: $200,000+
- This figure reflects the significant costs associated with a lack of preparation and no EMP.
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Funding Opportunities
Indigenous Services Canada’s Emergency Management Assistance Program (EMAP)
In partnership with First Nations communities, provincial and territorial governments and non-government organizations, Indigenous Services Canada’s Emergency Management Assistance Program (EMAP) helps on reserve and other eligible First Nations communities access emergency assistance services.
EMAP provides funding to First Nations communities so they can build resiliency, prepare for natural hazards and respond to them using the 4 pillars of emergency management.
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1534954090122/1535120506707
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Don’t let your organization be caught unprepared. Build your custom EMP with EPIC and ensure you’re ready for any emergency.
EPIC: Your Comprehensive Emergency Management Solution 
ETHOS acknowledges the ancestral healing lands of the Indigenous people of Canada. We recognize the impact colonization has had and continues to have on Indigenous people, their lands and their ways of being and knowing.   Â
As guests and settlers, we recognize the people of the Quw’utsun, Snuneymuxw, Stz’uminus, Xwsepsum, Lkwungen, Niitsitapi and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikuni, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, including Chiniki, Bearpaw, and Wesley First Nations as the rightful stewards and Ancestors of the lands ETHOS serves.  Â
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